Book: BL Royal MS 14 E III (Estoire des saint Graal; La Queste del saint Graal; La Morte le roi Artu)

Created 1315-1325


Ownership Details

Charles V of France, Ownership Confirmed (13??-1380) by Inventory.

Charles VI of France, Ownership Confirmed (1380-1422) by Inventory.

Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of France, Ownership Confirmed (20 April 1404-1422?) by Inventory. Ownership Confirmed (20 April 1404-1422?) by Instance of borrowing.

John Duke of Bedford, Ownership Possible (c. 1422-1435?) by Other.

Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of England, Ownership Confirmed (143?-1465) by Inscription.

Sir Richard Roos, Ownership Confirmed (145?-1482) by Inscription.

Jane or Joan Grey, Ownership Confirmed (c. 1482-1491?) by Inscription.

Eleanor Haute, Ownership Confirmed (1482-14??) by Inscription.

Cecily of York, viscountess of Welles, Ownership Confirmed (c. 1482-?) by Inscription.

Elizabeth of York, queen consort of England, Ownership Confirmed (c. 1482-?) by Inscription.



Bibliography

Middleton, Roger. "Manuscripts of the Lancelot-Grail Cycle in England and Wales: Some Books and their Owners," in A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, ed. Carol Dover (Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 2003), 219-35.: 221

Sutton, Anne F., and Livia Visser-Fuchs, "A 'Most Benevolent Queen': Queen Elizabeth Woodville's Reputation, her Piety and her Books," The Ricardian: Journal of the Richard III Society 10 (1995): 214-45.: 228-230

Delisle, Léopold. Le Cabinet des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale, 3 vols, vol. 3 (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1881).

BnF fr. 2700: ff. 15v, 45