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Paris, Arsenal, MS 5058

Guyart des Moulins, Bible Historiale, vol. 2

Foliation Scribe   Miniature / Miniaturist Decorator Comment
1 (300-307) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 300r: Inc. book of Parables / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 307v: CW

       
2 (308-315) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 311r: Inc. book of Ecclesiastes: Solomon pointing to the sun and moon / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 314r: Inc. of Canticle of Canticles / no miniature but a 6 line initial with a bar staff. fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 315v: CW        
3(316-323) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 316r: Inc. book of Wisdom / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 322r: Inc. book of Ecclesiasticus / Cité des dames Master? fr. 242 Decorator  
f.323v: CW        
4 (324-331) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 331v: CW        
5 (332-339) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 339v: Inc. book of Isaiah / ? fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 339v: CW        
6 (340-347) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 347v: CW        
7 (348-355) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 355v: CW        
8 (356-363) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 360r: Inc. book of Jeremias / ? (same artist as f. 339v) fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 363v: CW        
9 (364-371) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 371v: CW        
10 (372-379) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 379v: CW        
11 (380-387) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 381r: Inc. book of Lamentations / (same artist as f. 339v) fr. 242 Decorator  
  f. 383v: Inc. book of Baruch / (same artist as f. 339v) fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 385v: Inc. letter of Jeremias to the captives (Baruch 6)/ no miniature fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 386v: Inc. book of Ezechiel / (same artist as f. 339v) fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 387v: CW        
12 (388-395) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 395v: CW        
13 (396-403) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 403r: Inc. book of Daniel / (same artist as f. 339v) fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 403v: CW        
14 (404-411) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 410v: Inc. book of Osee / fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 411v: CW        
15 (412-419) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 413v: Inc. book of Joel / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes (follower) fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 414v: Inc. book of Amos /(same artist as f. 339v) fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 417r: Inc. book of Abdias / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes (follower) fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 417v: Inc. book of Jonas / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes (follower) fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 418v: Inc. book of Micheas / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes (follower) fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 419v: CW        
16 (420-427) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 420r: Inc. book of Nahum / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes (follower) fr. 242 Decorator  
  f. 421r: Inc. book of Habacuc/ ? fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 422r: Inc. book of Sophonias / Virgil Master ? fr. 242 Decorator  
  f. 423r: Inc. book of Aggeus / Virgil Master? fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 423v: Inc. book of Zacharias / Virgil Master ? fr. 242 Decorator  
    f. 427r: Inc. book of Malachias / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes (follower) fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 427v: CW        
17 (428-435) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 428r: Inc. first book of Machabees / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes (follower) fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 435v: CW        
18 (436-443) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 441v: Inc. second book of Machabees / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes (follower) fr. 242 Decorator Note greyer facial coloring as opposed to the creamier color of the earlier Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes (follower).
f. 443v: CW        
19 (444-451)     f. 450v: Expl. second Machabees    
Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 451r: Inc. Matthew: Tree of Jesse / Virgil Master fr. 242 Decorator  
f. 451v: CW        
20 (452-459) Cleres Femmes Scribe C       Break in Decorators with Walters 231 Decorator taking over.
  f. 459v: CW        
21 (460-467) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 466r: Inc. Mark / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 467v: CW        
22 (468-475) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 475v: CW        
23 (476-483) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 476v: Inc. Luke/ Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 483v: CW        
24 (484-491) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 491v: CW        
25 (492-499) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 494v: Inc. John / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 499v: CW        
26 (500-507) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 507v: CW   f. 507v: Inc. Romans / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
27 (508-515) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 513r: Inc. First Corinthians / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 515v: CW        
28 (516-523) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 518v: Inc. Second Corinthians / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 522v: Inc. Galatians / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 523v: CW        
29 (524-531) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 526r: Inc. Philippians / No miniature Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 527v: Inc. Colossians / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 529r: Inc. First Thessalonians / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 530r: Inc. Second Thessalonians / No miniature Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 531r: Inc. First Timothy / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 531v: CW        
30 (532-539) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 532v: Inc. Second Timothy / No miniature Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 533v: Inc. Titus / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 534r: Inc. Philemon / No Miniature Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 535: Inc. Hebrews / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 539r: Inc. Acts of the Apostles / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 539v: CW        
31 (540-547) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
f. 547v: CW        
32 (548-555) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 552r: Inc. James / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 553v: Inc. First Peter / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 555r: Inc. Second Peter / No miniature Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 555v: CW        
33 (556-563) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 556r: Inc. First John / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 557r: Inc. Second John / No miniature Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 557v: Inc. Third John / No miniature Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 557v: Inc. Jude / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 558r: Inc. Apocalypse / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 560r: Inc. Apocalypse 9/ Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 563r: Inc. Apocalypse 14 / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 563v: CW        
34 (564-571)   f. 565v: Inc. Apocalypse / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 568r: Inc. Apocalypse 19:19/ Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 571: Expl. of text    
           
           
           
           

 

Paris, Arsenal 5057-5058: Bible Historiale de Jean de Berry, appears in the Berry inventories of 1413 and 1416.  

5058, folio 300: Scribe C; Walters 231 Decorator

5058, folio 451: Scribe C; Fr. 242 Decorator

folio 300: detail

  Bibliography: Paris 1400, p. 266, no. 163.