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Royal MS 19 B XVIII
- Record Id:
- 040-002107610
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x000364
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 19 B XVIII
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'LE LIVRE DEZ FAIZ DARMES et de Cheuallerie', by Christine de Pisan (cf. 15 E. VI, art. 14). The passage relating to alleged English treachery is retained. Table of contents to each part. Preface (f. 4) beg. 'Pource que hardiment est tant neccessaire'; text, 'Chaton le vaillant combatant'. Incomplete at the end, breaking off (f. 99 recto) in ch. 16 of pt. iv (the last chapter but one) with the words 'mais les fourches'. The title from an old cover (15th-16th cent.) on f. 1 is 'A boke of chyualrye and of fayttes of armes made by Christyne of Pyse in Frenshe'.
Vellum; ff. 99. 121/4 in. x 9 in. Middle of XV cent. Gatherings (beg. f. 4) of 8 leaves, with catchwords. Sec. fol. in table 'Item dit'; in text let quioncques'. Illuminated initials of English work with border-prolongations poorly executed to each part. Other initials flourished in red and blue. On f. 4 has been inserted a shield of arms, quarterly az. and gu., surmounted by a coronet of unusual shape (fleurs-de-lis alternating with crosses pattées). Cat. of 1666, f. 11 b; not in CMA.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002107610 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 19 B XVIII : 'LE LIVRE DEZ FAIZ DARMES et de Cheuallerie', by Christine de Pisan (cf. 15 E. VI, art. 14). The passage relating to… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1757]/040-002107610
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1430
- End Date:
- 1470
- Date Range:
- Mid 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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