Book: KBR MS 9555-58 (Religio-didactic compendium)

Created c. 1410


John

Format: ung aultre moien, couvert de velours verd, qui se nomme Le myroir des dames (Debae, 37); parchment, illuminated, two columns

Texts:

  • Lettre de direction spirituelle: La Droite forme pour vivre
  • Le Livre du cloistre de l'ame
  • Miroir des dames
  • Somme le roi
  • Miroir du monde: Je vois morir, venes avant
  • Méditation: Ma vie m'espoente moult
  • Du vrai amour
  • Illuminator(s):

  • Master of the Virgil Workshop
  • Ownership Details

    John Duke of Berry, Ownership Confirmed (c. 1410?-1416?) by Inscription.

    Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy, Ownership Confirmed (post-1480-1 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).: 37-39, Item 21