Copy of a letter from "Pantesilia Queen of Persia" to "Florippe, Queen of France", [after 1349]
Part
Identifier: MS 183/f. 95v - 96r
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter in French, allegedly sent by "Pantesilia queen of Persia" to "Florippe queen of France and Flanders", regarding a "joust of peace".
Date: [after 1349].
Place: "Chastel de Pucelles".
Subject: "de Calengis pacis"; a joust; Henry Braybrooke.
Mention of a seal? No.
Dates
- Creation: [after 1349]
Creator
- Penthesilea (mythical queen) (Person)
Language of Materials
French
Conditions Governing Access
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Full Extent
1 letter
Bibliography
Sarah Carpenter, Philip E. Bennett, Louise Gardiner, 'Chivalric games at the court of Edward III: The jousting letters of EUL MS 183', Medium Ævum, LXXXVII.No. 2, (2018), pp. 304-342.
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Repository Details
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk