First of 2 vols, [see 87]. The editorial matter is in French. This was the first monastic ordinal from Northern France to be edited. The imposing and powerful abbey of Saint-Vaast was later to furnish the cathedral church for the Concordat dioceses of Arras. The MS was written in 1298-1308. The edition also takes into account the badly mutilated Arras, Bibliotheque municipale, MS 210 [1001].