Louis le Blanc (attrib.) — 1509–1510; France

Title

Louis le Blanc (attrib.) — 1509–1510; France

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 92

Associated place

Rouen

Place of origin

France

Date

1509–1510

Language

Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

1 + xxxleaves

Hands

French Humanistic script (Douce Legacy [1984], no. 83)

Decoration

Fine miniatures. Two portraits of Louis XII: on fol. 2r, he is represented on his knees, in front of an open book in front of the high altar of Saint Denis. There is a cardinal on the king's right who is probably Georges d'Amboise(Louis XII's adviser) who died May 1510; in the other portrait, at fol. 18v, Louis XII is seated on his throne of state

Borders

Initials.

Binding

Bound in pasteboard and covered with red velvet

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834.

Provenance

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Made for Georges d'Amboise (?).

There is no evidence to show where or when Douce acquired this manuscript.

Title

An account of 'Pelerinaiges, processions, prieres et oraisons faictes a monsr Sainct Denis en France par les trescrestiens Roys de France ...'

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 92

Summary

'Pelerinaiges, processions, prieres et oraisons faictes a monsr Sainct Denis en France par les trescrestiens Roys de France ...' an account with two miniatures, one of Louis XII before the altar of st. Denis (fol. ii), the other of the same king on his throne (fol. xviiiav).

The last fact related is of A.D. 1509: and Louis XII, who died in 1515, was on the throne when the book was written.

Date

written between 1510 and 1514

Language

French

Physical facet

On parchment, illuminated, binding: red velvet

Physical extent

1 leaf