The core of this book is the life story of a manuscript codex, British Library Royal MS 13 E IV: the Latin Chronicle (from the Creation to 1300) of Guillaume de Nangis, copied in the abbey library of St-Denis-en-France. The authors shed new light on the production process, identifying the illuminator of the Royal MS and naming the scribe. Detailed evidence links the codex to important events in history, such as the Council of Constance, and famous actors like Jean de France, duc de Berry, Sigismund of Luxembourg, Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, and Henry VIII, to name a few. The authors show how it traveled from one capital to the other, narrating the entire life and interesting times of this codex. Another dimension of this study accounts for all twenty-two copies of the Chronicle, now scattered in nine cities from London to Vienna, placing each one in a scrupulously drawn 'stemma codicum' and sketching its history.
Author(s): Daniel Williman, Karen Corsano
Series: Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 28. Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 74
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 252
City: Berlin
Preface
List of illustrations
Part I: The Text of the World Chronicle and its Dissemination
Chapter 1. The Latin World Chronicle (1300) of Guillaume de Nangis
Chapter 2. Applied Philology and the Descent of 22 Manuscript Copies
Chapter 3. Stories of Some Possessors
Chapter 4. British Library Royal Manuscript 13 E IV
Part II: The French and English Lives of the Royal Manuscript
Chapter 5 Creation of the Royal Manuscript at Saint-Denis
Chapter 6 The Royal Manuscript in Paris, 1400–1416
Chapter 7 Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of the Romans
Chapter 8 To the Chapel of St. George, Windsor
Chapter 9 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk
Chapter 10 In the Library of Henry VIII
Chapter 11 In the British Royal Library
Appendices
A. Latin Excerpts from BL Royal 13 E IV
B. Arguments in the 'Rouleau de Saint-Denis', based on the Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis, submitted to the Parlement de Paris, 1410
C. Historical References by Guillaume Fillastre
D. Privy Purse Warrants for the Books of Henry VIII
E. Wanted: The Leaves Missing from BL Royal 13 E IV
Plates
Bibliography
Index
