Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. List of illustrations XIII
5. Part I: The Text of the World Chronicle and its Dissemination
6. Chapter 1. The Latin World Chronicle (1300) of Guillaume de Nangis 3
7. Chapter 2. Applied Philology and the Descent of 22 Manuscript Copies 15
8. Chapter 3. Stories of Some Possessors 45
9. Chapter 4. British Library Royal Manuscript 13 E IV 63
10. Part II: The French and English Lives of the Royal Manuscript
11. Chapter 5 Creation of the Royal Manuscript at Saint-Denis 71
12. Chapter 6 The Royal Manuscript in Paris, 1400–1416 83
13. Chapter 7 Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of the Romans 105
14. Chapter 8 To the Chapel of St. George, Windsor 123
15. Chapter 9 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk 137
16. Chapter 10 In the Library of Henry VIII 147
17. Chapter 11 In the British Royal Library 167
18. Appendices
19. A Latin Excerpts from BL Royal 13 E IV 177
20. B Arguments in the Rouleau de Saint-Denis, based on the Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis, submitted to the Parlement de Paris, 1410 189
21. C Historical References by Guillaume Fillastre 191
22. D Privy Purse Warrants for the Books of Henry VIII 193
23. E Wanted: The Leaves Missing from BL Royal 13 E IV 195
24. Plates 213
25. Bibliography 219
26. Index 231