Book: BnF fr. 316 (Miroir historial v. 1)

Created 1333


John

Format: le premier volume du myrouer ystorial que ladicte dame [Charlotte] emprunta de monseigneur de chastillon et ordonna quil luy feust rendu (BnF fr. 15538, f. 80)

Texts:

  • Miroir historial v. 1
  • Illuminator(s):

  • Master of the Roman de Fauvel
  • Richard de Verdun (aka Master of the Bible of Jean de Papeleu)
  • Ownership Details

    John Duke of Berry, Ownership Confirmed (14??-1416?) by Inventory. Ownership Confirmed (14??-1416?) by Inscription.

    Bonne of Berry, viscountess of Carlat, Ownership Confirmed (1416-1435?) by Other.

    Bernard VIII d'Armagnac, Ownership Possible (1435?-1462?) by Other.

    Jacques d'Armagnac, Ownership Confirmed (1462?-1476?) by Inscription.

    Charlotte of Savoy, queen of France, Ownership Confirmed (1476?-December 1483) by Inventory.

    Louis de Laval, lord of Châtillon, Ownership Confirmed (1476?-14??) by Other.

    Charles VIII of France, Ownership Confirmed (March 1484-1498?) by Inventory.



    Bibliography

    BnF fr. 15538: f. 80

    Legaré, Anne-Marie. "Charlotte de Savoie's Library and Illuminators," Journal of the Early Book Society 4 (2001): 32-87.: 76, Item 80

    Kaplan, S.C. Women's Libraries in Late Medieval Bourbonnais, Burgundy, and France: A Family Affair (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2022).: 190-91

    Delisle, Léopold. Le Cabinet des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale, 3 vols, vol. 1 (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1868).: 92

    Kaplan, S.C. "A Library of Lost Works: Non-Extant Books as Evidence of Female Reader Networks." Pecia 24 (2023 for 2021): 221-38.: 232