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Language French, Middle Place Southern Netherlands Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add Ch 12634

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 12634
Title:
Acknowledgement by Guy, count of Flanders, and Isabeau, his wife, countess of Namur, of a debt to Raoul de Harcout
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement by Guy [de Dampierre, d. 1305], count of Flanders and marquis of Namur, and Isabeau [of Luxembourg, 1247-98], his wife, countess of Namur, of a debt to their clerk Raoul de Harcout of 150 gros livres tournois; dated 1294. The recto also features a summary of the charter's content...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1294
Extent:
1 leaf

2. 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

3. Harley MS 267

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 267
Title:
Miscellany of scientific texts
Scope & Content:
A composite scientific manuscript of at least six parts (ff. 1-2, 3-9, 10-15, 16-23, 24-174, 175-235) that were produced at different locations and periods of time between c. 1300 and c. 1400. Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A computistical text. ff. 3r-9v: Gregory the Great, Gospel lections. ff. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 3299

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3299
Title:
Memorandum book of the city of Ghent, containing statutes and annals, a tax register, and lists of aldermen
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-46r: Statutes and Annals of the city of Ghent; 223 articles mostly written in Middle Dutch, but also featuring a few items in Middle French, including an introduction to an indentury by Guy of Dampierre (b. c. 1226, d. 1305), Count of Flanders, on f. 1r: 'Nous Guis, quens de Fl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 7546

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7546
Title:
Pierre Michault, La Danse aux avengles
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-40v: Pierre Michault, La Danse aux avengles, imperfect; the manuscript is missing the first part of the text, which is supplied on f. [iii]recto-[iii]verso]. This satirical work, written in 1466, partly in prose and partly in verse, consists of a dialogue between L'acteur (the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. 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

7. Royal MS 20 C II

Reference (shelfmark):
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