Title from incipit (leaf A1r): Here begynneth the book of fayttes of armes [and] of Chyvalrye/ And the first chapytre is the prologue/ in whiche xprystyne [Christine] of pyse excuseth her self to have dar enterpryse to speke of so hye matere as is conteyned in this sayd book.
Colophon (leaf S5r): Thus endeth this boke which [christ]yne of pyse made [and] drewe out of the boke named vegecius de re militari [and] out of tharbre of bataylles...whiche boke beyng in fre[n]she was delyvered to me will[ia]m Caxton by the most crysten kynge [and] redoubted prynce my naturel [and] soverayn lord kyng henry the /vii/ kyng of englond [and] of frau[n]ce in his palais of westmestre the /xxiii/ day of Janyuere the /iiii/ yere of his regne [and] desired [and] wylled me to translate this said boke [and] reduce it in to our english [and] natural tonge/ [and] to put it in enprynte...Which translacyon was finysshed the /viii/ day of Juyll the sayd yere [and] enprynted the /xiiii/ day of Juyll next folowyng [and] ful fynyshyd/...
Printed in Caxton's type 6:120B.
Collation: [1]²; A-R⁸ S⁶: 144 leaves, leaf S6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Translated from the French by William Caxton.
A variant setting is known of sheet S2.5 with minor punctuation and spelling differences and two misprints in the colophon of the first state are corrected (cf. GW and note, BMC, CIBN).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.5 x 18 cm.
PML 781 wants leaf S6 (blank). PML copy has first state of leaf S2.5 with offset of leaf [1]/1r.
The book of fayttes of armes and of chyvalrye
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required, printed initials and paragraph marks. Annotations: No notations in text.