Boucicaut-Meister (S. XVI)
Pierre le Fruitier, called Salmon, secretary to Charles VI and someone who influenced John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, in 1409 wrote a composite text that is simultaneously a mirror for princes, a collection of letters, and an autobiography. Salmon presents the qualities a sovereign needs in order to rule well (see Paris, BnF, fr. 23279). After his withdrawal from court in 1411 and after the change in royal politics towards John the Fearless, around 1412-1415 he presented a second version of the text; today this version is held in Geneva. With an image depicting Charles VI on a blue bed decorated with lilies, in discussion with his secretary, this manuscript is one of the showpieces of the Bibliothèque de Genève.
Online Since: 06/23/2014
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Aubert, Hippolyte (Librarian) | Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Meister von Mazarine (Illuminator) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) | Salmon, Pierre (Author) | Senebier, Jean (Librarian) Found in: Standard description
A book of hours following the liturgical custom of Rome in Latin, with a calendar in French and a selection of saints venerated in Paris. It contains 17 miniatures created in Paris around 1408/10 in the artistic circle of the Master of Boucicaut, one of the most influential illuminators of the early 15th century. The Master of the Mazarine contributed to the ornamentation, as did pseudo-Jacquemart, who belongs to an older generation of artists and whose contribution can be recognized in the famous Books of Hours of the Duke of Berry. The image of David was painted on an inserted double leaf; it can be attributed to a follower of the artist who illuminated the Breviary of John the Fearless.
Online Since: 12/20/2012
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) | Meister von Mazarine (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Additional description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Additional description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) | Meister von Mazarine (Illuminator) Found in: Additional description
A book of hours following the liturgical custom of Rome, with a calendar in French. The miniatures are framed by borders decorated with plants that were executed with great botanical precision. This examplar from the late period of the French Book of hours, preserved in its entirety, was illuminated by an important master from this late phase of French book illumination. He was influenced by the Master of Claude de France und was recently identified as the Master of the Lallemant-Boethius. In the small pictures on the borders, he tries to compete with Jean Bourdichon, who introduced realistic flower borders in the marginal decoration of Anne of Brittany's Grandes Heures and in other major works. The Master of the Lallemant-Boethius is also guided by Flemish book illumination of his time. On f. 1r one can read the name of Agnès le Dieu, the owner of the codex in the year 1605.
Online Since: 12/20/2012
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) | Bourdichon, Jean (Illuminator) | Pichore, Jean (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) | Bourdichon, Jean (Illuminator) | Pichore, Jean (Illuminator) Found in: Additional description
This book of hours, addressed to a woman, contains an entry that can only be read in ultraviolet light (f. 27v) and that mentions a Jaquette de la Barre; she probably was part of the Parisian family of organ builders who, between 1401 and 1404, built the organ of Notre-Dame. The miniatures were created around 1410 by a leading Parisian master, who can be identified as the Master of the Mazarin. Subsequently, borders were added to the manuscript, probably by a Provençal hand. Several scenes stand out from the conventional iconographic program: instead of the penance of David, there is the glory of Christ on Judgment Day (f. 101r); instead of the Mass for the dead, there is the Raising of Lazarus (f. 141r); also unusual is the depiction of the prayer of St. Jerome (f. 139v) in the full vestments of a cardinal.
Online Since: 12/20/2012
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) Found in: Standard description
- Boswell, James (Former possessor) | Boucicaut-Meister (Illuminator) | Meister von Mazarine (Illuminator) | Talbot of Malahide, Reginald John Richard (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description