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Preface...... 9

Introduction ...... 11 I. General overview...... 11 A. Previous editions...... 12 B. This edition...... 13 1) Outline of the edition: inventories of the main collection and inventories of the ducal residences...... 13 2) Sources...... 16 3) Editorial principles...... 20 II. Inventories, locations and librarians...... 23 A. The Library...... 23 B. The Ducal Chapel...... 63 C. The chapels of the residences and castles...... 67 III. The codicological information provided by the inventories...... 72 A. The information provided on each volume...... 73 1) General aspects...... 73 2) Bindings...... 74 3) The body of the volume...... 81 B. Information identifying the contents...... 85 C. The conservation and use of the manuscripts...... 86

Designations of libraries and archives...... 89 Literature quoted in abbreviated form...... 89 Diacritical signs used in the apparatus...... 94

Major collection

1. Inventory of the estate of Philip the Bold, Paris, 1404, May or 1405, A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 20 March...... 97 2. Inventory of the estate of Margaret of Flanders, Arras, 1405, begun on 7 May...... 108 ISBN 978-90-429-3234-0 3. Inventory of the estate of John the Fearless inherited by Philip the D/2016/0602/5 Good, Dijon 1420, 12, 15, 18 and 21 July...... 120 © 2016, Peeters, Bondgenotenlaan 153, B-3000 Leuven. 4. Inventory of the estate of Margaret of Bavaria, Auxonne and Dijon, All rights reserved. 1424, 24-28 January...... 154

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5. Inventory of the estate of Philip the Good, Lille, 1469, February. 163 Douai 6. Inventory of the estate of Charles the Bold, Dijon, 1477, 6-12 March. 270 26. Inventory of the ducal residence, 1496, 20 April...... 404 7. Inventory of books found in Ghent, 1485, 21 July...... 276 8. Inventory of books ordered by Maximilian of Austria, Brussels, 1487, Eperlecques begun 15 November...... 285 27. Inventory of the castle, 1384, 11 February...... 405 9. Extracts concerning books borrowed between 1484 and 1499...... 368 Ghent 10. Inventory of missing books, between January 1497 and May 1498 371 28. Inventory of the ducal residence, 1441, 13 November...... 405 11. Inventory of books found in Bruges, between October 1499 and 29. Inventory of the ducal residence, 1471, 19 June...... 406 April 1504...... 376 30. Inventory of the ducal residence, 1487, 21-25 February...... 407 12. Inventory of missing books,1504, circa April...... 381 13. Inventory of the goods of Philip the Fair entrusted to Katrien van Gosnay Halewijn, 1509, before 24 September...... 384 31. Inventory of the castle, 1384, 15 February...... 408 14. Booklist, early 16th century...... 387 32. Inventory of the castle, 1446, 21 July...... 409

The Hague 33. Inventory of the chapel of the ducal residence, 1443...... 410 Minor collections 34. Inventory of the chapel of the ducal residence, 1490, 15 April...... 411

Avesnes Hesdin 15. Inventory of the castle, 1384, 17 February...... 395 35. Inventory of the castle, 1384, 16 February...... 414 36. Inventory of the castle, 1453, begun on 20 January...... 415 Bapaume 16. Inventory of the castle, 1384, 18 February...... 396 37. Inventory of the castle, 1470, begun on 8 April...... 417 17. Inventory of the castle, 1466, 12 July...... 396 Lens Beaumont 38. Inventory of the castle, 1465, 20 May...... 419 18. Inventory of the castle, circa 1480...... 397 Lille 39. Inventory of the castle, 1388, 20 October...... 420 Bellemotte 19. Inventory of the castle, 1384, 18 February...... 398 40. Inventory of the castle, 1395, 10 February...... 421 La Motte-au-Bois Bethune 20. Inventory of the castle, 1384, 14 February...... 398 41. Inventory of the castle, 1414, 8-9 May...... 422 21. Inventory of the castle, 1474, 4 November...... 399 42. Inventory of the castle, 1424, 6 June...... 422 43. Inventory of the castle, circa 1424...... 423 La Boissiere 44. Inventory of the castle, circa 1467...... 424 22. Inventory of the castle, 1467, 16-19 May...... 400 45. Inventory of the castle, 1472, 10-12 October...... 424

Bruges Noyers 23. Inventory of the castle, 1465, 2 August...... 401 46. Inventory of the castle, 1419, 9 November...... 426

Dalhem Ornans 24. Inventory of the castle, circa 1400...... 402 47. Inventory of the castle, 1499, 17 November...... 427

Dijon Rihoult 25. Inventory of the dowry of Mary of Burgundy, 1403, 24 October.. 403 48. Inventory of the castle, 1384, 20 February...... 428

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The Hague 33. Inventory of the chapel of the ducal residence, 1443...... 410 Minor collections 34. Inventory of the chapel of the ducal residence, 1490, 15 April...... 411

Bruges Noyers 23. Inventory of the castle, 1465, 2 August...... 401 46. Inventory of the castle, 1419, 9 November...... 426

Dalhem Ornans 24. Inventory of the castle, circa 1400...... 402 47. Inventory of the castle, 1499, 17 November...... 427

Dijon Rihoult 25. Inventory of the dowry of Mary of Burgundy, 1403, 24 October.. 403 48. Inventory of the castle, 1384, 20 February...... 428

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Rupelmonde 49. Inventory of the castle, 1386, May...... 429 50. Inventory of the castle, 1388, 5 May...... 429 51. Inventory of the castle, 1430, 5 March...... 430 PREFACE 52. Inventory of the castle, 1444, 10-11 January...... 431 53. Inventory of the castle, 1447, 18 October...... 432 54. Inventory of the castle, 1459, 28 May...... 433 The library of the Dukes of Burgundy is among the most famous princely book 55. Inventory of the castle, 1477, 10 June...... 434 collections of all time. It is also richly documented. Some inventories were edited 56. Inventory of the castle, 1499, 25 April...... 434 critically during the twentieth century. But for one hundred eighty-five years, most of them have had to be consulted in the edition of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Barrois, an Saaftinge edition unsatisfactory in many regards: it is often and seriously inaccurate; it does not 57. Inventory of the castle, 1413, 14 September...... 435 give the sort of information now expected on the material characteristics of documents or on their historical setting; and it is incomplete, omitting texts of importance. Thanks Sluis to the industry and erudition of Thomas Falmagne and Baudouin Van den Abeele, the 58. Inventory of the castle, 1452, 13-15 August...... 436 material is now at last published as it deserves. Three new documents pertaining to the 59. Inventory of the castle, 1477, begun on 31 July...... 437 main collection, and forty-five pertaining to lesser collections in the châteaux and 60. Inventory of the castle, 1479, begun on 27 December...... 438 residences, have been discovered and edited alongside those already known. All are presented in fully critical editions. In the texts that accompany them Drs Falmagne and Van den Abeele have not only described the documents thoroughly, but reconstructed their composition and use, and provided beside a history of book- Concordance Barrois-CCB...... 441 collecting by the ducal family. The indices will greatly facilitate research on this Index auctorum operumque...... 449 dauntingly large collection.

Index codicum manuscriptorum...... 491 There is no doubt that the scholarly world will welcome with enthusiasm this eagerly Dictiones probatoriae...... 495 expected publication, which is of the highest interest for the history of medieval Initia of first folio...... 495 literature, especially French, for the study of manuscript illumination and for the Initia of second folio...... 497 history of late medieval culture in general. The editors deserve praise and gratitude Initia of third folio...... 512 for their work, in which they have graciously submitted to the norms and the format adopted in the previous volumes of Corpus Catalogorum Belgii. The Medieval Booklists Initia of fifth folio...... 512 of the Southern Low Countries, norms and format conceived for documents of a Initia of last folio...... 512 generally different sort. Desinit...... 522 With this volume Corpus Catalogorum Belgii comes to an end. The series started in Index personarum ...... 531 1994 under the auspices of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Plates...... 535 the Arts and has enjoyed the Academy’s continued patronage during the preparation and the printing of the seven volumes. The undersigned congratulate Thomas Falmagne and Baudouin Van den Abeele upon the achievement of the present volume and thank the successive Permanent Secretaries of the Academy for supporting over many years the whole editorial enterprise. The Nationaal Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek contributed financially toward the preparation of volumes in the series, as has its Flemish successor the Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen; these institutions have merited our profound thanks.

Albert Derolez Benjamin Victor Wouter Bracke

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