General
| Library: | British Library | 
| Sheflmark: | Royal 20 D I | 
| Information source: | Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (1) | 
| Described by: | ewilliams | 
Bindings
| Description: | British Museum / British Library house binding | 
| Date : | 1757 | 
| Title on binding: | HISTOIRE UNIVERSELLE / JUSQU'A JESUS CHRIST / SECONDE PARTIE | 
| Cover material: | Material object (4) | 
| Board material: | None | 
| Fastening: | none | 
| Chaining: | none | 
| Edges: | Gilt | 
| Front end papers (4): | first three are modern; the fourth is original | 
| End papers (3): | modern endpapers; unfoliated | 
Digitisations
| Link (subject to external change and may not function consistently.) | |
| Colour? | Colour | 
| Completeness | Full | 
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Bibliography
| Reference | La Légende de Troie en France au moyen âge (Basel; Tubingen: Francke Verlag, 1996) | 
| Notes | pp. 509-26; 532-6 | 
| Reference | , '"je qui li livre escrive de letre en vulgal": scrivere il francese a Napoli in età angioina', in Giancarlo Alfano, Teresa D'Urso, and Alessandra Perriccioli Saggese (eds), Boccaccio angioino: materiali per la storia di Napoli nel Trecento (Brussels: Peter Lang, 2012) | 
| Notes | pp. 158-66 | 
| Reference | , Le 'Epistole delle dame di Grecia' nel 'Roman de Troie' in prosa. La prima traduzione francese delle Eroidi di Ovidio (Tübingen; Basel: Francke, 2005) | 
| Notes | pp.10-19 | 
| Reference | , 'Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César: forme e percorsi del testo', Critica del testo, VII.1 (2004), 213-56 | 
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Trois manuscrits napolitains des collections de Charles V et de Jean de Berry', Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, 127 (1969), 291-328 | 
| Notes | |
| Reference | Les Epistres des dames de Grèce. Une version médiévale en prose française des 'Héroïdes' d'Ovide, ed. Barbieri, Luca (Paris: Champion, 2007) | 
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MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee | 
|---|---|---|---|
| les liures des est / oires dou commencement dou monde (title in colophon) | ?1325 to 1350 | Naples | 
Related MS
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 301: | Same configuration of textsThis MS is a direct copy of British Library Royal 19 D 1. Similar version of project text(s)This MS is a direct copy of British Library Royal 19 D 1. | 
| London, British Library, Royal 20 D I: | |
| Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, francese Z XVII: | Similar decoration'Certaines de ces miniatures [Venice BNM fr. XVII] rappellent de près celles du plus ancien manuscrit de la deuxième rédaction de l'"Histoire ancienne" (Prose 5), également d'origine napolitaine (BL Royal 20 D I)' (Jung 1996, 290). | 
| London, British Library, Royal 20 D I: | 
MS Part Library: British Library
General
| Shelfmark: | Royal 20 D I | 
| MS Part Title: | les liures des est / oires dou commencement dou monde (title in colophon) | 
| Ms Part Folios: | 363 folios | 
| Page layout: | 
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) | 
| Watermark: | na | 
| Condition: | 
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1325 to 1350 | 
| Notes: | "Il manoscritto BL Royal 20. D.I è stato esemplato a Napoli presso la corte di Roberto d'Angiò, il <re da sermone> dantesco, presumibilmente verso il 1335-1340 da un copista italiano" (Barbieri 2005, 10) "Gli studiosi non sono ancora concordi sulla datazione del codice e le ipotesi oscillano tra il decennio compreso tra il 1330 ed il 1340 e il decennio immediatamente successivo. Datato inizialmente agli anni di re Ludovico e della regina Giovanna, il codice fu in un secondo tempo ascritto all'ultimo decennio del regno di re Roberto" (Palermi 2004, 242 and n.62) | 
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (3) | 
| Folio(s): | From 1 to 363 | 
| Date(s): | ?1325 to 1350 | 
| Scribe description: | 
- Folios: 1ra - 363vb- 
                        1ra - 21va(§23-125) Thebes (Common redaction) Paratextual features:- ParatextualType object (2) 1ra
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                        21vb - 26rb(§126-146) Greeks and Amazons (Common redaction) Paratextual features:- ParatextualType object (2) 21vb
- ParatextualType object (1) 21v
 
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                        27ra - 193vb(§00-00) Troy Prose 5 (Second redaction) Paratextual features:- ParatextualType object (1) 21vb
- ParatextualType object (2) 28vb
- ParatextualType object (2) 38va
- ParatextualType object (1) 67r
- ParatextualType object (2) 82va to 158rb
- ParatextualType object (2) 159vab
- ParatextualType object (2) 172rb
- ParatextualType object (1) 172r
- ParatextualType object (2) 176vb
- ParatextualType object (2) 191rb
- ParatextualType object (1) 154r
- ParatextualType object (1) 169r
- ParatextualType object (1) 35r and 35v
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                        194ra - 214va(§148r-179r) Eneas (Common redaction) Paratextual features:- ParatextualType object (2) 194ra
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                        214va - 223va(§199r-220v) Orient II (Common redaction) Paratextual features:- ParatextualType object (2) 214va
- ParatextualType object (2) 219ra
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                        223vb - 245vb(§179r-199r) Rome I (Common redaction) Includes:- On generosity (Prose) from folio 224 to 224,
- One should lead a pious life (Prose) from folio 233 to 233
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                        246ra - 363rb(§256v-369v) Rome II (Common redaction) Includes:- On the importance of money (Prose) from folio 261 to 261,
- One should fear death when one has not lived well (Prose) from folio 271 to 271
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- ParatextualType object (2) 151ra
- ParatextualType object (2) 269vb
- ParatextualType object (2) 344ra
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