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Book: BnF fr. 606 (Epistre Othéa)

Created 1407-1409

John

Texts:

  • Epistre Othea

    • Illuminator(s):

  • Egerton Master
  • Master of the Epistre Othéa
  • Saffron Master

    • Scribe(s):

  • Hand X (perhaps Christine de Pizan)
  • P. de Cruce
  • Hand R

    • Ownership Details

    John Duke of Berry, Ownership Confirmed (1407?-1416) by Inventory. Ownership Confirmed (1407?-1416) by Inscription.

    Marie of Berry, duchess of Bourbon, Ownership Confirmed (1416-1434?) by Inventory.



    Bibliography

    Beaune, Colette, and Elodie Lequain. "Marie de Berry et les livres," in Livres et lectures de femmes en Europe entre Moyen Age et Renaissance, ed. Anne-Marie Legaré (Turnhout: Brepols, 2007), 49-66.

    Kaplan, S.C. "Transmission of Knowledge to and between Women in 15th-Century France: Agnès de Bourgogne's Education and Library," Ph.D. diss., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016.

    Ouy, Gilbert, Christine Reno, and Inès Villela-Petit. Album Christine de Pizan (Turnhout: Brepols, 2012).