Le Livre de Bonnes Mœurs (BNF Fr. 1023)

Jacques Legrand presents his book to the Duke of Berry.

Colloquial name(s): Le Livre de Bonnes Mœurs / The Book of Good Morals

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 1023

Date: 1400-10 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

This copy of Jacques Legrand's Le Livre de Bonnes Mœurs was produced for the Duke of Berry (source). It was illustrated by the Master of Luzon and his workshop (source). The style of illustration is similar to that of University of Geneva Library ms 190, which was executed by the workshop in 1410 (source). The images illustrate the Augustinian themes of the homilies in the text, providing a "sermon in images" (source).

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