Image of Knights capturing Wark Castle. A castle in Scottish border country.

Knights capturing Wark Castle. A castle in Scottish border country. An army laying siege.

IMAGE number: BL3296967
Image title: Knights capturing Wark Castle. A castle in Scottish border country. An army laying siege.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: Chroniques de France et d'Angle- terre Author: Froissart, Jehan / France Language: French Source/Shelfmark: Royal 18 E. I f.345 (det) JEHAN FROISSART, Chroniques de France et d'Angle- terre: volume (or livre) ii, covering the period 1377- 1385 (cf. 14 D. IV). The text of the present MS. is classified by Kervyn de Lettenhove (Oeuvres de F, Brussels, 1873, introd, pt. iii, p. 319) as première rédac- tion, seconde série. For livre iv in the same format, done probably in the same scriptorium, although not apparently as part of the same commission, see 18 E. II. Beg. 'Quant le duc de Bourgongne cut fait ceste cheuauchee'; ends 'en la ville de Gand'. Colophon, 'Cy fine le second volume de maistre Jehan Froissart f.345: Capture of Wark Castle.
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