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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Language French Name George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760

1. Royal MS 14 E I vol 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 E I vol 1
Title:
Vincent of Beauvais, translated by Jean de Vignay, Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale), books 1-5
Scope & Content:
The first volume (books 1-9) of Le miroir historiale, (32 books in total) is now bound in two parts, foliated separately, of which this manuscript is part 1 and contains books 1-5 with a table of contents of book 6. Part 2 is Royal MS 14 E I, vol 2 and contains books 6-9. The original Latin work...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1479-1480
Extent:

The first part of a parchment codex bound in two volumes

2. Royal MS 14 E I vol 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 E I vol 2
Title:
Vincent of Beauvais, translated by Jean de Vignay, Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 6-9
Scope & Content:
The first volume (books 1-9) of Le miroir historiale, (32 books in total) is now bound in two parts, foliated separately of which this manuscript is part 2 and contains books 6-9. Part 1 contains books 1-5 and the table of contents of book 6. The original Latin work, the Speculum Historiale was ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1479-1480
Extent:

The second part of a parchment codex bound in two volumes

3. Royal MS 14 E IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 E IV
Title:
Jehan de Wavrin, Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes the third volume of the Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre (also known as the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre) of Jean (Jehan) de Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1r-9v). The text of the chronicle begins with the coronation of Richard II and ends...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1470-c 1480
Extent:
329 folios.

4. Royal MS 15 D I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 D I
Title:
Guyart des Moulins, La Bible historiale
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes volume 4 (Tobit to Acts of the Apostles) of the second edition of the Bible historiale (the so-called petite Bible historiale), a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins (c. 1291-1295). The volume supplemented the set that includes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1470-c 1479
Extent:

439 folios.

5. Royal MS 15 E IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 E IV
Title:
Jean de Wavrin, Recueil des croniques et anciennes istoires de la Grant Bretaigne, vol. 1
Scope & Content:
The first volume of the Recueil des croniques et anciennes istoires de la Grant Bretaigne (Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre)by Jean de Wavrin, Seigneur de Forestel, contains a chronicle of British history from its mythical origins up to the reign of Edward II. This copy has been bound in two s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1471-1483
Extent:

A parchment codex bound as 2 separate volumes

6. Royal MS 15 E VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 E VI
Title:
Poems and Romances (the ''Talbot Shrewsbury book'')
Scope & Content:
A collection of fifteen romances, chivalric treatises, instructional texts, chronicles and statutes compiled as a gift to Margaret of Anjou, on her betrothal to Henry VI, from the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who escorted her to England for the marriage in 1444. The contents are as follows: f. 1v: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1444-1445
Extent:
1 volume

7. Royal MS 16 G VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 G VI
Title:
Les Grandes chroniques de France
Scope & Content:
The present manuscript contains a revised edition of the Grandes Chroniques de France that was commissioned by the future John II as Duke of Normandy (1332-1350), before his assumption of the throne. The text of the chronicle extends to the death of Louis IX (1270). The volume is prefixed by two...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1332-1350
Extent:

A parchment codex, 447 folios.

8. Royal MS 16 G VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 G VIII
Title:
Caesar, translated by Jan Du Quesne (or Jean Duchesne), Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes the earliest surviving copy of the French translation of Caesar's Bellum Gallicum by Jan Du Quesne (or Duchesne) of Lille, addressed to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, that perhaps can be identified as the Duke's presentation copy. Another manuscript of the Commentair...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1473-1476
Extent:

338 folios.

9. Royal MS 17 E VII vol 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 17 E VII vol 1
Title:
Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale
Scope & Content:
Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale (Bible historiale complétée moyenne according to Berger 1884), a French adaptation of Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica with additional books supplied from the French translation of the Bible made at Paris c. 1250; bound in two volumes. The first volume ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1356-1357
Extent:
264 folios.

10. Royal MS 17 E VII vol 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 17 E VII vol 2
Title:
Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale
Scope & Content:
Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale (Bible historiale complétée moyenne according to Berger 1884), a French adaptation of Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica with additional books supplied from the French translation of the Bible made at Paris c. 1250; bound in two volumes. The first volume ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1357
Extent:
342 folios.