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81. Royal MS 20 B XX

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Royal MS 20 B XX
Title:
Le livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre
Scope & Content:
The Vraye histoire du bon roy Alexandre, incipit (rubric):'Comment nostre seigneur donna congnoissance a Alixandre de trier le bien du mal'; (text): 'Puis que le premier pere duman lignage'; with a table of contents (ff. 1r-2v). The French text of the Vraye histoire is based on the Latin Histori...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1420-c 1425
Extent:

Parchment codex

82. Royal MS 20 D I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 D I
Title:
Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, second redaction
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the earliest surviving copy of the second redaction of the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, probably produced in the 14th century. This version focuses on Troy, eliminating the biblical histories and the history of Alexander and integrates portions of the prose translati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1330-c 1340
Extent:

363 folios.

83. Royal MS 20 D XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 D XI
Title:
Cycle of Guillaume d'Orange
Scope & Content:
A collection of chansons de geste known as the Grand cycle de Guillaume d'Orange about the deeds of the legendary French hero William of Orange and his extended family. The Grand cycle comprises both the Cycle de Guillaume and the Cycle de Narbonne. These include tales of Guillaume's ancestors, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

84. Royal MS 20 E IX

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Royal MS 20 E IX
Title:
Jean Rotz, Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the Boke of Idrography (also known as the Rotz Atlas) by Jean Rotz, hydrographer and navigtor of Dieppe, who probably took part in the expedition from Dieppe to Sumatra under the command of Jean Parmentier in 1529–30, and in 1539 travelled to Guinea and Brazil. The atlas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1535-1542
Extent:
32 folios.