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Text: Livre des femmes nobles et renommées (aka Des cleres et nobles femmes)

Book of Noble and Renowned Women

Overview

Found in:

  • BnF fr. 598
  • KBR MS 9509
  • NE 540

    • Created in 1401

    French

    Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

    Translator: Anonymous

    Tags:

  • Didactic
  • History
  • Pedagogical
  • Prose
  • Translation

    • Ownership Details

    BnF fr. 598 owned by Jean de La Barre (1403-February 1404). Ownership Confirmed with Inventory as evidence.

    BnF fr. 598 owned by John Duke of Berry (February 1404-June 1416). Ownership Confirmed with Inventory as evidence. Ownership Confirmed with Inscription as evidence.

    BnF fr. 598 owned by Marie of Berry, duchess of Bourbon (June 1416-1434?). Ownership Confirmed with Inventory as evidence.

    KBR MS 9509 owned by Margaret of Burgundy, countess of Hainaut (16 February 1431-1441?). Ownership Confirmed with Inventory as evidence. Ownership Confirmed with Instance of borrowing as evidence.

    KBR MS 9509 owned by Philip the Good (post-1441?-1467). Ownership Confirmed with Inventory as evidence.

    NE 540 owned by Yolande of Valois, duchess of Savoy (post-1434-1478). Ownership Confirmed with Inventory as evidence.



    Bibliography

    Arlima

    IHRT