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Record Number:
4944
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Contributor(s):
Title:
Fables for the Court: Illustrations of Marie de France's "Fables" in Paris BN, MS Arsenal 3142 [the manuscript was dedicated to Marie of Brabant, wife of King Philippe of France, and reflects the roles of reading and manuscripts at the French Court].
Source:
Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence. Edited by Lesley Smith and Jane H.M. Taylor. British Library and University of Toronto Press, 1997. Pages 190 - 203.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Courts- Literary Activity
Illumination of Manuscripts
Literature- Verse
Manuscripts
Marie de France, Poet- Fables
Marie of Brabant , Queen-Consort of Philippe III, King of France
Patronage, Literary
Queens
Readers
Women in Art
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles;France
Century:
12-13
Primary Evidence:
Manuscript; Paris, Bibliotque nationale, MS Arsenal 3142. Probably made around 1300 in Paris for Marie of Brabant.
Illustrations:
Table:
Six figures, five of which come from the Arsenal manuscript. Figure Eighty-Five, from the Metz Pontifical, illustrates a marginal scene of animals that is much more active than those in the Arsenal manuscript. Figures Eighty-Six and Eighty-Seven are portraits of Marie de France, one in which she is writing and the other in which she is reading. Figure Eighty-Eight is a portrait of Marie of Brabant with her sister-in-law and her brother. At the foot of Marie's bed is the court poet Adenet le Roi.
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Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1997.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0802042163