Book: Arsenal 5070 (Decameron)

Created 1414-1431


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Format: ung groz livre, couvers de velours noir, a cloz dorez, qui ce nomme Les Cens Nouvelles vielles (Debae, 113)

Texts:

  • Decameron
  • Illuminator(s):

  • Master of Guillebert de Mets
  • Mansel Master
  • Scribe(s):

  • Guillebert de Metz
  • Ownership Details

    Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, Ownership Possible (1431-?) by Archival Mention.

    Charles the Bold, Ownership Confirmed (1467?-1477) by Inventory.

    Charles I de Croÿ, prince of Chimay, Ownership Confirmed (post-1468-1511) by Inscription.

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

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



    Bibliography

    Wijsman, Hanno. Luxury Bound: Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550) (Turnhout: Brepols, 2010).

    Debae, Marguerite. La Bibliothèque de Marguerite d'Autriche: Essai de reconstitution d'après l'inventaire de 1523-1524 (Louvain: Peeters, 1995).: 113-17, Item 79