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
/
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