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Detailed record for Royal 16 G VI

Title Les Grandes chroniques de France
Origin France, Central (Paris)
Date after 1332, before 1350
Language French
Script Gothic
Artists Mahiet and the Master of the Cambrai Missal (Hedeman (1991), p. 221).
Decoration 418 one or two-column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of books; the miniature at the beginning of the text with a full bar border with vine extensions (f. 3). Foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with dark blue pen-flourishing.
Dimensions in mm 390 x 280 (255 x 190)
Official foliation ff. 447 (+ 3 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end; ff. 246, 247 are medieval parchment flyleaves)
Collation i2, ii-xxxvii12 (ff. 99 and 243 are substituted folios), xxxviii12+1
Form Parchment codex
Binding Post-1600. Royal library binding of brown leather with the Royal arms and a date of 1757; gilt edges.
Provenance John (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the throne: his arms as duke of Normandy (f. 3); and inscription visible under ultraviolet light 'Jehan Ce rommant est monss. le Duc' (f. 445v).
Foliation in red, beginning on f. 3, referred to the list of contents (ff. 1v-2), added in the late 14th century. However, it is not listed in any surviving inventories of the Louvre or in descriptions of John the Good's possessions at his capture at Poitiers in 1356.
Sir John Chandos (d. 1428), landowner and administrator, grandson of Roger, baron Chandos, the lord of the manor of Fownhope, co. Hereford (see Rundle 2004).
Humfrey [or Humphrey of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester (b. 1390, d. 1447), acquired by him from the executors of Sir John Cornwall: inscribed, 'Cest livre est a moy Homfrey / Duc de Gloucestre du don / les exsecuteurs le seigneir de Faunhope' (f. 445).
Inscribed 'iiiixx lib', 15th century (f. 446).
Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).
The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.
Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.
Notes Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts.
With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.
According to Hedeman (1991), one of nine illustrated copies made before 1350, and illuminated in at least six distinct artistic styles between c. 1335-1340, or when John the Good was between 16 and 21 years old:
I: identified with Mahiet (or Master of the Vie de Saint Louis, named after Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 5716): quires 2, 5-14, 17, 19, 22-26, 38;
II: identified with the Master of the Cambrai Missal (named after Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale 157): quires 20-21;
III: quires 3, 4, 30;
IV: quires 15, 16, 18, 21 (except bifolium ff. 234 + 239), 29, 31-37;
V: quire 28;
VI: bifolium ff. 234 + 39.
Marginal annotation reading 'angleter[r]e', referring to the iconography of the miniature representing Henry I of England with the royal arms of France (f. 301).
Catchwords.
Select bibliography Léopold Delisle, 'Notes sur quelques manuscrits du Musée britannique’, Mémoires de la société de l'histoire de Paris, 4 (1877), 183-238 (pp. 191-212).

George F. Warner and Julius P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King’s Collections, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1921), II, pp. 209-12.

Les Grandes Chroniques de France, ed. by J. Viard, 10 vols (Paris: Socitété de l'Histoire de France, 1920-1953), X, pp. 1-188 [edition of Royal 16 G VI].

Pamela Wynn Reeves, 'The Guildhall Chronicles of the Kings of France', The Guildhall Miscellany, 2 (1953), 3-15 (p. 10).

R. E. J. Weber, 'De bodebus als onderscheidingsteken van de lopende bode: nadere conclusies', Overdruk uit Het PTT bedrijf, 8: 4 (1964), 179-90 (p. 188, n. 24).

Roberto Weiss, 'Portrait of a Bibliophile XI: Humfrey, duke of Gloucester d. 1447', The Book Collector, 13 (1964), 161-70 (p. 169).

R. E. J. Weber, The Messenger-Box as a distinctive of the Foot-Messenger', The Antiquaries Journal, 46 (1966), 88-101 (p. 95, n. 2).

Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon,La légende de Roland dans l’art du Moyen-Âge (Brussels: Editions de l’Arcade, 1966), pp. 281-87.

D. J. A. Ross, 'The Iconography of Roland', Medium Aevum, 37 (1968), 46-65 (pp. 48, 62).

Les fastes du Gothique: le siècle de Charles V, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais 1981-1982 (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1981), p. 299 [exhibition catalogue].

Claudine Albertine Chavannes-Mazel, 'The Miroir Historiale of Jean le Bon: the Leiden Manuscript and its Related Copies', 2 vols (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Leiden, 1988), I, p. 57; II, figs 45, 46, 57.

Europa und der Orient: 800-1900, ed. by Gereon Sievernich and Hendrik Budde (Berline: Bertelsmann Lexikon, 1989), no. 3/8 [exhibition catalogue].

Jean Fouquet: Die Bilder der Grandes Chroniques de France, ed. by François Avril, Marie-Thérèse Gousset, and Bernard Guenée (Graz: Akademishe Druck, 1987), p. 110.

Lucy Freeman Sandler, 'Notes for the Illuminator: The Case of the Omne bonum', The Art Bulletin, 71 (1989), 551-64 (p. 560, n. 67).

Anne D. Hedeman, The Royal Image: Illustrations of the Grandes Chroniques de France, 1274-1422 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), pp. 51-73, 213-21.

The Libraries of King Henry VIII, ed. by J. P. Carley, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 7 (London: The British Library, 2000), H1.58, p. xxiv.

Pamela Porter, Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2000), pp. 48, 52-53.

Carra Ferguson O'Meara, Monarchy and Consent: The Coronation Book of Charles V of France: British Library MS Tiberius B VIII (London : Harvey Miller, 2001), p. 104.

James P. Carley, The Books of King Henry VIII and His Wives, preface by David Starkey (London: British Library, 2004), pl. 30.

Sophie Page, Magic in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2004), pp. 14-15, pl. 13.

David Rundle, 'Habits of Manuscript-Collecting: the Dispersals of the Library of Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester', in Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections since Antiquity, ed. by James Raven (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), pp. 106-24 (pp. 110-11; 120-21, n. 21, n. 22).

Allesandra Petrina, Cultural Politics in Fifteenth-century England: The Case of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (Leiden: Brill, 2004), pp 193-94.

Mary and Richard Rouse, ‘A Cat Can Look at a King: An Illustrated Episode in the Grandes Chroniques’, in Tributes to Jonathan J. G. Alexander: The Making and Meaning of Illuminated Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts, Art & Architecture, ed. by Susan L'Engle and Gerald B. Guest (London: Harvey Miller, 2006), pp. 429-41 (p. 433).

Deirdre Jackson, Marvellous to Behold: Miracles in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2007), p. 67, pls 31, 58.

Margaret Scott, Medieval Dress & Fashion (London: British Library, 2007), pl. 49.

Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination (London: British Library, 2011), no. 136 [exhibition catalogue].
Last revised: Thursday, June 2, 2011


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Coronation of Pharamond

f. 3
Coronation of Pharamond
Coronation of Pharamond

f. 3
Coronation of Pharamond
Troy

f. 4v
Troy
 
Troy

f. 4v
Troy
Troy

f. 4v
Troy
Valentinian

f. 5v
Valentinian
 
Valentinian

f. 5v
Valentinian
Text page

f. 7
Text page
Huns

f. 7v
Huns
 
Huns

f. 7v
Huns
Childeric

f. 9
Childeric
Childeric

f. 9
Childeric
 
Severinus

f. 10
Severinus
Severinus

f. 10
Severinus
Ptolemy

f. 11
Ptolemy
 
Ptolemy

f. 11
Ptolemy
Clovis

f. 12v
Clovis
Clovis

f. 12v
Clovis
 
Clovis sending a letter

f. 14
Clovis sending a letter
Clovis sending a letter

f. 14
Clovis sending a letter
Clovis

f. 15
Clovis
 
Clovis

f. 15
Clovis
Baptism of Clovis

f. 16
Baptism of Clovis
Baptism of Clovis

f. 16
Baptism of Clovis
 
Messenger

f. 17
Messenger
Messenger

f. 17
Messenger
Church of St Martin

f. 18
Church of St Martin
 
Church of St Martin

f. 18
Church of St Martin
Clovis

f. 19
Clovis
Clovis

f. 19
Clovis
 
Clodomire, Childebert, Theodoric, and Clothaire

f. 21
Clodomire, Childebert, Theodoric, and Clothaire
Clodomire, Childebert, Theodoric, and Clothaire

f. 21
Clodomire, Childebert, Theodoric, and Clothaire
Pope John

f. 22
Pope John
 
Pope John

f. 22
Pope John
Justinian

f. 23
Justinian
Justinian

f. 23
Justinian
 
Amaury

f. 24v
Amaury
Amaury

f. 24v
Amaury
Captured cities

f. 25v
Captured cities
 
Clothaire and Childebert

f. 27v
Clothaire and Childebert
Belisarius

f. 29v
Belisarius
Benedict

f. 30v
Benedict
 
Clothaire and Crotilda

f. 31v
Clothaire and Crotilda
Procession at Saragossa

f. 32v
Procession at Saragossa
Crotilda's funeral

f. 34v
Crotilda's funeral
 
Battle

f. 36
Battle
Burning of Tours

f. 37
Burning of Tours
Pope Vigilius

f. 38
Pope Vigilius
 
Totila

f. 38v
Totila
Chilperic

f. 40v
Chilperic
Sigebert and Brunhilda

f. 42v
Sigebert and Brunhilda
 
Sigebert

f. 43v
Sigebert
Sigebert

f. 47
Sigebert
Childebert

f. 49
Childebert
 
Hoards of Justin

f. 50
Hoards of Justin
Guntram

f. 50v
Guntram
Chilperic

f. 52
Chilperic
 
Gunbram and Sigebert

f. 54
Gunbram and Sigebert
Fredegunda and Chilperic

f. 55v
Fredegunda and Chilperic
Chilperic

f. 58
Chilperic
 
Leudastes and Chilperic

f. 59
Leudastes and Chilperic
Miracle at the altar

f. 62
Miracle at the altar
Chiperic

f. 63
Chiperic
 
Witches burnt

f. 64
Witches burnt
Witches burnt

f. 64
Witches burnt
Murder of Chilperic

f. 65
Murder of Chilperic
 
Treasure

f. 66
Treasure
Childebert and Gondoald

f. 67
Childebert and Gondoald
Guntram and Fredegunda

f. 69
Guntram and Fredegunda
 
Guntram and Fredegunda

f. 69
Guntram and Fredegunda
Eberulph

f. 69v
Eberulph
Gondoald and Mummolus

f. 71
Gondoald and Mummolus
 
Guntram and Childebert

f. 72v
Guntram and Childebert
Siege

f. 74
Siege
Siege

f. 74
Siege
 
Gundoald

f. 75
Gundoald
Fredegunda's daughter

f. 76
Fredegunda's daughter
Guntram

f. 77
Guntram
 
Fredegunda

f. 78
Fredegunda
Battle of Dormelles

f. 80v
Battle of Dormelles
Battle of Etampes

f. 81
Battle of Etampes
 
Theodoric

f. 82v
Theodoric
Theoderic and Theodebert

f. 84
Theoderic and Theodebert
Theodebert

f. 85
Theodebert
 
Theoderic and Brunhilda

f. 85v
Theoderic and Brunhilda
Capture of Brunhilda

f. 86
Capture of Brunhilda
Execution of Brunhilda

f. 87
Execution of Brunhilda
 
Execution of Brunhilda

f. 87
Execution of Brunhilda
Maurice

f. 88v
Maurice
Death of Romhilda

f. 89v
Death of Romhilda
 
Death of Romhilda

f. 89v
Death of Romhilda
Clothaire

f. 90
Clothaire
Clothaire

f. 91v
Clothaire
 
Dagobert

f. 92
Dagobert
Dagobert

f. 93v
Dagobert
Dagobert's vision

f. 94v
Dagobert's vision
 
Dagobert and Clothaire

f. 95v
Dagobert and Clothaire
Dagobert and Clothaire

f. 97
Dagobert and Clothaire
Godin

f. 98
Godin
 
Council of Clichy

f. 98v
Council of Clichy
Dagobert

f. 99v
Dagobert
Dagobert

f. 101
Dagobert
 
Dagobert and Ragintruda

f. 101v
Dagobert and Ragintruda
Phocas

f. 102v
Phocas
Envoys

f. 104
Envoys
 
Dagobert

f. 105
Dagobert
Dagobert

f. 106
Dagobert
Dagobert

f. 107
Dagobert
 
Dagobert

f. 108
Dagobert
Ansoald

f. 110
Ansoald
Clovis and Nantilda

f. 111
Clovis and Nantilda
 
Clovis

f. 112
Clovis
Clovis

f. 112v
Clovis
Bathilda

f. 113v
Bathilda
 
Ebroin

f. 114v
Ebroin
Chilperic and Charles Martel

f. 116
Chilperic and Charles Martel
Charles Martel

f. 117v
Charles Martel
 
Siege of Avignon

f. 118v
Siege of Avignon
Charles Martel

f. 119v
Charles Martel
Siege of Laon

f. 120
Siege of Laon
 
Pepin

f. 121
Pepin
Pepin

f. 122v
Pepin
Eginhard and Turpin

f. 124
Eginhard and Turpin
 
Charlemagne

f. 125
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 126
Charlemagne
Battles in Aquitaine

f. 127
Battles in Aquitaine
 
Saxon raids

f. 129
Saxon raids
Charlemagne

f. 130v
Charlemagne
Pope

f. 132
Pope
 
Charlemagne

f. 133
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 133v
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 133v
Charlemagne
 
Charlemagne

f. 134v
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 137
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 137
Charlemagne
 
Charlemagne

f. 138v
Charlemagne
Leo III

f. 140
Leo III
Charlemagne

f. 141v
Charlemagne
 
Eardwulf of Northumbria

f. 145v
Eardwulf of Northumbria
Charlemage

f. 148v
Charlemage
Charlemagne

f. 149v
Charlemagne
 
Charlemagne

f. 151
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 151
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 151v
Charlemagne
 
Charlemagne

f. 152v
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 153v
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 153v
Charlemagne
 
Saracens

f. 155
Saracens
Charlemagne

f. 156v
Charlemagne
Jerusalem

f. 157v
Jerusalem
 
Charlemagne

f. 158v
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 158v
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 159
Charlemagne
 
Charlemagne

f. 160
Charlemagne
Nail healing the sick

f. 161
Nail healing the sick
Nail healing the sick

f. 161
Nail healing the sick
 
Charlemagne

f. 161v
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 161v
Charlemagne
Relics

f. 162v
Relics
 
Relics

f. 163
Relics
Charlemagne

f. 165
Charlemagne
Charles the Great and James

f. 165
Charles the Great and James
 
Charlemagne

f. 165
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 166
Charlemagne
Agolant

f. 167
Agolant
 
Agolant

f. 167
Agolant
Text page

f. 168
Text page
Agolant

f. 168v
Agolant
 
Charlemagne

f. 170
Charlemagne
Battle scene

f. 171
Battle scene
Battle scene

f. 171v
Battle scene
 
Ferragus

f. 172v
Ferragus
Roland and Ferragus

f. 173
Roland and Ferragus
Roland and Ferragus

f. 173
Roland and Ferragus
 
Text page

f. 174
Text page
Charlemagne

f. 174v
Charlemagne
Charlemagne

f. 175v
Charlemagne
 
Ganelon

f. 177
Ganelon
Battle of Roncevaux

f. 178
Battle of Roncevaux
Battle of Roncevaux

f. 178
Battle of Roncevaux
 
Roland

f. 178v
Roland
Death of Roland

f. 179v
Death of Roland
Death of Roland

f. 180v
Death of Roland
 
Illuminated initial

f. 181
Illuminated initial
Funeral of Roland

f. 181v
Funeral of Roland
Burial of the dead

f. 182
Burial of the dead
 
Funeral of Roland

f. 182v
Funeral of Roland
Funeral of Roland

f. 182v
Funeral of Roland
Charlemagne

f. 183
Charlemagne
 
Roland

f. 185
Roland
Mansur of Cordova

f. 185v
Mansur of Cordova
Mansur of Cordova

f. 185v
Mansur of Cordova
 
Hildegarde and her children

f. 187v
Hildegarde and her children
Charlemagne

f. 189
Charlemagne
Betrothal of Louis the Pious

f. 189v
Betrothal of Louis the Pious
 
Louis the Pious

f. 190v
Louis the Pious
Passage of the Ebro

f. 192
Passage of the Ebro
Louis the Pious

f. 193
Louis the Pious
 
Death of Charlemagne

f. 194
Death of Charlemagne
Death of Charlemagne

f. 194
Death of Charlemagne
Louis the Pious

f. 195v
Louis the Pious
 
Louis the Pious

f. 195v
Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious

f. 197
Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious

f. 198v
Louis the Pious
 
Louis the Pious

f. 199v
Louis the Pious
Lothaire, Paschasius, and Drogo

f. 201
Lothaire, Paschasius, and Drogo
Lothaire

f. 202v
Lothaire
 
Lothaire

f. 203v
Lothaire
Lothaire

f. 205
Lothaire
Judith

f. 206v
Judith
 
Lothaire's sons

f. 207v
Lothaire's sons
Lothaire and Gregory

f. 208
Lothaire and Gregory
Lothaire

f. 209v
Lothaire
 
Odo

f. 211
Odo
Treating for peace

f. 212v
Treating for peace
Louis the Pious

f. 214
Louis the Pious
 
Louis the Pious

f. 215v
Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious

f. 217
Louis the Pious
Charles the Bald

f. 219
Charles the Bald
 
Charles the Bald

f. 220
Charles the Bald
Charles the Bald

f. 220
Charles the Bald
Louis the German

f. 221v
Louis the German
 
Messengers

f. 222v
Messengers
Charles the Bald

f. 223
Charles the Bald
Louis le Germanique

f. 224
Louis le Germanique
 
Louis le Germanique

f. 225v
Louis le Germanique
Louis le Germanique

f. 227v
Louis le Germanique
Carloman and Charles

f. 229
Carloman and Charles
 
Council of Metz

f. 230v
Council of Metz
Charles the Bald and Louis

f. 231v
Charles the Bald and Louis
Charles the Bald

f. 232v
Charles the Bald
 
Charles the Bald

f. 233v
Charles the Bald
Vision of Charles

f. 234
Vision of Charles
Charles the Bald

f. 235v
Charles the Bald
 
Louis le Begue

f. 237v
Louis le Begue
Pope and Queen

f. 239
Pope and Queen
Louis le Begue

f. 240
Louis le Begue
 
Louis le Begue

f. 241
Louis le Begue
Carloman and Boso

f. 242
Carloman and Boso
Carloman

f. 243v
Carloman
 
Translation

f. 244v
Translation
The Normans

f. 245
The Normans
Louis

f. 245v
Louis
 
Battle with the Normans

f. 247
Battle with the Normans
Charles the Simple

f. 248
Charles the Simple
Duke William  the Bastard

f. 249
Duke William the Bastard
 
Louis d'Outremer

f. 249v
Louis d'Outremer
Duke William  the Bastard

f. 250v
Duke William the Bastard
Duke William  the Bastard

f. 251v
Duke William the Bastard
 
Louis d'Outremer

f. 252
Louis d'Outremer
Louis IV

f. 253
Louis IV
Ansegisus

f. 255
Ansegisus
 
Duke Richard of Normandy

f. 255v
Duke Richard of Normandy
Lothaire

f. 256
Lothaire
Raid of Danes

f. 256v
Raid of Danes
 
Lothaire and Louis

f. 257v
Lothaire and Louis
Capture of Charles

f. 258
Capture of Charles
Council of Rheims

f. 258
Council of Rheims
 
Charles, and Council of Rheims

f. 258
Charles, and Council of Rheims
Siege of Melura

f. 259
Siege of Melura
Death-bed of Duke Richard of Normandy

f. 259v
Death-bed of Duke Richard of Normandy
 
Deathbed of Duke Richard of Normandy

f. 259v
Deathbed of Duke Richard of Normandy
Odo

f. 260v
Odo
Odo

f. 260v
Odo
 
Auxerre and Avalon

f. 262
Auxerre and Avalon
Auxerre and Avalon

f. 262
Auxerre and Avalon
Henry of France

f. 263v
Henry of France
 
Henry I of France

f. 263v
Henry I of France
Tillieres

f. 265v
Tillieres
Tillieres

f. 265v
Tillieres
 
Duke William the Bastard

f. 266v
Duke William the Bastard
Duke William the Bastard

f. 266v
Duke William the Bastard
Henry I

f. 267v
Henry I
 
Abbot of St Denis

f. 268v
Abbot of St Denis
Henry I

f. 269v
Henry I
Henry I

f. 269v
Henry I
 
Fulk of Anjou

f. 270
Fulk of Anjou
Fulk of Anjou

f. 270
Fulk of Anjou
Bertha

f. 271
Bertha
 
Bertha

f. 271
Bertha
William Rufus

f. 272
William Rufus
Clermont

f. 272v
Clermont
 
Battle before a castle

f. 273v
Battle before a castle
Chateau Montaigu

f. 274v
Chateau Montaigu
Philip I

f. 275v
Philip I
 
Robert Giscard and Boemond

f. 276v
Robert Giscard and Boemond
Paschasius

f. 277v
Paschasius
Imperial envoys

f. 278v
Imperial envoys
 
Pope

f. 279
Pope
Siege of Gournay-sur-Marne

f. 280v
Siege of Gournay-sur-Marne
Siege of Gournay-sur-Marne

f. 280v
Siege of Gournay-sur-Marne
 
Louis le Gros

f. 282
Louis le Gros
Philip I

f. 282v
Philip I
Louis le Gros

f. 284
Louis le Gros
 
Odo of Corbeil

f. 284v
Odo of Corbeil
Henry I

f. 286
Henry I
Guy de Roche-Guyon

f. 288
Guy de Roche-Guyon
 
Louis le Gros

f. 289v
Louis le Gros
Countess of Chartres

f. 290
Countess of Chartres
Siege of Puisat

f. 291
Siege of Puisat
 
Louis le Gros

f. 292
Louis le Gros
Bouchard

f. 293
Bouchard
Louis le Gros

f. 294v
Louis le Gros
 
Louis le Gros

f. 295v
Louis le Gros
Louis le Gros

f. 296v
Louis le Gros
Louis le Gros

f. 298
Louis le Gros
 
Henry I

f. 299
Henry I
Louis le Gros

f. 300v
Louis le Gros
Louis le Gros

f. 302v
Louis le Gros
 
Louis le Gros

f. 303v
Louis le Gros
Bishop of Clermont

f. 304v
Bishop of Clermont
Text page

f. 305v
Text page
 
Text page

f. 305v
Text page
Murder of Charles

f. 306
Murder of Charles
Execution

f. 306
Execution
 
Siege of Coucy

f. 307v
Siege of Coucy
Schism of Cardinals

f. 308
Schism of Cardinals
Death of prince Philip

f. 309
Death of prince Philip
 
Louis le Gros

f. 310v
Louis le Gros
Louis le Gros

f. 311
Louis le Gros
Louis le Jeune

f. 312v
Louis le Jeune
 
William

f. 313v
William
Louis le Jeune

f. 314
Louis le Jeune
Crusaders

f. 316v
Crusaders
 
Guy de Ponthieu

f. 317
Guy de Ponthieu
Crusading army

f. 317v
Crusading army
Louis le Jeune

f. 318v
Louis le Jeune
 
Louis le Jeune

f. 318v
Louis le Jeune
Louis VII of France

f. 318v
Louis VII of France
Louis le Jeune

f. 319
Louis le Jeune
 
Council of princes

f. 320
Council of princes
Councils

f. 321
Councils
Councils

f. 321
Councils
 
Louis VII of France

f. 321
Louis VII of France
Approach to Damascus

f. 321v
Approach to Damascus
Siege of Damascus

f. 322
Siege of Damascus
 
Wells of Damascus

f. 322v
Wells of Damascus
Encampment

f. 323
Encampment
Conrad

f. 325
Conrad
 
Conrad

f. 325
Conrad
Divorce of Louis VII

f. 325v
Divorce of Louis VII
Louis le Jeune

f. 327v
Louis le Jeune
 
Abbey of Vezelay

f. 328v
Abbey of Vezelay
Abbey of Vezelay

f. 328v
Abbey of Vezelay
Abbey of Vezelay

f. 328v
Abbey of Vezelay
 
Louis le Jeune

f. 329v
Louis le Jeune
Louis le Jeune

f. 329v
Louis le Jeune
Philip Augustus

f. 330v
Philip Augustus
 
Philip Augustus

f. 330v
Philip Augustus
Philip Augustus

f. 331
Philip Augustus
Philip Augustus

f. 332v
Philip Augustus
 
Banishment of Jews

f. 333v
Banishment of Jews
Destruction of the synagogues

f. 334
Destruction of the synagogues
Philip Augustus

f. 334v
Philip Augustus
 
Durand

f. 335v
Durand
Philip Augustus

f. 337
Philip Augustus
Philip Augustus

f. 338
Philip Augustus
 
Rollo

f. 340
Rollo
Philip Augustus

f. 340v
Philip Augustus
Philip Augustus

f. 341
Philip Augustus
 
Philip Augustus

f. 341
Philip Augustus
Philip Augustus

f. 343v
Philip Augustus
Philip Augustus

f. 344v
Philip Augustus
 
Philip Augustus

f. 345
Philip Augustus
Montrichard

f. 345v
Montrichard
Philip Augustus

f. 347
Philip Augustus
 
Richard I

f. 347v
Richard I
Philip Augustus

f. 348v
Philip Augustus
Philip and Tancred

f. 350
Philip and Tancred
 
Philip and Tancred

f. 350
Philip and Tancred
Philip Augustus

f. 350v
Philip Augustus
Louis

f. 351v
Louis
 
Capture of Acre

f. 352v
Capture of Acre
Philip Augustus

f. 353v
Philip Augustus
Philip Augustus

f. 354
Philip Augustus
 
Siege of Gisors

f. 355
Siege of Gisors
Philip Augustus

f. 356
Philip Augustus
Philip Augustus

f. 356v
Philip Augustus
 
Battle with Richard I

f. 357v
Battle with Richard I
Attack on a town

f. 358v
Attack on a town
Battle with Richard I

f. 360
Battle with Richard I
 
Peter of Capua

f. 361
Peter of Capua
Peter of Capua

f. 361
Peter of Capua
Philip and John

f. 361v
Philip and John
 
Arthur

f. 361v
Arthur
Philip and John

f. 362
Philip and John
Philip and John

f. 362v
Philip and John
 
Death of Andronicus

f. 363v
Death of Andronicus
Pope sending legates

f. 364v
Pope sending legates
Submission of Normans

f. 365v
Submission of Normans
 
Siege of Loches

f. 366
Siege of Loches
Fighting in Aquitaine

f. 367
Fighting in Aquitaine
Amaury

f. 368v
Amaury
 
Count of Auvergne

f. 369v
Count of Auvergne
Count of Auvergne

f. 369v
Count of Auvergne
Treaty with Emperor

f. 370v
Treaty with Emperor
 
Attack on a castle

f. 371v
Attack on a castle
Fighting in Lombardy

f. 372v
Fighting in Lombardy
Philip Augustus

f. 373
Philip Augustus
 
Philip Augustus

f. 373
Philip Augustus
John of England

f. 373v
John of England
Albigensians

f. 374v
Albigensians
 
Albigensians

f. 374v
Albigensians
Sieges and battles

f. 375
Sieges and battles
Montlehery

f. 376
Montlehery
 
Battle of Philip Augustus and John of England

f. 376v
Battle of Philip Augustus and John of England
French army

f. 377
French army
Battle scene

f. 379
Battle scene
 
Battle scene

f. 379v
Battle scene
Cavalry encounter

f. 380v
Cavalry encounter
Foot soldiers and cavalry

f. 381
Foot soldiers and cavalry
 
Flight of Imperial army

f. 381v
Flight of Imperial army
Philip Augustus

f. 382v
Philip Augustus
Philip Augustus

f. 383
Philip Augustus
 
Ferdinand

f. 384
Ferdinand
John of England and Louis VIII

f. 385
John of England and Louis VIII
Funeral of Philip Augustus

f. 386
Funeral of Philip Augustus
 
Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile

f. 386v
Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile
Siege of Rochelle

f. 388
Siege of Rochelle
Rochelle

f. 388v
Rochelle
 
Siege of Avignon

f. 389v
Siege of Avignon
Coronation of Louis IX

f. 390v
Coronation of Louis IX
Battle

f. 391v
Battle
 
Surrender of a castle

f. 392v
Surrender of a castle
St Denis

f. 393
St Denis
Thiebaud

f. 394
Thiebaud
 
Louis IX

f. 395
Louis IX
Louis IX

f. 395
Louis IX
Knights

f. 396
Knights
 
Louis IX

f. 397
Louis IX
Louis IX

f. 398
Louis IX
Battle with the English

f. 399
Battle with the English
 
Siege of a castle

f. 400
Siege of a castle
Enthronment of Innocent IV

f. 401
Enthronment of Innocent IV
Council of Lyons

f. 402
Council of Lyons
 
Pope

f. 403
Pope
Louis IX

f. 403v
Louis IX
Louis IX

f. 404v
Louis IX
 
Louis IX

f. 405
Louis IX
Text page

f. 405v
Text page
King of Cyprus

f. 406
King of Cyprus
 
Louis IX

f. 407
Louis IX
Louis IX

f. 407v
Louis IX
Louis IX

f. 408v
Louis IX
 
Attack on Damietta

f. 409v
Attack on Damietta
Attack on Damietta

f. 410v
Attack on Damietta
Louis IX

f. 411
Louis IX
 
Battle scene

f. 412
Battle scene
Louis IX

f. 413
Louis IX
Louis IX

f. 414
Louis IX
 
Louis IX

f. 415v
Louis IX
Massacre at Sidon

f. 416v
Massacre at Sidon
Louis IX

f. 417
Louis IX
 
William killed

f. 418
William killed
Louis IX

f. 418v
Louis IX
Punishment

f. 420v
Punishment
 
Punishment

f. 420v
Punishment
Louis IX

f. 422
Louis IX
Louis IX

f. 423
Louis IX
 
Louis IX

f. 423v
Louis IX
Louis IX

f. 424v
Louis IX
Charles of Anjou

f. 425
Charles of Anjou
 
Henry III visiting Louis IX

f. 426
Henry III visiting Louis IX
Louis IX

f. 426v
Louis IX
Florentines and Sienese

f. 427
Florentines and Sienese
 
Attack

f. 427
Attack
Civil war in England

f. 427v
Civil war in England
Charles of Anjou

f. 429v
Charles of Anjou
 
Charles of Anjou

f. 430v
Charles of Anjou
Battle of Benevento

f. 431
Battle of Benevento
Death of Manfred

f. 432
Death of Manfred
 
Conradin

f. 433
Conradin
Armies

f. 433v
Armies
Armies

f. 433v
Armies
 
Charles of Anjou defeating Henry of Spain

f. 434v
Charles of Anjou defeating Henry of Spain
Conradin and Henry od Spain

f. 436
Conradin and Henry od Spain
Cardinal Simon preaching a crusade

f. 436v
Cardinal Simon preaching a crusade
 
Louis IX

f. 437v
Louis IX
Landing at Cagliari

f. 438v
Landing at Cagliari
Council

f. 439v
Council
 
Louis IX at Tunis

f. 440v
Louis IX at Tunis
Capture of Carthage

f. 441
Capture of Carthage
Attack by Saracens

f. 442
Attack by Saracens
 
Entrenching the camp

f. 442v
Entrenching the camp
Entrenching the camp

f. 442v
Entrenching the camp
Louis IX on his death-bed

f. 444v
Louis IX on his death-bed
 

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