L'Estoire de Griseldis myz par personnages (BNF Fr. 2203)

Griselda's husband pretends to divorce her and forces her to give back all of
her fine clothing and return home in her shift, unknown folio (view 48).

Colloquial name(s): L'Estoire de Griseldis myz par personnages

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 2203

Date: 1395 (source)

Origin: France (source)

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

The story of Patient Griselda was widely known in the medieval period, her story having been included in Boccaccio's Decameron, Petrarch's De Obidentia ac fide uxoria and in an Anglicised version within the Clerk's Tale of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (source). It tells of how the Marquis of Saluzzo chooses Griselda, a peasant girl, for his wife and proceeds to test her obedience through a series of trials (source and source).

This manuscript contains a number of black-and-white ink drawings illustrating the story.