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The Lays de Bretagne (Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, nouv. acq. fr.1104) is a manuscript dating from the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century. The text is written in Francien with some Norman and Picard influences. ^[1] The text is written in two columns of 40 lines each.

The manuscript's history can be traced from 1865 when it belonged to a certain Count of Seyssel-Sothonod. It was acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale in 1871. Researchers generally designate this manscript of lais as "Manuscript S," after its earliest known owner.^[2]

This manuscript is particularly important because it represents a collection of 24 Breton lais of mixed authorship. Nine of the twelve cannonical lais of Marie de France are included, with the exceptions of Laüstic, Chaitivel, and Eliduc. However, Rupert T. Pickens argues that le lai de l'Espervier and le lay du conseill are, in effect, rewritings of Marie's Laüstic and Chaitivel, respectively. The other 13 lais

The contents of MS. 1104 are as follows:

1. Guigemar
2. Lanval
3. The lay du desiré
4. Tyolet
5. Yonec
6. Guingamor
7. The lay de l’Espine
8. The lay de l’Espervier
9. Chevrefoil
10. [[[Doon (lai)|Doon]]
11. Les Deux Amants (vv. 1-169)
12. Bisclavret (vv. 233-318)
13. Milon
14. Le Fresne
15. Lecheor
16. Equitan
17. Tydorel
18. The lay du Cort Mantel
19. The lay de l’Ombre
20. The lay du Conseill
21. The lay d’Amors