A special edition of the book will be reserved for the knights of the Order, the nobility and the sponsors of the project.
It will join the history book to a second volume: the facsimile of a previously unpublished manuscript of the statutes and armorial of the Order, dated 1473.
The manuscript once belonged to the treasury of the Order. It is now held at the Royal Library in The Hague (Koninklijke Bibliotheek), under the shelfmark 76 E 10.
It is richly illuminated, on parchment, and runs to 86 folios, or 172 pages.
The statutes of the Order as given at Lille in 1431.
The statutes of the Order’s four officers: the Chancellor, the Treasurer, the Registrar and the King of Arms.
The portraits of the knights, each with his coat of arms.
The two volumes will be presented in a slipcase bearing the arms of the Order.
The set will include a preface by the Sovereigns of the Order and a transcription of the statutes.
It will be available in six language editions.
The set will close with a list of all the subscribers who have made it possible.
Knights of the Order, members of the nobility and sponsors who wish to be associated with the special edition are invited to register their interest by email.
The publishers will reply personally and keep you informed as the project advances.