FRENCH ARMORIALSSeveral french armorials have been published recently. Some in relatively inexpensive editions in blazon only by the parisian Léopard d'or publishing house, and others, e.g. the Toison d'or et de l'Europe, the Bellenville, and the Le Breton in magnificent facsimile (also on the web). Most recently the BnF has made several facsimiles available on its website's banque d'images. French is here understood as containing mainly the arms of french nobles or families and individuals from present Belgium and Netherlands, and/or made by inhabitants of such territories. The Tournoi de Saint Omer, in 1377, part of the armorial d'Urfé, is found in Tournaments. The Tournoi de Chauvency, in 1285, is found in Tournaments. The invasion of Flanders 1297 - Chifflet-PrinetThe armorial (CPF) variously known as the Chifflet-Prinet Roll and Armorial de l'ost de Flandre, has been published in part by Max Prinet (1934), Paul Adam-Even (1959) and by Gerard Brault (1973). Of the previous editions only Prinet and Brault are based on a single manuscript, the one at Besancon. The Adam edition is a supplement to Prinet based on three then unrecognised manuscripts, but without giving details of the individual manuscripts. This edition is a reconstruction of what the original might have looked like. It is based on the previous editions, though a few items have had their identification amended. A further manuscript, held by the Bibliothèque Royale in Bruxelles and mentioned by Warlop, has been examined as well, but not used due to the incompleteness of the copying. It appears that part of one segment in the Urfé might have derived from the CPF. Comments and references have been updated. Many of the individuals named later died in the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1304 outside Courtrai. How to get it
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