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Language French, Middle Name Edward IV, King of England and Lord of Ireland, 1442-1483 Level [40] File

1. Royal MS 15 E I

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Royal MS 15 E I
Title:
William of Tyre, Histoire d'Outremer
Scope & Content:
Contents: Histoire d'Outremer, or Livre d’Eracles, a history of the Crusades in French, based on Guillelmus, Archbishop of Tyre (b. 1130, d. c.1190), Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum, with a continuation to 1231. Decoration: 18 large miniatures in colours and gold with full...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c. 1479-c. 1480
Extent:

Parchment codex

2. Royal MS 17 E II

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Royal MS 17 E II
Title:
Raoul Lefèvre, Le recoeil des histoires de Troyes
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Le recoeil des histoires de Troyes (Collection of the stories of Troy), composed in 1464 by Raoul Lefèvre (fl. 15th century), chaplain to Philip the Good (b. 1396, d. 1467), Duke of Burgundy. At the beginning of the list of contents and in the colophon it is re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1475-c 1483
Extent:

1 volume

3. Royal MS 18 E V

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Royal MS 18 E V
Title:
Histoire tripartite or Chronique de Baudouin d'Avennes
Scope & Content:
Contents: The Histoire tripartite or Chronique de Baudouin d'Avennes, a compilation of ancient history also known as Le trésor des histoires or Le trésor de sapience, consisting of: ff. 1r-19r: Table of Chapters; f. 20r: Prologue; ff. 21r-390r: Histoire tripartite in 368 chapters, up to the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1473 to 1479
Extent:

Parchment codex

4. Royal MS 20 C II

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Royal MS 20 C II
Title:
Cleriadus et Meliadice; Historia Apollonii regis Tyri
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of two French romances: Cleriadus et Meliadice, and the Historia Apollonii regis Tyri (History of Apollonius of Tyre), translated in French as La cronique et historie des merveilleuses aventures de Appolin roy de Thir. Contents: ff. 1r-209v: Cleriadus et Meliadi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume