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Language French, Middle Place Northern France Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Arundel MS 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 10
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a Latin copy of the Historia Regum Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of Britain') by Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154/55), bishop of St Asaph and historian. The work presents a pseudo-historical account of the kings of Britain; it opens with a legend that tells of how B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Royal MS 16 F IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 F IX
Title:
Histoire de Troie, a French translation of Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Histoire de Troie (History of Troy), an anonymous French prose translation of the Historia destructionis Troiae (History of the destruction of Troy), written by the Italian judge and poet Guido delle Colonne (fl 13th century). This is the first of five Fren...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
Middle of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Royal MS 19 C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 C VII
Title:
Geoffroy de la Tour-Landry, Le Livre du Chevalier de la Tour-Landry; Renaut de Louhans, Mélibée et Prudence; Philippe de Mézières, Griseldis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Le Livre du Chevalier de la Tour Landry (The Book of the Knight of the Tower), written by Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry (b. before 1330, d. between 1402 and 1406), a nobleman of Anjou, for the instruction of his daughters. The volume also contains a number of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
Middle of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Royal MS 20 A V

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 A V
Title:
Roman d'Alexandre en Prose
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Roman d’Alexandre en Prose (Prose Romance of Alexander), a French adaptation of the Latin Historia de Preliis (interpolated version I2), imperfect at the end. The work details various episodes from the life of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great (b. 356, d. 323 B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume