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JEAN DE BAUDREUIL, Sommaire abrégé des ducs de Orléans-Longueville ; illuminated manuscript on parchment in French with frontispiece miniature by the Master of the Paris Entries (active c. 1490-1520s) and 32 painted heraldic shields by JEAN DE BAUDREUIL, Sommaire abrégé des ducs de Orléans-Longueville

by JEAN DE BAUDREUIL, Sommaire abrégé des ducs de Orléans-Longueville

JEAN DE BAUDREUIL, Sommaire abrégé des ducs de Orléans-Longueville ; illuminated manuscript on parchment in French with frontispiece miniature by the Master of the Paris Entries (active c. 1490-1520s) and 32 painted heraldic shields by JEAN DE BAUDREUIL, Sommaire abrégé des ducs de Orléans-Longueville

JEAN DE BAUDREUIL, Sommaire abrégé des ducs de Orléans-Longueville ; illuminated manuscript on parchment in French with frontispiece miniature by the Master of the Paris Entries (active c. 1490-1520s) and 32 painted heraldic shields

by JEAN DE BAUDREUIL, Sommaire abrégé des ducs de Orléans-Longueville

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NEWLY-DISCOVERED illuminated dedication copy made for Louis II, the 5th Duke of Orléans- Longueville, confirmING his rights to the duchy and other lands. Illuminated manuscript on parchment, in French, France, likely Paris, c. 1525 (likely after 1524). Dimensions 255 x 180 mm. 32 folios, written in a French lettre bâtarde on up to 21 lines, large opening initial in blue on a red ground highlighted in liquid gold, 32 painted heraldic shields, one large full-page miniature set in a liquid gold architectural frame. BINDING: Old red velvet over boards. TEXT: The manuscript is an abridged summary of the rights and claims over the lands and titles of the House of Orléans-Longueville, with historical justifications, as well as the identification of the customs that apply to the various lands and fiefdoms under their rule. Very little is known about the author. ILLUSTRATION: Among the four other identified copies of this work, the present manuscript is the only one to contain a full-page frontispiece miniature indicating that this was most likely the dedication copy made for Louis II d'Orléans-Longueville. The full-page miniature symbolically depicts the moment when the fiefdom of Châtelaillon is granted to the Counts of Dunois by Charles VII as two knights meeting on horseback. It was painted by the Master of the Paris Entries and his workshop in their characteristic graphic style. PROVENANCE: Manuscript copied and painted in France, likely in Paris, given the frontispiece miniature painted in a Parisian workshop. A shelfmark was added in the sixteenth-century. CONDITION: Traces of use, frontispiece slightly rubbed, overall good condition. Full description and photographs available.
  • Bookseller Les Enluminures US (US)
  • Book Condition Used - Good+
  • Quantity Available 1