Llibre dels Feyts.

King JAIME I OF ARAGÓN (Author)

Celestí DESTORRENTS (Copyist).

Origin: Monastery of Poblet, XIVth c.
Biblioteca de la Universidad de Barcelona. And of Monastery of Poblet.

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Facsimile. Illuminated manuscripts.
84-85094-86-7.
978-84-85094-86-8.
20,5 x 29,3 cm.
208+1 crd.
416+2 crd.
Valencian.
XIVth c.
1989.
3000+50+30.
Parchment on wooden board with metallic shield.
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Dust jacket containing the facsimile volume and 2 commentary volumes.
Beautiful illumination with capital letters painted in gold, rims with animal and plant decoration. Specially made paper with the same characteristics as the original. Limited edition numbered and signed by notary.

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Llibre dels Feyts. Estudios Vol. II and III.

Vicent GARCÍA EDO (Author)

Mariano FLOTATS (Traslator)

Antonio de BOFARULL (Traslator)

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Studies. Illuminated manuscripts.
84-85094-84-0.
978-84-85094-84-4.
20,5 x 29,3 cm.
326 vol II and 400 vol III.
Spanish and Valencian vol II,
Spanish vol III.
1989.

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The first autobiography of a medieval king.

As Philip II said at the grave of James I, he was "... one of the greatest kings and captains the world has ever had..." At that point, James I, King of Aragon, Majorca and Valencia, Count of Barcelona and Urgell, and lord of Montpellier had ceased to exist for more than three centuries. However, his reign was not an ordinary one, but it stood out due to its important military campaigns, since he managed to conquer two kingdoms from the Muslims and incorporate them to his states (Valencia and Mallorca), an impossible dream that gave him international fame. Furthermore, at the cultural level, he left us a great literary treasure: his own autobiography, the Llibre del Feyts (The Book of the Facts), where he narrates his life from childhood to his death, including his major military exploits and political successes as well as everyday anecdotes and daily details, which makes its reading very easy.

The transcription of the book was finished at the monastery of Poblet, by the hand of Celestí Destorrents, from a master copy which is lost today.

IBIC Rating:

ACK History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400
AFC Painting & paintings
AFJ Other graphic art forms
AFT Decorative arts
BGHA Autobiography: historical, political & military
BGRA Autobiography: royalty
DNF Literary essays
HBJ Regional & national history
HBJD European history
HBLC Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
HBLC1 Medieval history
HBTP Historical geography
HBW Military history
JWA Theory of warfare & military science
LAZ Legal history
WCS Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter

1D Europe
1DSE Spain
1DSEB Balearic islands, Autonomous Community
1DSEC Andalucía, Autonomous Community
1DSEJ Cataluña, Autonomous Community
1DSET Valenciana, Autonomous Community
2ADD Valencian
3H c 1000 CE to c 1500