Book: Unnamed Private Collection, Légende dorée (Légende dorée)

Created 1370-1375


John

Texts:

  • Légende dorée (trans. de Vignay)
  • Illuminator(s):

  • Workshop of the Boquetaux Master
  • Master of the Bible of Jean de Sy
  • Ownership Details

    Joan of Laval, duchess of Anjou, Ownership Confirmed (14??-1498) by Will.

    Collegiate of St. Tugal, Ownership Confirmed (1498-15??) by Will.



    Bibliography

    Legaré, Anne-Marie. "Princesses et duchesses bibliophiles à la cour de René d'Anjou," Cuadernos del CEMYR 20 (2012): 37-54.

    Legaré, Anne-Marie. "Reassessing Women's Libraries in Late Medieval France: The Case of Jeanne de Laval," Renaissance Studies 10, no. 2 (1996): 209-36.

    Legaré, Anne-Marie. "Les deux épouses de René d'Anjou et leurs livres." In Splendeur de l'enluminure: Le Roi René et les livres, ed. Marc-Edouard Gautier (Angers: Ville d'Angers/Actes Sud, 2009), 59-71.: 65