<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Lancelot du Lac : Part I, sections A and B.</dc:title><dc:date>[14th century]</dc:date><dc:language>frm</dc:language><dc:description>Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple scribal hands, of sections A and B of Part I of the Lancelot series of Arthurian romances. These sections cover Lancelot's birth, upbringing, adventures as a Knight of the Round Table, and passion for Queen Guenevere</dc:description><dc:description>In Middle French.</dc:description><dc:description>Layout: double columns of 50-53 lines.</dc:description><dc:description>Script: gothic (multiple scribes).</dc:description><dc:description>Decoration: large historiated initial at the opening of each section; smaller initials in red and blue penwork.</dc:description><dc:description>Binding: early nineteenth-century? red silk velvet binding; gilt decoration on spine. Gilt leather spine tag: Lancelot du Lac. M S.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>