The Queen’s Library: Image-Making at the Court of Anne of Brittany, 1477–1514

415 Pages·2010·28.43 MB·English

by  Cynthia J. Brown

Th e Queen’s Library
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The Queen’s
Library
Image-Making at the Court
of Anne of Brittany, 1477 –1514
Cynthia J. Brown
university of pennsylvania press
philadelphia • oxford
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brown, Cynthia Jane.
Th e queen’s library : image-making at the court of Anne
of Brittany, 1477–1514 / Cynthia J. Brown.
p. cm. — (Material texts)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8122-4282-9(acid-free paper)
1. Anne, of Brittany, Consort of Louis XII, King of
France, 1467–1514—Library. 2. Books and reading—
History—To 1500. 3. Books and reading—History—16th
century. 4. Queens—Books and reading—Political
aspects. 5. Women—Books and reading—Political aspects.
6. Women and literature—Political aspects. 7. Women
History—Middle Ages, 500–1500. I. Title.
DC108.3.B76 2010
944'.027‚dc22 2010004559
Dedicated to my mother, Jane B. Bundy
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contents
List of Illustrations ix
Introduction 1
Chapter One. Rituals of Entry: Women and Books in Performance 15
Chapter Two. Female Patronage and
the Politics of Personifi cation Allegory 63
Chapter Th ree. Women Famous and Infamous:
Court Controversies About Female Virtues 108
Chapter Four. Famous Women in Mourning: Trials and Tribulations 181
Chapter Five. Women Mourned 245
Appendix. Manuscript and Printed Books
Associated with Anne of Brittany 307
List of Abbreviations 311
Notes 313
Bibliography 373
Index 393
Acknowledgments 401
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illustr ations
1. Petrarch, Remèdes de l’une ou l’autre Fortune,
Louis XII confronts Reason 2
2. Jean d’Auton, Chroniques, engagement of Claude and Francis 6
3. Guillaume Fillastre, Toison d’Or, Anne of Brittany
engages with the Virtues 16
4. Choque, Discours sur le voyage d’Anne de Foix,
royal and princely coats of arms 29
5. Choque, Discours des cérémonies du sacre,
Anne de Foix meets Ladislaus 36
6. La Vigne, Coronation of Anne of Brittany, opening folios 46
7. La Vigne, Coronation, Parisian entry and facing folio 48
8. La Vigne, Coronation, banquet and facing folio 49
9. Sacre, couronnement et entrée de Madame Claude,
Châtelet entry theater 57
10. La Vigne, Ressource de la Chrestienté, dedication 65
11. La Vigne, Ressource de la Chrestienté, margins with emblems 67
12. La Vigne, Ressource de la Chrestienté, Magesté Royalle speaks 68