The World Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis : : A Manuscript’s Journey from Saint-Denis to St. Pancras / / Daniel Williman, Karen Corsano.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Williman, Daniel,; Corsano, Karen,
• Place / Publishing House: Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture ; 28
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 232 p.)

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 illuminato...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• 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• C Historical References by Guillaume Fillastre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