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11. Royal MS 18 B XXII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 B XXII
Title:
William Worcester, The Boke of Noblesse
Scope & Content:
The Boke of Noblesse, a tract encouraging Edward IV to go to war with France, citing historical precedents and quoting from several authors, particularly Christine de Pizan's Faits d'armes et de chevalerie, wrongly referred to here as the Tree of Battles (ff. 13r-v, 14v-16v, 28r-v). Written by W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

12. Royal MS 18 E V

Reference (shelfmark):
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

13. Royal MS 19 A IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 A IX
Title:
Gossuin de Metz, L'Image du monde
Scope & Content:
Contents: Gossuin (Gautier) de Metz (c. 1245), L'Image du monde, a French version of De imagine mundi by Honorius of Autun. ff. 1r-3v: Table of chapters; ff. 4r-4v: Prologue, This manuscript contains a unique prologue linking it to Caxton's printed editions and stating 'ce p[rese]nt volume ap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1464
Extent:

Parchment codex

14. Royal MS 19 B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 B IV
Title:
Les Dits Moraulx des Philosophes, a French translation of Guillaume de Tignonville's Dicta moralia antiquorum philosophorum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Les Dits Moraulx des Philosophes (The Moral Sayings of the Philosophers), a French translation of the Latin Dicta moralia antiquorum philosophorum by Guillaume de Tignonville, or Thignonville (d. 1414), Councillor to King Charles VI of France and Prevost of Par...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

15. 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

16. Royal MS 19 E II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 E II
Title:
Perceforest, Volume 3 (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the third volume of Le Roman de Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), revised by David Aubert (fl. 1458-1479), librarian to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy The other two volumes of the set...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
Last decade of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

17. Royal MS 19 E III

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 E III
Title:
Perceforest, Volume 2 (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the second volume of Le Roman de Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), revised by David Aubert (fl. 1458-1479), librarian to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy The other two volumes of the se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
Last decade of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

18. Royal MS 20 A III

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 A III
Title:
Gossuin de Metz, L'image du monde; Prose Brut Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1-120: Gossuin de Metz, L'image du monde; ff. 121-236: Prose Brut Chronicle.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

19. 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

20. Royal MS 20 B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 B VI
Title:
Philippe de Mézières, Epistre au Roi Richart
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Epistre au Roi Richart (Letter to King Richard), written by Philippe de Mézières (b. c. 1327, d. 1405), a crusader, former tutor to Charles VI of France (r. 1380-1422), and counsellor to Charles V (r. 1364-1380), the King's father. By 1395, he had retired to the Cele...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1395
Extent:
1 volume