Marginal Matters

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 616:

Gaston Phoebus, Livre de la chasse

   

f. 13: the inside and outside borders are done by different decorators. The decision was apparently made to augment the decoration of the frontispiece by adding the outside border with the elaborate staff. The frontispiece of the Morgan Library copy of the Livre de la chasse has the same division of the inside and outside borders with again the outside border being done in a more elaborate form by a different decorator. This argues that both manuscripts were being made concurrently.

Inside border of f. 13: attributed by Farber, 1980 as the V Master but here designated as the Fr. 616 Decorator.

 

Outside border of f. 13: attributed by Farber, 1980 as the B Master of the Belles Heures.

f. 16: Fr. 616 Decorator: responsible for the decoration on folios 13 (inside border), 16, 19v, 20, 20v, 21, 23, 24v, 26v, 27, 27v, 29v, 31v, 34v, 35v, 36, 36v, 45v, 46v, 47, 47v, 50, 50v, 51, 51v, 52v, 111, 111v, 113v.

f. 16 detail

f. 54: identified by Farber, 1980 as the T Decorator who was responsible for the decoration of folios 37v, 53, 53v, 54, 55, 56v, 57, 57v, 58v. The work of this same decorator can be identified in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 144.

f. 54 detail

f. 57v: T Decorator

f. 57v detail: T Decorator

f. 61v: attributed by Farber, 1980 to the A Master of the Belles Heures. Responsible for decorating in fr. 616 folios 61v, 68, 101, 101v, 102, 105v, 107, 107v, 108, 108v, 110, 110v, 115, 115v, 119, 119v.

f. 61v: A Master

f. 62v: identified by Farber, 1980 as the R Decorator but here identified as the A Master Assistant. In both fr. 616 and Oxford, Bodleian Library Douce 144 this decorator's work is closely associated with that of the A Master with both sharing the responsibility in decorating individual leaves. The repertoire used by this decorator is also close to that of the A Master. Responsible for decorating in fr. 616 folios 11-12, 40v, 62, 62v, 63, 63v, 66, 66v, 67, 103, 106, 106v, 109, 109v, 116, 116v, 117, 117v, 122, 124, 124v.

f. 62v, detail: A Master Assistant

f. 64: identified by Farber, 1980 as the W Decorator. Responsible for decorating in fr. 616 folios 37, 38, 64, 65, 70, 73, 73v, 75v, 77, 77v, 85, 85v, 86, 86v, 87, 89v, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96v, 99v, 100v, 114, 114v.

f. 64. detail: W Decorator.

f. 75v: W Decorator

f. 75v, detail: W Decorator

f. 105v: A Master

f. 105v, detail: A Master

f. 109v: A Master Assistant

 

f. 118v: identified in Farber, 1980 as the X Master. Responsible for decorating in fr. 616 folios 118, 118v, 120, 120v, 121, 121v, 123, 123v, 125-132, and 133-138.

f. 118v, detail: X Master

f. 122: A Master Assistant

f. 122, detail: A Master Assistant