Books of Duchesses

Book Owner: Valentina Visconti, duchess of Orleans

b. 1371- d. 1408

Title: Duchess of Orleans, Countess of Vertus

Motto: A bon droit

Symbol: Unknown

Arms

BnF fr. 811, f. 1v

Signatures

BnF fr. 12765

Family Tree

Grandparents/Up Two Generations

Blanche of Savoy, duchess of Milan, Grandmother

Same generation

Louis Duke of Orléans, Spouse

Charles VI of France, Brother-in-law

Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of France, Sister-in-law

Marie of Savoy, duchess of Milan, Sister-in-law

Children/Down one generation

Charles d'Orleans, Son

Margaret of Orleans, countess of Vertus, Daughter

Marie of Cleves, duchess of Orleans, Daughter-in-law

Bianca Maria Visconti, duchess of Milan, Niece

Margaret of Solier, Other

Grandchildren/Down two generations

Joan of Orléans, countess of Taillebourg, Granddaughter

Valentina Visconti's Locations

Asnières (1399)

Saint-Germain-en-Laye (August 1390)

Rivoli (7 July 1389-8 July 1389)

Turin (5 July 1389-7 July 1389)

Chieri (1 July 1389-2 July 1389)

Asti (25 June 1389-30 June 1389)

Pavia (22 June 1389-24 June 1389)

Milan (12 June 1389-22 June 1389)

Valentina Visconti's Library

Book Count: 57

BL Burney MS 275: Scholastic miscellany (Cicero, Boethius, Ptolemy, etc.). Confirmed ownership 1407-1408? by Other.

BnF fr. 1430: Lancelot du lac. Confirmed ownership pre-1402-1408 by Archival Mention.

BnF fr. 157: Bible historiale complétée (vol. 2). Confirmed ownership 1407?-1408 by Inventory.

BnF fr. 312: Miroir historial (vol. 1). Possible ownership 1407-1408 by Other.

BnF fr. 313: Mirour historial (vol. 2). Possible ownership 1407-1408 by Other.

BnF fr. 314: Miroir historial (vol. 4). Possible ownership 1407-1408 by Other.

BnF fr. 610: Mirouer des dames. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

BnF fr. 811: L'Apparicion maistre Jehan de Meun. Confirmed ownership 1398-1408 by Patron Portrait. Confirmed ownership 1398-1408 by Coat of Arms.

BnF lat. 1052: Bréviaire dit de Charles V. Confirmed ownership 1407?-1408? by Inventory.

BnF lat. 1435: Ordinaire à l'usage de la Sainte Chapelle. Possible ownership 14??-1408 by Inventory.

BnF lat. 3276: Sermones. Confirmed ownership 13??-1408 by Inventory.

BnF n.a.f. 23285: Miroir des dames; Relation de la mort de Jeanne d'Alençon. Confirmed ownership post-1380-1408 by Inventory. Confirmed ownership post-1380-1408 by Instance of borrowing.

Modena, Biblioteca Estense, fr. 313: Voyages en terre sainte. Confirmed ownership December 1388-1408 by Other.

NE 210: Guiron le Courtois. Confirmed ownership c. 1397-1408 by Other.

NE 211: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership 1405-1408? by Other.

NE 212: Bible (in French, vol. 1). Confirmed ownership 1407?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 213: Ballades d'Eustache Deschamps. Confirmed ownership ?-1408 by Other.

NE 214: Apocalypse. Confirmed ownership 14??-27 December 1408 by Inventory.

NE 215: Breviaire. Confirmed ownership 23 November 1407-1408 by Inventory.

NE 216: Composicion de la Sainte Escripture (Ci nous dit). Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Other.

NE 217: Epistres sur le Roman de la rose. Confirmed ownership 140?-1408 by Other.

NE 218: Grandes chroniques de France. Confirmed ownership pre-1407-27 December 1408 by Inventory.

NE 219: Heures de Nostre Dame à l'usaige saint Ambroise. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 220: Heures de Nostre Dame. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 221: Petites heures. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 222: Grandes heures. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 223: Petites heures. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 224: Stundenbuch. Confirmed ownership 13??-1408 by Inventory.

NE 225: Histoire de Troye. Confirmed ownership 14??-1408 by Inventory.

NE 227: Livre de Canerian. Confirmed ownership c. 1404-1408 by Inventory.

NE 228: Livre de la Prodhomme de l'Omme. Confirmed ownership 1407-1408 by Inventory.

NE 229: Le Livre de chasse. Confirmed ownership 139?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 230: Livre des échecs. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

NE 231: Livre des trois Maries. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

NE 232: Lucan. Confirmed ownership 1397?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 234: Missel. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 235: Missel. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

NE 236: Parceval le Galoiz. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

NE 237: Pèlerinage de la vie humaine; Pèlerinage de l'âme; Pèlerinage de Jhesus-Crist. Possible ownership 1407?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 238: Psautier. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 239: Vie de Notre Dame; Nouveau Testament (both on parchment roll). Confirmed ownership 14??-1408 by Inventory.

NE 240: Livre de Saint Cyprian. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408? by Inventory.

NE 241: Livre allemand. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 242: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership 1388?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 243: Un livre en alemant. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 244: Un autre livre d'alemans. Confirmed ownership 1389?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 245: Ovide le Grant (Métamorphoses?). Confirmed ownership 14??-1408 by Inventory.

NE 246: Roman de la Rose. Confirmed ownership 14??-1408 by Inventory.

NE 247: Breviaire (2 vols). Confirmed ownership 1407?-1408 by Inventory.

NE 248: Livre des Euvangiles. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

NE 249: Un viel epistollier. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

NE 250: Breviaire de diverses collectes et de plusieurs sains. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

NE 251: Breviaire. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

NE 252: Psautier. Confirmed ownership 1???-1408 by Inventory.

NE 253: Livre d'heures. Confirmed ownership 1388?-1408? by Inventory.

NE 257: Miroir historial (vol. 3 - set with BnF fr. 312-14). Possible ownership 1407-1408 by Other.

NE 446: Traité de l'âme et du coeur. Possible ownership pre-1398-1408 by Archival Mention.