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1967  :  Statuts de la Toison d'Or Armorial de la Toison d'Or

Number

1967


Shelf Marks

  • London, BL, Harley 6199
  • J Woodman (d.1728)
  • Jean Antoine II de Mesmes (d.1723)

Owners before c.1550

  • Jean de Lannoy (abbot St Bertin, chancellor Order of the Golden Fleece)

Commissioners

  • Jean de Lannoy (abbot St Bertin, chancellor Order of the Golden Fleece)
    • Nobility
    • Gender : Man

Country

United Kingdom


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Date
    • Date details : 1481-1486 (after 1481 / c.1481 ?)
    • Half centuries : 1450-1499
    • Decade : 1480 - 1489

Physical description

Measurements

  • 098 (83+15) leaves
  • Size categories of height : 250-274 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 254 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 190 mm

Illustrations

  • Total number of illustrations : 4
  • Number of miniatures : 4
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • M London Wavrin (circle)

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : 18th c. (red leather)
  • Dating : 1700-1800


Content

Genre

legal and administrative

Authors

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Translators

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Contents

  • 1 : Statuts de la Toison d'Or
  • 2 : Armorial de la Toison d'Or

Languages

  • French

Bibliography

Paul Durrieu, La miniature flamande au temps de la cour de Bourgogne (1415-1530), Brussels 1921, no. 058a+b (f.69, f.73v)

Pierre Cockshaw & Christiane Van den Bergen-Pantens (eds.), L’ordre de la Toison d’or de Philippe le Bon à Philippe le Beau (1430-1505). Idéal ou reflet d’une société?, Turnhout 1996, Section I-07 (ill. p.45)

Thomas Kren & Scot McKendrick, with contributions by Maryan W. Ainsworth, Mari-Tere Alvarez, Brigitte Dekeyser, Richard Gay, Elisabeth Morrison & Catherine Reynolds, Illuminating the Renaissance. The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, exhib. cat., Los Angeles-London 2003, no. 076

Hanno Wijsman, Luxury Bound. Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550), (Burgundica, xvi), Turnhout (Brepols), 2010, p.417

Janet Backhouse, The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the British Library, Toronto-London 1997, no. 178 (ill. f.73v)

Ann Payne. 'Statutes and Armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece, British Library, Harley Ms 6199', Pierre Cockshaw & Christiane Van den Bergen-Pantens (eds.), L’ordre de la Toison d’or de Philippe le Bon à Philippe le Beau (1430-1505). Idéal ou reflet d’une société?, Turnhout 1996, 45-46

J. A. Herbert, Illuminated Manuscripts, London 1911-, vol. II, no. 35 (f.57v)

Scot McKendrick, Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts 1400-1500, London 2003, ill. 059+60

Online Informations and images

Description and images: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6562&CollID=8&Nstart=6199

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman