Digitization

Catalog

Texts:

Bible historiale complétée

Illuminator(s):

Richard de Verdun (aka Master of the Bible of Jean de Papeleu)

Scribe(s):

Jean de Papeleu

Ownership Details

Charles IV of France, Ownership Confirmed (1327-1328) by Other.

Blanche of France, duchess of Orleans, Ownership Confirmed (1328-1393) by Other.

Louis Duke of Orléans, Ownership Confirmed (1393-1407?) by Coat of Arms.

Valentina Visconti, duchess of Orleans, Ownership Confirmed (1407?-1408) by Inventory.

Charles d'Orleans, Ownership Confirmed (1408-1465?) by Inventory.

John of Orleans, count of Angouleme, Ownership Confirmed (1465?-1467) by Inventory.

Marie of Cleves, duchess of Orleans, Ownership Possible (1465-1487) by Inventory.

Bibliography

Shultz, Christopher R. "The Artistic and Literary Patronage of Louis of Orleans and His Wife, Valentine Visconti, 1389-1408," Ph.D. diss., Emory University, 1977.

Champion, Pierre. La Librairie de Charles d'Orléans (Paris, 1910; repr. Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1975).

Corti, Paola. "Mécénat et culture dévote chez Marie de Clèves, duchesse d'Orléans (1426-1487)," in Les Femmes, la culture et les arts entre Moyen Age et Renaissance, ed. Cynthia J. Brown and Anne-Marie Legaré (Turnhout: Brepols, 2016), 13-32.

Ouy, Gilbert. La Librairie des frères captifs: Les manuscrits de Charles d'Orléans et Jean d'Angoulême (Turnhout: Brepols, 2007).: 36, Item 4, 41, Item 4, and 55, Item 4