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Book: BnF fr. 91 (Estoire del saint Graal; Merlin en prose; Suite-Vulgate de Merlin)

Created 1480-4 July 1482

John

Format: ung aultre grant, couvert de velours verd, qui ce nomme L'histoire de Merlin (Debae, 49); parchment, two columns, illuminated

Texts:

  • Merlin en prose
  • Estoire del Saint Graal
  • Suite-Vulgate du Merlin

    • Illuminator(s):

  • Jean Colombe
  • Master of Charles de France

    • Scribe(s):

  • Guillaume de la Pierre

    • Ownership Details

    Charles I, duke of Savoy, Ownership Confirmed (1482-1490) by Other.

    Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy, Ownership Confirmed (1504-1 December 1530) by Inventory.

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



    Bibliography

    Debae, Marguerite. La Bibliothèque de Marguerite d'Autriche: Essai de reconstitution d'après l'inventaire de 1523-1524 (Louvain: Peeters, 1995).: 49-51, Item 28