Digitization

Catalog

Format: ung aultre couvers de velours cramoisy, a cloz dorez, qui ce nomme Le livre de Monseigneur Jehan d'Avesnes (Debae, 24); parchment, illuminated

Texts:

Roman de Jean d'Avesnes

Illuminator(s):

Entourage of the Master of Girart de Roussillon

Scribe(s):

Jean Duchesne

Ownership Details

Philippe I de Croÿ-Chimay, Ownership Confirmed (c. 1470-1482) by Coat of Arms.

Charles I de Croÿ, prince of Chimay, Ownership Confirmed (1482-1511?) by Inscription.

Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy, Ownership Confirmed (29 August 1511-1 December 1530) by Inventory.

Mary of Hungary, queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia, Ownership Confirmed (December 1530-18 October 1558) by Coat of Arms.

Bibliography

Debae, Marguerite. La Bibliothèque de Marguerite d'Autriche: Essai de reconstitution d'après l'inventaire de 1523-1524 (Louvain: Peeters, 1995).: 24-27, Item 11