Accession number
MS M.1211
Object title
Lovers' Pledge.
Created
France, ca. 1555.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of an anonymous member of the Visiting Committee to the Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2018.
Description
1 leaf : vellum, illuminated ; 244 x 192 mm
Provenance
London, Christie's, 11 July 2018 ("Valuable Books and Manuscripts"), lot 36.
Notes
This French Renaissance leaf with apparently unique verses is a rare survival of an independent illumination made as a lover's gift. Its portraits are direct antecedents of the independent portrait miniature.
Matted and framed.
Four verses (beginning "Soulcy damour en ma doulce pensee ...") and three mottoes.
In style this leaf relates to the Morgan's Hours of Claude (MS M.538), which is also ca. 1555.
Decoration: 1 large double portrait framed by a gold border filled with flowers (pansies and marguerites), verses, and mottos.
Matted and framed.
Four verses (beginning "Soulcy damour en ma doulce pensee ...") and three mottoes.
In style this leaf relates to the Morgan's Hours of Claude (MS M.538), which is also ca. 1555.
Decoration: 1 large double portrait framed by a gold border filled with flowers (pansies and marguerites), verses, and mottos.
Script
Italic
Language
French
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