The two trials of Joan of Arc
Manuscript
ca.1530 (made)
ca.1530 (made)
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Foliation: i (16th-century parchment foliated 1) + 87ff. (foliated 2-5, 7-89) + ii-iii (19th-century paper)
Page layout: 34 lines
Script: mixed Gothic script
Textual content: Translation from the Latin original of documents concerning the trial and rehabilitation of Joan of Arc (c.1412-1431) in 1431 and 1456, with two prefaces, one addressed to Diane de Poitiers, in French.
Binding: early 19th century, France: calf over pasteboards, gold fillet frame with fleur-de-lys in corners, spine with gold-tooled flowers in compartments, and red leather label lettered PROCES/DE/JEAN. D'ARC/BEAU/MANUSCRIT/AVEC MINIATURE; sewn on 4 cords.
Decoration:
Missing f. 6 which contained an image of Joan of Arc at the stake: this leaf was cut out at an undetermined date and was in the collection of Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876). It was reproduced in some of the many popular works devoted to Joan of Arc in the late 19th century (see bibliography for more details).
f. 10r: half-page miniature with Trial of Joan of Arc featuring the enthroned king with coats of arms of France and England. To the right of the king, Pierre Cauchon, bishop of Beauvais, with a shield bearing the Beauvais arms and Jean le Maistreseated on a bench.
f. 45r: 15-line miniature showing Charles VII (r. 1422-1461), on a throne, giving a letter to a messenger for the canonist Paul du Pont, shown reading at a pulpit.
f. 58r: half-page miniature under 16 lines of text with cardinal, Guillaume d'estouteville (1403-1483) hearing the arguments of four lawyers standing before him, about the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc.
f. 79v: 14-line miniature showing Pierre l'Hermite, subdeacon of St Martin of Tours, seated and reading a book on a lectern while a servant brings more books. He is receiving a letter from a messenger kneeling in the doorway.
f. 83v: half-page miniature showing the Plea of Joan of Arc's mother, accompanied by two sons, before a bench of Jean Juvenal des Ursins, bishop of Paris, Richard de Longueil, bishop of Coutances, with Jean Brehal seated on a chair before them; the bench is surmounted by the arms of the archdiocese of Reims. To the right, the Pope (Calixtus III), who had originally delegated the archbishop of Reims, enthroned, gesturing towards the bishops.
Artists: miniatures attributed to the Ango Hours Workshop, active in Rouen.
Page layout: 34 lines
Script: mixed Gothic script
Textual content: Translation from the Latin original of documents concerning the trial and rehabilitation of Joan of Arc (c.1412-1431) in 1431 and 1456, with two prefaces, one addressed to Diane de Poitiers, in French.
Binding: early 19th century, France: calf over pasteboards, gold fillet frame with fleur-de-lys in corners, spine with gold-tooled flowers in compartments, and red leather label lettered PROCES/DE/JEAN. D'ARC/BEAU/MANUSCRIT/AVEC MINIATURE; sewn on 4 cords.
Decoration:
Missing f. 6 which contained an image of Joan of Arc at the stake: this leaf was cut out at an undetermined date and was in the collection of Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876). It was reproduced in some of the many popular works devoted to Joan of Arc in the late 19th century (see bibliography for more details).
f. 10r: half-page miniature with Trial of Joan of Arc featuring the enthroned king with coats of arms of France and England. To the right of the king, Pierre Cauchon, bishop of Beauvais, with a shield bearing the Beauvais arms and Jean le Maistreseated on a bench.
f. 45r: 15-line miniature showing Charles VII (r. 1422-1461), on a throne, giving a letter to a messenger for the canonist Paul du Pont, shown reading at a pulpit.
f. 58r: half-page miniature under 16 lines of text with cardinal, Guillaume d'estouteville (1403-1483) hearing the arguments of four lawyers standing before him, about the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc.
f. 79v: 14-line miniature showing Pierre l'Hermite, subdeacon of St Martin of Tours, seated and reading a book on a lectern while a servant brings more books. He is receiving a letter from a messenger kneeling in the doorway.
f. 83v: half-page miniature showing the Plea of Joan of Arc's mother, accompanied by two sons, before a bench of Jean Juvenal des Ursins, bishop of Paris, Richard de Longueil, bishop of Coutances, with Jean Brehal seated on a chair before them; the bench is surmounted by the arms of the archdiocese of Reims. To the right, the Pope (Calixtus III), who had originally delegated the archbishop of Reims, enthroned, gesturing towards the bishops.
Artists: miniatures attributed to the Ango Hours Workshop, active in Rouen.
Object details
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| Title | The two trials of Joan of Arc (popular title) |
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| Brief description | Manuscript, The two trials of Joan of Arc, France (Normandy), ca.1530. |
| Physical description | Foliation: i (16th-century parchment foliated 1) + 87ff. (foliated 2-5, 7-89) + ii-iii (19th-century paper) Page layout: 34 lines Script: mixed Gothic script Textual content: Translation from the Latin original of documents concerning the trial and rehabilitation of Joan of Arc (c.1412-1431) in 1431 and 1456, with two prefaces, one addressed to Diane de Poitiers, in French. Binding: early 19th century, France: calf over pasteboards, gold fillet frame with fleur-de-lys in corners, spine with gold-tooled flowers in compartments, and red leather label lettered PROCES/DE/JEAN. D'ARC/BEAU/MANUSCRIT/AVEC MINIATURE; sewn on 4 cords. Decoration: Missing f. 6 which contained an image of Joan of Arc at the stake: this leaf was cut out at an undetermined date and was in the collection of Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876). It was reproduced in some of the many popular works devoted to Joan of Arc in the late 19th century (see bibliography for more details). f. 10r: half-page miniature with Trial of Joan of Arc featuring the enthroned king with coats of arms of France and England. To the right of the king, Pierre Cauchon, bishop of Beauvais, with a shield bearing the Beauvais arms and Jean le Maistreseated on a bench. f. 45r: 15-line miniature showing Charles VII (r. 1422-1461), on a throne, giving a letter to a messenger for the canonist Paul du Pont, shown reading at a pulpit. f. 58r: half-page miniature under 16 lines of text with cardinal, Guillaume d'estouteville (1403-1483) hearing the arguments of four lawyers standing before him, about the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc. f. 79v: 14-line miniature showing Pierre l'Hermite, subdeacon of St Martin of Tours, seated and reading a book on a lectern while a servant brings more books. He is receiving a letter from a messenger kneeling in the doorway. f. 83v: half-page miniature showing the Plea of Joan of Arc's mother, accompanied by two sons, before a bench of Jean Juvenal des Ursins, bishop of Paris, Richard de Longueil, bishop of Coutances, with Jean Brehal seated on a chair before them; the bench is surmounted by the arms of the archdiocese of Reims. To the right, the Pope (Calixtus III), who had originally delegated the archbishop of Reims, enthroned, gesturing towards the bishops. Artists: miniatures attributed to the Ango Hours Workshop, active in Rouen. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by H M Government and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
| Object history | Apparently prepared for Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566) (see preface addressed to her), but probably never presented to her (preface left unfinished). 1) Owned by Fleurette d'Armagnac (b. 1553), illegitimate daughter of Georges d'Armagnac (c.1500-1585), and annotated by her with details of her marriage in 1565 to Blaise de Villemur (1545-1585), baron de Pailhès and seneschal of Foix. The manuscript remained with their descendants until at least 1698 (see ff. 1v and 89v). Georges d'Armagnac may have owned the manuscript before Fleurette: he was bishop of Rodez in 1529, titular archbishop of Tours in 1547, Cardinal in 1544. 2) Collection of Frederick North (1766-1827), 5th Earl of Guilford, with his printed heraldic bookplate; the number 505 relates to this collection. 3) Collection of Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) of Middlehill, no. 6448. Folio 6 was excised at some point in the 19th century and made its way into the collection of Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876). It was reproduced in some of the many popular works devoted to Joan of Arc in the late 19th century (see bibliography for more details). 4) Among the manuscripts acquired by William H. Robinson after Phillipp's death, with the firm's printed labe: 'Bibliotheca Phillippica. From the collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps Bt, 1792-1872, purchased by private treaty by William H. Robinson Ltd, Pall Mall, London'. The manuscript was no. 83 in their catalogue of January 1953. 5) Collection of Sir James Caird (1864-1954), Bart., deposited at the V&A by his daughter, henrietta Scudamore (1896-1991). 6) Accepted in lieu of estate duty by H.M. Government and assigned to the V&A in March 1998. |
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| Library number | MSL/1998/3 |
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