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Royal MS 16 G II

Record Id:
040-002107224
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002105724
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x000171
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Royal MS 16 G II
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ROMANCE of Les Quatre Fils Aimon; more fully described by Ward, Cat. of Romances, i, p. 619. Without title, but 'Les iiii filz Aymont' in a 15th cent. hand is on the fly-leaf. The prose romance (cf. 15 E. VI, art. 6) has here a verse opening in 617 alexandrines, apparently abridged from the long chanson de geste contained in Paris MS. Bibl. Nat. fonds fr. 764 (formerly 7182, cf. Hist. Litt. de la France, xxii, p. 704), &c., and printed by H. Michelant, Renaus de Montauban, Stuttgart, 1862. At the end (f. 163) is a supplement, also in verse (1899 alexandrines), describing the adventures of Maugis and of the three surviving sons after the death of Regnault de Montauban, as related in the first part of the prose romance of Mabrian (printed, Paris, 1525, circ. 1550, &c.). Introduction beg.:

'Seigneurs, or faittes paix, si orrez bonne chancon, Que notre sieur dieu, qui souffry passion '. Prose text (f. 8) beg. 'Or dist le conte que du temps du roy Alixandre'. Ends 'pour lame et pour le corps,. Supplement beg.:

'Seigneurs, or entendez pour dieu qui ne mentz, Et vous orrez chancon dont ly voir sont joly'.

Vellum; ff. 183. 151/4 in. x 11 in. Middle of XV cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves. Prose portion in double columns. Sec. fol. 'car mendre'. Illuminated initials, borders, and five miniatures in French style, closely resembling 15 E. VI. Directions for the illuminator (in words) remain except for the first two (e.g. no. 5 below). The subjects are:

1. Regnault slays Bertoullet with a sword; without, the four sons on Bayard. f. 1 (large).

2. Charlemagne, at table, receives news of the sons. f. 8.

3. The sons rob travellers in the the forest. f. 22.

4. Charlemagne on pilgrimage passes Montauban. f. 33.

5. Charlemagne, enthroned, consults his barons. 'Icy soit fait ung palaiz ou le roy Charlemaine et plusieurs barons soient.' f. 40 b.

No. 75 in the cat. of MSS. at Richmond Palace in 1535 (cf. 15 D. I); cat. of 1666, f. 11 b; not in CMA.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Royal Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002105724
040-002107224
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Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts

 

Royal MS 16 G II : ROMANCE of Les Quatre Fils Aimon; more fully described by Ward, Cat. of Romances, i, p. 619. Without title, but 'Les iiii…
Hierarchy:
032-002105724[1387]/040-002107224
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View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
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File
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1 item
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Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1430
End Date:
1470
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Era:
CE
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