 f.60v, Expedition of the English and the French to Barbary |
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 f.83v, Assault on the strong town of Africa in Barbary |
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 f.104v, Retreat from Africa |
 f.113r, Expedition of count Jean d'Armagnac to Lombardy |
Harley MS 4379
Date: c.1470-1472
Title: Jean Froissart, Chroniques (the 'Harley Froissart')
Content: Jean Froissart, Chroniques, volume IV, Part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart'). Part 2 is Harley MS 4380.
Language: French
Physical Description:
Materials: Parchment codex.
Dimensions: 420 x 320 mm (text space: 270 x 195 mm).
Foliation: ff. iii + 184 + iii (all flyleaves are unfoliated parchment leaves).
Script: Gothis hybrid (Bastarda).
Binding: Post-1600 binding of green velvet over wooden boards with brass clasps, one missing, c. 1700; rebacked; gilt edges.
Ownership:
Origin: Netherlands, S. (Bruges).
Provenance: Philippe de Commynes (b. 1447, d. 1511), statesman and chronicler: his added arms, quartered with those of his Flemish mother, Marguerite d'Armuyden (ff. 3r, 12v, 20v, 29v, 32v, 36r, 60v, 83v, 99r, 109v, 135v, 142v, 146r, 160r); he probably acquired the manuscript before 1472, when he transferred his allegiance from Charles the Bold to the rival Louis XI of France.
Source: British Library Harley MS 4379