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1. Royal MS 15 E I

Reference (shelfmark):
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 20 D VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 D VI
Title:
A French legendary, comprising 57 saints' lives in prose, including some attributed to Wauchier de Denain
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a legendarium (legendary), or collection of saints' lives, a term which derives its name from the Latin word legenda 'things to be read'. The text is written in prose and represents one of over 30 French prose legendaries to survive from the 13th and 14th centuries. The text...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume