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Book: BnF fr. 607 (Livre de la Cité des dames)

Created 1407-1408

John

Texts:

  • Livre de la Cité des Dames

    • Illuminator(s):

  • Master of the City of Ladies

    • Scribe(s):

  • P. de Cruce

    • Ownership Details

    John Duke of Berry, Ownership Confirmed (1408-1416) by Inventory. Ownership Confirmed (1408-1416) by Inscription.

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



    Bibliography

    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.

    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.: 53 and n62

    Ouy, Gilbert, Christine Reno, and Inès Villela-Petit. Album Christine de Pizan (Turnhout: Brepols, 2012).: 286-92