Royal MS 20 A II
c 1307-c 1327, The manuscript contains: ff. 1r-9v, Drawings (see descriptions below) with various inscriptions, distichs and poems;ff. 10 r-v, Verse lament of Edward II;ff. 11r-146v, Peter of Langtoft (Pierre de Langtoft), Chronicle of England;(missing folios from between ff. 146 and 147 have been bound with Cotton MS Julius A V at the end: ff. 171-187)ff. 147r-152v, Lancelot du Lac, imperfect;ff. 152v-154r, A copy of a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus, added in a hand of the 2nd half of the 14th century and containing no decorative features;155r-169v, La Queste del Saint Graal, imperfect at the beginning and at the end.Decoration: 19 tinted drawings (some with gold). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with blue pen-flourishing, some large, some small. Capitals marked in red.The subjects of the drawings are: f. 1r, The Creation.f. 1v, The battle of Troy.f. 2r, Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below).f. 2v, The murder of King Constans (above); a group of men (below).f. 3r, The burning of Vortigern (above); a king, possibly Ambrosius, with courtiers (below).f. 3v, King Uther converses with Merlin.f. 4r, King Arthur (above); the crowns and names of 30 kingdoms (below).f. 4v, Athelstan (Adelstan) kneeling before Guy of Warwick.f. 5r, Edward the Confessor.f. 5v, William the Conqueror (above); genealogical table (below).f. 6r, William Rufus struck by an arrow.f. 6v, Henry I (above); the wreck of the White Ship, drowning of Prince William, and genealogical table (below).f. 7v, Stephen with a hawk.f. 7v, Henry II and Thomas Becket (above); genealogical table (below) f. 8r, Richard I.f. 8v, John with hounds (above); genealogical table (below).f. 9r, Henry III with façade of Westminster Abbey (above); genealogical table (below).f. 9v, Edward I (above); genealogical table (below).f. 10r, Edward II.
 
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