Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires[1500-1599]frmManuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of annotated coats of arms for 177 members of the Knights of the Round Table. Each knight is represented by a coat of arms drawn in trick and followed by an explanation of each device and its appropriateness to that knight. The main text is preceded by a nine page text, "De l'invention des armes," and followed by a "Briefue narration de la table ronde."In Middle French.Modern title page in English bound in before original title page.Printed bookseller description pasted in on verso of rear flyleaf.Layout: Single columns of varying length. Armorial entries begin with the name of the knight and a pen and ink drawing of his coat of arms in trick, followed by a descriptive paragraph,Script: secretary.Decoration: 177 pen and ink drawings in trick of coats of arms.Binding: eighteenth-century green velvet over boards; silver castle ornament mounted on front cover.