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French translation of the latin Grandes Chroniques de France.

Grandes Chroniques de Saint-Denis
copy from English occupied Calais, Northern France, 1487AD
British Library Mss Royal 20 E I to VI.

Royal 20 E I f.47, Childebert and Clothaire before Saragossa meeting a bishop of Saragossa, with the bishop and clergy bringing out relics of Vincent.
Attribution: Circle of the Master of 1482

Royal 20 E I
ff. 1-225v
Title: Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Priam of Troy to 768)
Origin: France, N. (Calais)
Date: 1487
Language: French
Script: Gothic cursive
Scribe: Hugues de Lembourg
Dimensions in mm: 525 x 360 (330 x 210)
Form: Parchment codex
Provenance: Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494, written for him in 1487 by Hugues de Lembourg, his servant, as a gift for Henry VI
Source: British Library catalogue

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Royal 20 E II f. 274v, Assault on Montlehery, while Count Guy's daughter is within.

Royal 20 E II
ff. 1-289v
Title: Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from 768 to 1108)
Source: British Library catalogue

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Royal 20 E III f. 30v, Assault on a city and castle.


Royal 20 E III f. 152v, Capture of Evreux


Royal 20 E III f. 155, Richard I doing homage to Philip for Normandy.

Royal 20 E III
ff. 1-316
Title: Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from 1108 to 1270)
Decoration: ... some with instructions to illuminators in English
Source: British Library catalogue

Royal 20 E IV
ff. 280
Title: Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from 1270 to 1364)
Source: British Library catalogue

Royal 20 E V
ff. 1-211
Author: Jean Juvénal, with a continuation attributed to Gilles le Bouvier
Title: Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from 1380 to 1422)
Source: British Library catalogue

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Royal 20 E VI f. 20, Attack on St James in Normandy


Royal 20 E VI f. 22, Siege of Montargis and the drowning of Pierre de Giac.

Royal 20 E VI
ff. 1-299v
Title: Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from 1422 to 1460)
Source: British Library catalogue