Sales catalogue: Quaritch

Date:
September 1886
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/17/44
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Quaritch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    24/100 page 3456
    sa and finish ; bound tn old French red morocco, by Derome le jeune, enclosed in a black morocco case, £500. (Bruxelles) 1442 Written in 1442 on the occasion of the marriage of ‘‘ Jacob de Bregilles et Claire safemme.” ‘Towards the end of the book, after the special offices of the saints, there are two pages, originally blank, but on which the records of the Bregilles family were entered by the chiefs. The first entry is that of the marriage, registered by Jacques de Bregilles himself at, or immediately after the ceremony. ‘The second is the birth of his son “ Jehan en la ville de Brucelles” in 1450. The next is 1452; fut née ma fille Ysabeau filleule de madame la duchesse de Bourgone en la ville de Brucelles.”—“ 1458 . . nee ma fille Philippote jfilleule de monsieur le duq de bourgogne nomme Phlpes.’’—‘' 1459 . . ma fille Ysabeau et la tint sur les fons ma dae le contesse de Charoloys.’’—* “1452 . . fust ne a Tard la Ville mo filz Gerard.’’—‘‘1461 .. fust nee ma fille Jehanne 99 trepassa Jaquot de Bregilles en sa maison a Bruxelles. .. . A marginal note, concerning the last threc entries, has a mark of reference such as I have placed above (*), and states that “ Cest art{icle| mis a eschel6{n] & les deux derniers 6t este par moy extraictz dautres Heures en parchemin sas couverture & neantmoins entieres.’”’ Those last three entries and this marginal note are, therefore, in the handwriting of some successor of the original owner (Jaques, Jacob, or Jaquot). Jaques de Bregilles must have been a personage of considerable importance at the Court of Burgundy, since he had his children baptised under the sponsorship of the princes of the house. The Miniatures are amongst the loveliest and most finished examples of grisaille art-work that can be seen. leaves of fine Vellum, 77 fine and perfect condition, written by a Flemish scribe, with eleven Miniatures, mnumerable imitial letters in gold and colours, and nearly every page wluminated with delreately drawn scroll ornaments down the margin, in an ancient olive morocco binding, with a cipher composed of a triangle and three circles interlaced, £36. circa A.D. 1450 The Calendar and the headings are in rude French. The topographical origin of the volume is ascertained by the language, and by the names of 8. Walri, April 1 | Walericus, or St. Valery of Ponthieu]; S. Ghuillain [Guislain of Hainault] ;and 8S. Piat [of Tournay }. Besides these, there are SS. Winnoe, Omer, Aubin, Bertin, Lambert, Often [Wulfran ], Quentin. We find such curious spellings as Margriete for Marguerite, and Bietremieu for Barthélemi.
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