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De Crevequer.svg|21. Hamo de Crevequer
De Crevequer.svg|21. Hamo de Crevequer
Balliol.svg|22. John de Balliol
Balliol.svg|22. John Balliol<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Repeat of #8</span>
Richard de Grey.svg|23. Richard de Grey
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Richard de Siward.svg|24. Richard de Siward
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Montfichet Paris.svg|23. Richard de Montfichet
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Tony Paris.svg|24. de Tony
Tony Paris.svg|24. De Tosny
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Revision as of 09:48, 21 June 2016

Matthew Paris (c. 1200-1259) became a monk of St. Albans in 1217, and in 1236 became the abbey chronicler, a task which allowed him to exercise and explore his talents as a scribe, and as an accomplished and inventive artist.
Most of this manuscript is written in Matthew's own distinctive handwriting, as are the miniatures, except for some added in the 14th century.
The 'Book of Additions' contains a variety of miscellaneous texts and images. Among Matthew's many other interests was heraldry.
Here he has laid out in rows copies of the shields of members of the English nobility.