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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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 14 E II
Title:: Jean de Courcy, Le chemin de Vaillance; Christine de Pisan, L'epistre Othea; Alain Chartier, Le breviaire des nobles and other texts in French
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-294v: Jean de Courcy, Le chemin de Vaillance, beginning: 'La glorieuse trinite Trois persones en vnite', ending: 'Pardonnez moy car ie songoye'. ff. 295r-331v: Christine de Pisan, L'Epistre Othea, beginning: 'Othea, deesse deprudence, Quy les bons adresse en vaillance'. ff. 3...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: 1473-1483
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 14 E III
Title:: Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu
Scope & Content:: The present manuscript contains the three texts from the Lancelot-Grail Prose Cycle: Estoire del Saint Graal, incomplete, incipit (f. 3r):' Chil ki la hauteche:..', breaking off (f.88v) at: 'en a touchier a ses..'; La Queste del Saint Graal, incipit (ff. 89r) 'A la veille de pentecouste...' and ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Old
Date Range:: c 1315-1325
Extent:: 1 volume

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.

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 14 E V
Title:
Scope & Content:: JEHAN BOCCACE de Certald, 'Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes maleureux': the later of the two French translations made by Laurens du Premierfait of Giovanni Boccaccio's De casibus illustrium virorum et feminarum. Made for the Duke of Berry in 1409 (see Paulin Paris, MSS. François de la Bibl. d...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1470-1483
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 14 E VI
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'RUSTICAN, du cultivement des terres', also called 'Le livre des prouffits champestres et ruraulx': the version made for Charles V of France, by an anonymous translator, of the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books. Preceded by table of rubrics, 'rieules de la matiere', trans...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1473-1483
Extent:: 1 item

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