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Le grand armorial de la Toison d'or.

Accession number
MS M.489
Object title
Le grand armorial de la Toison d'or.
Display Date
ca. 1580.
Created
France, ca. 1580.
Binding
French 19th century half-calf, in maroon case.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
97 leaves (2 columns, 36-38 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 440 x 310 mm
Provenance
Owned in the 17th century by Antoine de Brongniart, siegneur de Canroy (arms and motto on fol. 2: or, a chevron azure, and 3 leopard's heads of the second; Fidele et Secret); Theobald de Madre de Norguet; Sara de Madre de Norguet Quecq d'Henripret (d. 1899); Henri Quecq d'Henripret of Lille; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Henri Quecq through J. van Driesten in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in France, ca. 1580.
Contents: statutes, armorial, and transcripts of chapter meetings held in 1445, 1461, 1478, 1481, 1491, 1500, and 1545.
Decoration: 285 coats of arms, 1 preliminary leaf with motto and arms.
Script
cursive
Language
French
Century
Classification