Arthurian romances and other texts (BL Royal MS 20 A II)

King Arthur, f. 4r.

Colloquial name(s): Peter of Langtoff's Chronicle, the Lament of Edward II, fragments of Arthurian romances and a letter attributed to Joanna, Queen of Sicily

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 A II

Date: c. 1307-27 (source)

Origin: N. England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

This manuscript is a compilation of a variety of texts (source):

• ff. 1r-9v: Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems
• ff. 10r-10v: Verse lament of Edward II
• ff. 11r-146v: Peter of Langtoff's Chronicle of England (missing folios from between ff. 146 and 147, which have been bound at the end of BL Cotton MS Julius A V)
• ff. 147r-152v: Lancelot du Lac, imperfect
• ff. 152v-154r: A copy of a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV, King of Cyprus
• ff. 155r-169v: La Queste del Saint Graal, imperfect

The manuscript is decorated with 19 tinted drawings, some of which have gold (source).

Basic descriptions of the illustrations are provided by the British Library with the facsimile.