Master of Philippe de Gueldres
(Paris, active c. 1500-1510)
Border with emblems and an initial “A” (overall 330 x 301; border width 60 mm., text block width with border 180 mm.), cutting from the Gradual of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany
France (probably Paris), very late fifteenth or early sixteenth century

This fragment is from a vast and opulent Choir book filled with the devices and initials of Anne of Brittany and the royal arms of France, including the initials “A” (Anne) and “L” (Louis), which dates the manuscript to 1499-1514. It must have been made for one of the royal chapels, such as the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, or for one of her private chapels at Amboise or Blois. Cut up already in 1840, many fragments are extant. The original manuscript would have measured 657 by 495 mm. and was written in a majestic, princely script with elegant musical notation.
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