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21. Royal MS 20 C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 C III
Title:
Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant, a French translation of Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni
Scope & Content:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni, translated into French by Vasco da Lucena (b. c. 1435, d. 1512) as Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant and dedicated to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1433, d. 1477). Contents: ff. 1r-11r: Table of Contents. The incipit gives the date o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c. 1485-1490
Extent:

1 volume

22. Royal MS 17 F I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 17 F I
Title:
Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant, a French translation of Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni
Scope & Content:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, in a French translation by Vasco da Lucena, Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre and dedicated to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (B. 1433, d. 1477). The manuscript was copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille; another copy by the same scrib...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

23. Royal MS 13 A XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 A XIV
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, and other texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of texts, principally in Latin, written in Ireland between the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th century, and which formerly belonged to the Dominican convent at Limerick. They include a copy of the Topographia Hiberniae (Topography of Ireland), an a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

24. 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

25. 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