title: BnF Français 25516
text: # BnF Français 25516
  
  BnF Français 25516 is a late-13th century illuminated manuscript held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  
  ## Content
  
  The quarto manuscript has 209 folios, with Old French text written in two columns in a small 13th-c hand. It is heavily illuminated, and the illuminations are accompanied by explanatory rubrics. Large initials are found at the beginnings of chapters and other significant passages; the usual small initials are done alternately in red and blue. It contains four romances:
  
  * Bevis of Hampton (1–75); 22 miniatures
  * Elie de Saint Gille (76–95); 6 miniatures
  * Aiol and Mirabel (96–173); 11 miniatures
  * Robert the Devil (174–209); 11 miniatures
  