The oldest extant manuscript written in the original Catalan language, a copy dating to 1343, was commissioned by the abbot of the Poblet Monastery. An older manuscript dating to 1313, the ""Cronice Illustrissimi Regis Aragonum"", was the version translated into Latin from the Catalan original ""Llibre dels Feyts del Rei en Jacme"". The Latin translation is signed by the Dominican friar Pere Marsili, who was ordered by James II of Aragon (James I's grandson) to honour his grandfather's memory by promulgating his words in the internationally used Latin language.