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The manuscript Paris, BnF, fr. 571 and the library of the Count of Hainaut-Holland. Towards an Anglo-Hainaut alliance This contribution aims to study the ms BnF, fr. 571, in the light of our knowledge of the literary culture of the court of Hainaut-Holland at the time this collection of texts was assembled. The original content of the compilation – known from a table of contents at the front of the volume – will first be compared to the inventory of books William I had towards the middle of the 1320s. This evaluation will include references brought by other sources, both documentary and literary. A remarkable case that deserves greater attention is that of intertextual references to the Roman de Fauvain by Raoul le Petit – a story told in “comic strip” mode, included at the end of ms BnF, fr 571 – in the work of Jean de Condé and Jean de le Mote.