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Book: BL Cotton MS Vitellius E II (Grandes chroniques de France; Account of the reigns of Kings Richard I and John of England)

Created 1370-1380

John

Format: Parchment, illuminated

Texts:

  • Grandes chroniques de France
  • Account of the reigns of Kings Richard I and John of England

    • Scribe(s):

  • Raoulet d'Orléans

    • Ownership Details

    Jacqueline of Bavaria, countess of Hainaut, Ownership Possible (post-31 May 1417?-c. 1423) by Other.

    Charles V of France, Ownership Confirmed (post-1370-1380) by Other.

    John Duke of Berry, Ownership Confirmed (post-1380-1416?) by Other. Ownership Possible (post-1380-1416?) by Inventory.

    William II, duke of Bavaria, Ownership Confirmed (post-1416?-31 May 1417) by Inventory.

    Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, Ownership Confirmed (post-1423-23 February 1447?) by Other.



    Bibliography

    Tesnière, Marie-Hélène, "La Dispersion de la Libraire de Charles V et Charles VI au XVe siècle (après 1424)," in Late Medieval and Early Modern Libraries: Knowledge Repositories, Guardians of Tradition and Catalysts of Changed, ed. Outi Merisalo, Natasa Golob, and Leonardo Magionami (Turnhout: Brepols, 2023), 17-34.: 23