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Complete and edited transcriptions


Book I


‘A’ version

Book I and beginning of Book II, Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 864 (fol. 1-399) (ed. Valentina Mazzei, processed Natasha Romanova, name markup Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Brussels, Royal Library, ms. II 88 (fol. 1-14). Fragments (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica, ms. Reg. lat. 726 (fol. 96-104). Fragment (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, New York, Morgan Library, ms. M.804 (fol. 1-258) (ed. Rob Sanderson; processed Hartley Miller and Godfried Croenen, name markup Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Institut, ms. 326 (fol. 214-215). Fragment (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2663 (ed. Godfried Croenen, Caroline Lambert, Sofie Loomans, Mike Kestemont, Richard and Mary Rouse, Alexandra Vanguchte)

Book I, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud misc., ms. 745 (fol. 1-36). Fragment (ed. Godfried Croenen)


‘B’ version

Book I, Kortrijk, Stadsbibliotheek, Cod. 329. Fragment (ed. Godfried Croenen)


Book II

Book II, Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 865 (fol. 1-200) (ed. Hartley Miller and Godfried Croenen; name markup Godfried Croenen; checked by Natasha Romanova and Peter Ainsworth)

Book II, Brussels, Royal Library, ms. II 88 (fol. 15). Fragment (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Leiden, University Library, ms. VGGF 9-2 (ed. Natasha Romanova with Peter Ainsworth, name markup Godfried Croenen)

Book II, New York, Morgan Library, ms. M.804 (fol. 261-363) (ed. Peter Ainsworth; markup Hartley Miller, name markup Godfried Croenen)


Book III

Book III, Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 865 (fol. 201-451) (ed. Peter Ainsworth, name markup Godfried Croenen and Peter Ainsworth)

Book III, Brussels, Royal Library, ms. II 88 (fol. 16-23). Fragments (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Cambridge, University Library, ms. Hh.3.16 (fol. VII). Fragment (ed. Godfried Croenen)



Sample or partial transcriptions


Book I


‘Amiens’ version

Book I, Amiens BM, ms. 486 (ed. Godfried Croenen)


‘Valenciennes version

Book I, Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 658 (fol. 1-92) (ed. Godfried Croenen)


‘A’ version

Book I, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, ms. M 15.4 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Arras, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 1063 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Pre-1700 Manuscripts, ms. 48 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek — Preußischer Kulturbesitz, ms. Rehdiger 1 (Depot Breslau, 1, Bd. 1) (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Bern, Burgerbibliothek, ms. A11-A12 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Brussels, Royal Library ms. II 2551 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Brussels, Royal Library, ms. IV 251 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book I, Carpentras, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 502 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Chantilly, Musée Condé, ms. 873 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Chantilly, Musée Condé, ms. 874 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Clumber Park, lot 943 (Sotheby's sale) (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Glasgow, University Library, Hunter ms. 42 (ed. Godfried Croenen and Natasha Romanova)

Book I, Harvard, College Library, ms. fr. 152 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Leiden, University Library, ms. VGGF 9-1 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, London, British Library, Additional manuscripts, mss 38658-38659 (ed. Godfried Croenen, Richard Rouse and Mary Rouse)

Book I, London, British Library, ms. Arundel 67, vol. I (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, London, British Library, ms. Royal 14 D 2 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, London, British Library, ms. Royal 14 D 3 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, ms. 5187 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 86 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2640 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2641 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2642 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2643 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2647 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2649 (ed. Godfried Croenen, Natasha Romanova, Richard Rouse and Mary Rouse)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2651 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2655 (ed. Godfried Croenen and Natasha Romanova)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2657 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2662 (ed. Godfried Croenen, Richard Rouse and Mary Rouse)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, mss fr. 2665-2667 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2674 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2675 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2677 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 6474 (ed. Godfried Croenen and Natasha Romanova)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 6471 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 15486 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouvelles acquisitions françaises, ms. 9604 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 1148 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Stonyhurst College, College Library, ms. 1 (ed. Hartley Miller and Godfried Croenen)

Book I, The Hague, Royal Library, ms. 72 A 25 (ed. Godfried Croenen and Natasha Romanova)

Book I, Toulouse, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 511 (ed. Godfried Croenen, Hartley Miller and Sofie Loomans)

Book I, Tours, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 1041 (ed. Godfried Croenen)


‘B’ version

Book I (end), Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 5006 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, mss fr. 6477-6479 (ed. Godfried Croenen and Natasha Romanova)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 20356 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book I (end), Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 20357 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouvelles acquisitions françaises, ms. 5213 (ed. Natasha Romanova)


‘C’ version

Book I, Chicago, Newberry Library, Case ms. f37 (ed. Godfried Croenen)


‘N’ version

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 10144 (ed. Godfried Croenen)


‘Rome’ version

Book I, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica, ms. Reg. lat. 869 (ed. Godfried Croenen)


Book II

Book II, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, ms. M 15.5 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek — Preußischer Kulturbesitz, ms. Hamilton 266 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek — Preußischer Kulturbesitz, ms. Rehdiger 2 (Depot Breslau, 1, Bd. 2) (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Bern, Burgerbibliothek, ms. A13 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Brussels, Royal Library, ms. 16381-90 (fol. 1-8). Fragment (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Brussels, Royal Library, ms. 7386-94 (fol. 13-16). Fragment (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Brussels, Royal Library, ms. II 2552 (ed. Godfried Croenen and Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Brussels, Royal Library, ms. IV 921 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Brussels, Royal Library, ms. IV 1102 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 746 (ed. Godfried Croenen and Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Chicago, Newberry Library, Case ms. f37 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Darmstadt, Universität- und Landesbibliothek, ms. 132 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, London, British Library, ms. Arundel 67, vol. II (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, London, British Library, ms. Royal 14 D 4 (ed. Natasha Romanova and Godfried Croenen)

Book II, London, British Library, ms. Royal 18 E 1 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, ms. 5188 (ed. Natasha Romanova and Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2644 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2652 (ed. Natasha Romanova and Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2658 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2660 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2664 (ed. Natasha Romanova and Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, mss fr. 2668-2669 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2676 (ed. Natasha Romanova and Godfried Croenen)

Books I (end) and II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 5006 (ed. Godfried Croenen and Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 6472 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 6476 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Books I (end) and II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 20357 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Books I and II (beginning), Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouvelles acquisitions françaises, ms. 5213 (ed. Natasha Romanova)

Book II, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouvelles acquisitions françaises, ms. 9606 (ed. Natasha Romanova and Godfried Croenen)

Book II, Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 1147, fol. 209r-379v (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book II (beginning), Stonyhurst College, College Library, ms. 1 (ed. Hartley Miller and Godfried Croenen)


Book III

Book III, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, ms. M 15.6 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek — Preußischer Kulturbesitz, ms. Rehdiger 3 (Depot Breslau, 1, Bd. 3) (ed. Godfried Croenen and Simon Littler)

Book III, Bern, Burgerbibliothek, ms. A14 (ed Godfried Croenen and Dirk Schoenaers)

Book III, Hannover, Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek, ms. XXVI 1584. P. III (ed. (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, London, British Library, ms. Arundel 67, vol. III (ed. Dirk Schoenaers and Godfried Croenen)

Book III, London, British Library, ms. Royal 14 D 5 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, ms. Ludwig XIII 7 (ed. Florent Noirfalise and Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Mons, Bibliothèque centrale de l'Université de Mons-Hainaut, ms. 240-359 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, ms. 5189 (ed. Dirk Schoenaers and Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2645 (ed. Dirk Schoenaers)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2650 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2653 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2656 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2659 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, mss fr. 2670-2671 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III (beginning), Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2676 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 6475 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 15487 (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Book III, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouvelles acquisitions françaises, ms. 9605 (ed. Dirk Schoenaers)

Book III, Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 1150 (ed. Dirk Schoenaers)

Book III, Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, ms. L.IV.26. Fragment (ed. Godfried Croenen)


Book IV

Book IV, London, British Library, MSS Harley 4379-80 (ed. Katariina Närä)


Sample transcriptions from early printed editions

H. d’Oultreman, Histoire de la ville et comté de Valentiennes, illustrée et augmentée par R.P. Pierre d’Outreman de la Compagnie de Jesus, Douai, 1639 (fragment, p. 333) (ed. Godfried Croenen)

Vérard, ca. 1499, vols 1, 2, 3 and 4 (ed. Godfried Croenen)


Collation data

Books I, II and III: Godfried Croenen


Translations

Translations into modern English of chapters selected from each of Books I, II and III on grounds of centrality to the Chroniques and in light of advice received from the project consultants (Keira Borrill, with Peter Ainsworth).

Book I (after Besançon ms. 864): SHF chapters 0-3, 21-22, 37-38, 42, 45-47, 271-301, 306-308 (ms. chapters 1-4, 25, 33, 36-37, 39, 118-125, 129; fol. 1r-3r, 11r-11v, 18v-20v, 22r-23r, 24v-26r, 135v-148v, 150v-152r)

Book II (after Besançon ms. 865), SHF chapters 83-89, 93-122, 129-137, 159-168, 193-225 (ms. chapters 1-2, 4-13, 16-18, 26-28, 36-46; fol. 1r-4v, 6r-23v, 26r-31r, 40v-45v, 58v-79v)

Book III (after Besançon ms. 865): SHF chapters 1-95 (ms. chapters 1-32; fol. 201r-274r)

Table of Contents by Peter Ainsworth


Digital photography

See Manuscript Facsimiles


Miniature Commentaries

Book I, Besançon ms. 864 (Peter Ainsworth and Inès Villela-Petit)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2663 (Peter Ainsworth and Inès Villela-Petit)

Book II, Besançon ms. 865 (Peter Ainsworth and Inès Villela-Petit)

Book I, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. fr. 2664 (Peter Ainsworth and Inès Villela-Petit)

Book III, Besançon ms. 865 (Peter Ainsworth and Inès Villela-Petit)


Commentaries and annotation (prosopography and toponymics)

Books I: SHF § 0-122, 124-131, 204-371, 413-416, 419-421, 499-526, 530-756, 781-788 (Katariina Närä and Godfried Croenen)

Books II: SHF § 1-49, 83-168, 193-225, 402-406 (Katariina Närä, Besançon MS 865 only, and Godfried Croenen)

Book III: SHF § 1-95 (Katariina Närä and Peter Ainsworth), § 96-308 (Peter Ainsworth)

Book IV: OFP § 1-53 (Godfried Croenen)

Other prosopographical and toponymic commentaries: Peter Ainsworth, Keira Borrill, Godfried Croenen, Katariina Närä, Natasha Romanova, Dirk Schoenaers and Hartley Miller


Chapter Summaries

Book I: Godfried Croenen with Peter Ainsworth

Books II and III: Peter Ainsworth with Jamie McLaughlin

Book IV: Godfried Croenen


Essays

Peter Ainsworth, Christopher Allmand, Godfried Croenen, Anne Curry, Sofie Loomans, Valentina Mazzei, Katariina Närä, Christiane Raynaud, Inès Villela-Petit


Lexicon, Glossary and links to the DMF

Peter Ainsworth, Keira Borrill, Godfried Croenen, Natasha Romanova, Gilles Souvay and colleagues, Laboratoire ATILF and Dictionnaire du Moyen Français


Forthcoming

Place and personal names, Books I-III; being completed in stages