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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Name John II, King of France, 1319-1364 Level [40] File

1. 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.

2. Royal MS 19 D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 D II
Title:
Guyard des Moulins, Bible historiale ('The Bible of John the Good')
Scope & Content:
Guyard des Moulins, Bible historiale (Bible historiale complétée moyenne according to Berger 1884), a French adaptation of Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica. Preface incipit: 'Pour ce que li deables'. The manuscript's content follows the general arrangement of the text of the Bible historia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1350-1356
Extent:

526 folios.