BnF Français 794

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| Date = mid-13th century

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| Language(s) = Old French

| Scribe(s) = Guiot de Provins

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BnF Français 794 (former shelfmarks Regius 7191.2 and before that Cangé 73) is a mid-13th century French manuscript,(in French) [https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc386579 BnF Archives et manuscrits, français 794] and one of only two manuscripts to contain the five romances of Chrétien de Troyes,That is, Erec and Enide, Cligès, Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart and Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Philomena is not a romance. Guillaume d'Angleterre is only sometimes attributed to Chrétien de Troyes. the other being BnF Français 1450.

The manuscript was transcribed by Guiot de Provins, who identifies himself on fol. 105r.(in French) Mario Roques, Le manuscrit fr. 794 de la Bibliothèque nationale et le scribe Guiot, Romania, 73, page 179, 1952. Available online via persee.fr ([https://www.persee.fr/doc/roma_0035-8029_1952_num_73_290_3313 link])The text to which he refers can be found [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84272526/f223.image here] on the right of the page, courtesy of Gallica. The manuscript has been the subject of many studies,The BnF archives page lists 34 studies, while Archives de littérature du moyen âge (link below) lists 14. and is the basis for the citations for the Dictionnaire Électronique de Chrétien de Troyes, an online Old French dictionary,(in French) [https://www.arlima.net/ad/chretien_de_troyes.html Chrétien de Troyes] on Archives de littérature du moyen âge, Laurent Brun et al., last updated February 6, 2020. Section 'bibliographie'. Furthermore, it contains copies of the Roman de Troie and Roman de Brut.