Books of Duchesses

Book Owner: Isabel of Bavaria, queen of France

BL Harley MS 4431, folio 3r

b. 1370- d. 1435

Title: Queen of France

Motto: Unknown

Symbol: Scarlet pimpernel

Family Tree

Parents/Up one generation

Joan of Bourbon, queen of France, Mother-in-law

Same generation

Charles VI of France, Spouse

Valentina Visconti, duchess of Orleans, Sister-in-law

Louis Duke of Orléans, Brother-in-law

Children/Down one generation

Michelle of Valois, duchess of Burgundy, Daughter

Marie Margaret of Valois, countess of Taillebourg, Other

Joan of Artois, "Damoiselle de Dreux", Other

Isabel of Bavaria's Locations

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (22 July 1400)

Saint-Germain-en-Laye (August 1390)

Amiens (20 July 1385)

Munich (c. 1370)

Senlis (June 1422-September 1422)

Melun (November 1420)

Troyes (October 1419-February 1420)

Paris (14 July 1418)

Paris (2 December 1420)

Paris (January 1424-December 1424)

Paris (26 August 1390)

Isabel of Bavaria's Library

Book Count: 43

BL Harley MS 4431: Compendium of Christine de Pizan texts. Confirmed ownership 1414-1425 by Patron Portrait.

BL Royal MS 14 E III: Estoire des saint Graal; La Queste del saint Graal; La Morte le roi Artu. Confirmed ownership 20 April 1404-1422? by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 20 April 1404-1422? by Instance of borrowing.

BnF fr. 1136 or Chantilly MS 137 (perhaps): Devotional miscellany. Confirmed ownership 1398-1435? by Will.

BnF fr. 2201: Cent ballades d'Othe de Granson. Confirmed ownership 15 January 1400-1435? by Archival Mention.

BnF fr. 22935: Miroir du monde. Possible ownership c. 1415-pre-1424? by Patron.

BnF fr. 24374: Du bel Escanor de la montengne, et de Witasse le Moine. Confirmed ownership 29 August 1390-1435? by Inventory.

BnF lat. 1403: Livre d'heures. Possible ownership 1400?-1435? by Archival Mention.

Chantilly MS 492: Recueil Christine de Pizan. Confirmed ownership 1399/1403-1435? by Other.

Chantilly MS 493: Chemin de long estude; Mutacion de Fortune; Epistre a la reine. Confirmed ownership 1403/1405-1435? by Other.

NE 115: Les bonnes heures. Confirmed ownership pre-1398-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 160: Missel. Possible ownership post-1385?-1435? by Inventory.

NE 161: "Beatus vir"; heures. Confirmed ownership 9 January 1388-1435? by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 9 January 1388-1435? by Instance of borrowing.

NE 162 (possibly BnF fr. 12469): Le bestiaire Furnival; le compost de la lune; l'Image du monde; Le Tournoiement Antecrist. Confirmed ownership 12 November 1392-1435? by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 12 November 1392-1435? by Instance of borrowing.

NE 163: Du saint Graal, de Lancelot, de Gauvain. Confirmed ownership 29 August 1390-1435? by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 29 August 1390-1435? by Instance of borrowing.

NE 164: L'enserrement de Merlin et de Uter-pandragon, en prose. Confirmed ownership 12 November 1392-1435? by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 12 November 1392-1435? by Instance of borrowing.

NE 165: Les gestes du roi Peppin et de sa femme Berthe au grant pié et les gestes de Charlemaine. Confirmed ownership 29 August 1390-pre-1411 by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 29 August 1390-pre-1411 by Instance of borrowing.

NE 166: Torrez chevalier au cercle d'or. Confirmed ownership 12 November 1392-1435? by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 12 November 1392-1435? by Instance of borrowing.

NE 167: Tristan de Laonnois; histoire du saint Graal, en prose. Confirmed ownership 30 January 1402-1435? by Inventory. Confirmed ownership 30 January 1402-1435? by Instance of borrowing.

NE 168: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership 1416?-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 169: Herbier. Possible ownership ?-1435? by Other.

NE 187 (perhaps KBR MS 4): Chroniques de France. Possible ownership 1398 by Instance of borrowing, other.

NE 189: Livret de devocions. Confirmed ownership 1396-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 190: Kalendrier, messes. Confirmed ownership 1398-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 191: Vie de sainte Marguerite; vies de saints. Confirmed ownership 1398-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 192: Passion. Confirmed ownership 1398-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 193: Livre de devocions. Confirmed ownership 1399-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 194: Légende dorée. Confirmed ownership 6 May 1400-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 195: Psautier. Confirmed ownership pre-25 August 1398-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 196: Breviaire. Confirmed ownership pre-1402-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 197: Breviaire. Confirmed ownership pre-1402-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 198: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership 26 September 1397 by Archival Mention.

NE 199: Livre d'heures; psautier. Confirmed ownership ?-26 September 1398 by Archival Mention.

NE 200: Missel. Confirmed ownership 17 May 1399 by Archival Mention.

NE 201: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership ?-18 December 1399 by Archival Mention.

NE 202: Missel. Confirmed ownership ?-2 January 1403 by Archival Mention.

NE 203: Psautier. Confirmed ownership ?-2 January 1403 by Archival Mention.

NE 204: A, B, C, D, des psaumes. Confirmed ownership ?-2 January 1403 by Archival Mention.

NE 205: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership pre-1398-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 206: Livre d'heures; Prières. Confirmed ownership October 1398-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 207: Grandes heures de Notre-Dame. Confirmed ownership 1401?-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 208: Bonnes heures. Confirmed ownership 1401?-1435? by Archival Mention.

NE 209: Passion Isabeau. Possible ownership 1398-1435? by Other.

NE 966: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership 13??-1387? by Archival Mention.