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Record Number: 5766 Author(s)/Creator(s): McGrady , Deborah Contributor(s): Title: Reinventing the "Roman de la Rose" for a Woman Reader: The Case of Ms. Douce 195 [The author argues that the illuminator Robinet Testard changed the traditional "Roman de la Rose" illustrations for a noble woman, Louise of Savoie. Some of the images question the misogyny in the text with one cycle showing outright disapproval of the jealous husband who beats his wife. Other illustrations show women as the surveyors of events rather than objects of the male gaze. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History 4, ( 2001): Pages 202 - 227. Issue Title: Women and Book Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern France Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Art History- Painting Guillaume de Lorris, Poet- Roman de la Rose- Illuminations of Illumination of Manuscripts Jean de Meun, Poet- Roman de la Rose- Illuminations of Louise of Savoie, Wife of Charles d'Orleans, Count of Angouleme Manuscripts Manuscripts- Award Note: Geographic Area: France Century: 15 Primary Evidence: Manuscript; Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 195. Illustrations: Five figures. Figure One Robinet Testard, Battlefield scene with two women seated in the background, manuscript illumination (Oxford, University of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 195, fol. 108). Figure Two Robinet Testard, Caroling scene with a woman observer pointing toward a female participant, manuscript illumination (Oxford, University of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 195, fol. 7). Figure Three Robinet Testard, The jealous husband and his wife, manuscript illumination (Oxford, University of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 195, fol. 60). Figure Four Robinet Testard, The rape of Lucretia, manuscript illumination (Oxford, University of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 195, fol. 60). Figure Five Robinet Testard, A domineering husband and his wife (Oxford, University of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 195, fol. 67v). Table: One table. In the Appendix the author tabulates the twenty-three manuscripts that she has examined for pictorial content in the Jealous Husband passage. She categorizes seven scenes that may have been illustrated and briefly notes the locations and contents of illustrations. Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Tulane University Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2001. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 15256790

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