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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Language French Name Quesne, Jan, scribe, fl 1470-1475

1. 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.

2. 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.