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Fr. 242 Decorator

(Cleres femmes E Decorator)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 242: Jacobus de Voragine, Légende dorée, text 1402 or later.  

f. 1: Bible historiale Scribe, running titles by Cleres femmes Scribe A, fr. 242 Decorator (Cleres femmes E Decorator), miniature by the Master of the Coronation of the Virgin.

 

 

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 184: Jacques de Voragine and Jean de Vignay, La Légende dorée. Soon after 1401 or 1402  

f. 5, detail

f. 5

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 425: Cy nous dit.

Bought in Paris from Jehan le Moustardier, escripvain de fourme, by Jean de Berry in February, 1404.

 

f. 1r detail

f. 1r

Compare f. 1r to Arsenal 5057, f. 77r. See also fr. 24289, f. 1r.

f. 1v

 

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 12420: Boccaccio, Des cleres et nobles femmes; Colophon on f. 167v states that the translation was completed on September 12, 1401; on New Year's day of 1403, Jacques Rapondi presented this manuscript to Philippe le Hardi. Identified Collaborators: Scribes: Cleres femmes Scribe A; Cleres femmes Scribe C; Decorators: Walters 231 Decorator (Cleres femmes A Decorator), Cleres femmes B Decorator; fr. 242 Decorator (Cleres femmes E Decorator)

f. 46v: Cleres femmes Scribe A, fr. 242 Decorator ( Cleres femmes E Decorator).

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 598: Boccaccio, Des cleres et nobles femmes.In February 1404, Jean de Berry received this copy from Jean de la Barre, receveur general des finances in Languedoc and Guyenne. Identified Collaborators:Scribes:Walters 231 Decorator (Cleres femmes Scribe A) ; Cleres femmes Scribe B; Cleres femmes Scribe C; Decorators:Cleres femmes B Decorator; Cleres femmes C Decorator;Walters 232 Decorator (Cleres femmes D Decorator);fr. 242 Decorator (Cleres femmes E Decorator); Miniatures: Master of Berry's Cleres femmes.

f. 127r: detail

f. 127r

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 12201:Hayton, Fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient....Manuscript is one of three copies of the text bought by Philippe le Hardi in 1403 from Jacques Rapondi. fr. 12201 was given to Jean de Berry on March 22, 1403. Ms. appears in the 1413 Berry inventory. Identified Collaborators: Scribe: Cleres femmes Scribe A: Decorators:Walters 231 Decorator ( Cleres femmes A Decorator), Walters 232 Decorator (Cleres femmes D Decorator), fr. 242 Decorator (Cleres femmes E Decorator); Miniatures: Coronation Master.

f. 84: Cleres femmes Scribe A; fr. 242 Decorator (Cleres femmes E Decorator); miniature by Coronation Master.

f. 57r

f. 57r

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 24289: Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes  
 

f. 1

Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, MS 5057  

 

f. 6v

 

f. 77v: detail of text decoration.

f. 77r

Compare f. 77r to the frontispiece of fr. 425, f. 1r. See also fr. 24289, f. 1r.

 

Paris, Arsenal, MS 5058: Guiart des Moulins, Bible historiale: the ex libris of Jean de Berry was at one time visible on f. 571 v and the manuscript appears in the 1413 Berry inventory. Identified Collaborators:Cleres femmes Scribe C, Bible historiale Scribe; Walters 231 Decorator (Cleres femmes A Decorator), Cleres femmes B Decorator, fr. 242 Decorator (Cleres femmes E Decorator); majority of the miniatures are by the Master of Berry's Cleres femmes.

f. 451: Cleres femmes Scribe C; fr. 242 Decorator (Cleres femmes E Decorator); miniature by the Virgil Master.

Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, MS 9094: Bartholomeus Anglicus, Le Livre des propriétés des choses, c. 1401. Jacques Rapondi sold this manuscript to Philippe le Hardi for 400 escus on January 3, 1402. Identified Collaborators: Cleres femmes Scribe A, Cleres femmes B Decorator, fr. 242 Decorator (Cleres femmes E Decorator).
   
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS New College 189: Henry de Bohic, Commentaires sur Décrétales de Gregoire IX , c. 1395-1400  
 

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