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Paris, Arsenal, MS 5057

 

 

Foliation Scribe   Miniature / Miniaturist Decorator Comment
1 (1-8) missing f. 3 Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 1r: Lecturing / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 1v: Guyart des Moulins/ Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes No border decoration  
f. 2v: Peter Comestor presenting text to the Archbishop of Sens / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 3: which would have contained the opening of Genesis is missing    
  f. 4: First Day of Creation / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 4v: Second Day of Creation / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 5r: Third Day of Creation / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 5v: Fourth Day of Creation / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 6v: Fifth Day of Creation / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes French 242 Decorator The conjugate folio of this leaf was the now missing folio 3 which would have contained the Genesis frontispiece. The only contributions of the French 242 Decorator in the early portions of this manuscript are on bifolios associated with major openings (see f. 77r).
  f. 7r: Sixth Day of Creation/ Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 8r: Seventh Day of Creation and Making of Man and Paradise and the trees and rivers of Paradise / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 8v: CW

        
2 (9-16) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 9r: Creation of Eve / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 11r: Sacrifice of Cain and Abel/ Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 11v: Cain Killing Abel/ Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 13v: Building the Ark / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 15r: Entering the Ark/ Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 16r: Sacrifice of Noah / ? Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 16 v: CW

        
3 (17-24) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 17v: Building of the Tower of Babel / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 22r: Destruction of Sodom / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 24v: CW

 f. 24v: Sacrifice of Isaac / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
4 (25-32) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 29r: Blessing of Jacob / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 32v: CW

        
5 (33-40) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 35r: Joseph being thrown into the Well / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 38r: Joseph in Egypt / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 40v: CW

        
6 (41-48) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 44r: Inc. of the book of Exodus: Moses with the Pharaoh/ Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 48v: CW

        
7 (49-56)

Cleres Femmes Scribe C

        

f. 56v: CW
8 (57-64)

Cleres Femmes Scribe C

        

f. 64v: CW
9 (65-72) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 67v: Inc. of the Book of Leviticus: Offering Sacrifices /Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 72v: CW

        
10 (73-80) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 75v: Inc. of the Book of Numbers: God Instructing Moses / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 77r: The Tabernacle / Virgil Master

French 242 Decorator

 
f. 77v: Text decoration Note the shift from pen flourish paragraph marks and line endings to dentelle

f. 80v: CW

        
11 (81-88) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 81r: Departure of the sons of Israel from Mt. Sinai / Virgil Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 84r: Stoning ? / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator The miniature confuses the word "bucher / woodpile" with "bouche".
  f. 85r: the Rod of Aaron / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 87v: Balaam and his ass / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 88v: CW

        
12 (89-96) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 93v: Inc. of the book of Deuteronomy / Virgil Master ? Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 96v: CW

        
13 (97-104) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        

f. 104v: CW

        
14 (105-112) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 107r: Inc. of the Book of Joshua: Joshua leader of the Israelites / Virgil Master (fr. 12420 miniaturist) Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 108v: Joshua at the Battle of Jericho / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 109v: Stoning of Achor / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 111r: Hanging of Five Kings / Virgil Master ??? Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 111v: Killing 24 Kings / Virgil Master ???? Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 112v: CW

        
15 (113-120) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 114r: Inc. Book of Judges: Juda fighting the Chanaanites / compare miniaturist to second hand in fr. 12420 (folios 34v-48v). Go through the attributions. Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 119v: Samson slays the lion / fr. 12420 miniaturist Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 120v: CW   f. 120v: Samson killing the Philistines / Cité des Dames Master Walters 231 Decorator  
16 (121-128) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 121r: Samson and Delilah/ Cité des Dames Master Walters 231 Decorator Note the oval highlight in the center of the blue and mauve buds.
f. 122r: detail of decoration. Unidentified Decorator
    f. 123r: Inc. Book of Ruth/ Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes ? Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 125r: Inc. of Book of Judges/ Cité des Dames Master Walters 231 Decorator  

f. 128v: CW

 

f. 128v: Saul crowned /Cité des Dames Master

 Walters 231 Decorator Note how beardless type of king comes close to the Charles VI images.
17 (129-136) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 131v: David anointed as king /fr. 12420 miniaturist Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 132r: David and Goliath / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes?? Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 133v: Lowered from Window??/ Cité des Dames Master ? Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 136v: CW        
18 (137-144) Cleres Femmes Scribe C

f. 138r: Inc. Second Book of Kings: David pleading with Saul and Jonathan ?/ Cité des Dames Master

 

 Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 141r: Carrying of the Ark into Jerusalem / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 144v: CW        
19 (145-152) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 145v: Death of Absalon / Cité des Dames Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 150r: Inc. Third Book of Kings: Anointment of Solomon / fr. 12420 miniaturist. Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 152v: CW        
20 (153-160) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 155r: The Cherubim made by Solomon/ Cité des Dames Master ? Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 157r: The Altar of the Temple / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes ? Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 160r: Queen of Sheba / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 160v: CW        
21 (161-168) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 164v: The Priests that Helye Killed / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 168r: Inc. of the Fourth Book of Kings: Ochozias?? / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes? Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 168v: CW        
22 (169-176) Cleres Femmes Scribe C  

f. 173v: the Death of the Son of Ahab /Cité des Dames Master

 Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 176v: CW        
23 (177-184) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 179r: Ezechias king of Israel (4K: 18)/ Cité des Dames Master Walters 231 Decorator  
    f. 183v: Joakim King of Israel / Cité des Dames Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 184v: CW        
24 (185-192) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 187r: Inc. First Book of Paralipomenon: Genealogy of Patriarchs / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Walters 231 Decorator  
  f. 192v: CW        
25 (193-200) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 196v: Inc. Second Book of Paralipomenon: Solomon Offering Sacrifices /Cité des Dames Master Walters 231 Decorator  
f. 200v: CW        
26 (201-208) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        

f. 208v: CW

        
27 (209-216) Cleres Femmes Scribe C        
  f. 209v: Inc. the book of Esdras: King Cyrus / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
f. 212: Inc. book of Nehemias: Nehemias exhorting the Jews to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes Compare this decorator to fr. 159, f. 525r.
f. 212r: detail
f. 216r: Inc. of the second book of Esdras: Josue offering a sacrifice / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
f. 216v: detail of decoration. Note how the highlighting of the blue and mauve buds is a blob of white paint as opposed to the oval found in the decoration of f. 122r.  
f. 216v: CW        
28 (217-224) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 221r: Inc book of Job: Job being tormented by the Devil / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
f. 224v: CW        
29 (225-232) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 231v: Inc. the abridged or "petit" book of Job / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
  f. 232v: Inc. book of Tobias: the acts of charity of Tobias and the burying the dead of the children of Israel / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
f. 232v: detail
f. 232v: CW        
30 (233-240) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 234r: Tobias giving money to Gabelus in Rages / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly C Decorator of Cleres Femmes Check these attributions. I think they are the Cleres femmes C Decorator!!!
    f. 234v: Tobias being attacked by monstrous fish / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly C Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
  f. 235r: Marriage of Thobias / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
  f. 236r: Thobias annointing his father's eyes with the gall of the fish / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
  f. 236v: Thobias (12) telling his father what wages to give to the holy man / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
  f. 238r: Inc. of books of Jeremiah, Ezechiel, Daniel, and Susanne: Jeremiah preaching Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
f. 240v: CW        
31 (241-248) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 245v: Deliverance of Susannah / Virgil Master Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
  f. 247r: King Nabuchodonosor spying on people feasting before statue of Baal / Cité des Dames Master Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
  f. 248v: Return of the Jews to Jerusalem / Cité des Dames Master Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
f. 248v: CW        
32 (249-256) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 250: Inc. book of Judith: King Nabuchodonosor sending Holofernes against the kingdoms / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
    f. 252v: Judith killing Holofernes / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
  f. 253: missing    
  f. 254r: Achior with the head of Holofernes / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
f. 256v: CW        
33 (257-264) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 258v: Inc. book of Esther: Esther before King Assuerus / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
    f. 264r: King Othum??? / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes  
f. 264v: CW       With f. 264v, there is a break in text decoration with paragraph marks and line endings changing from pen flourish to dentelle decoration.
34 (265-272) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 267v: Inc. book of Psalms: King David Playing Harp (Psalm 1)/ Virgil Master Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes I wonder whether 267v and 272r are done by the same decorator. The B Decorator group made need to be split in two.
  f. 272r: Inc. Psalm 26 / Cité des Dames Master    
f. 272v: CW        
35 (273-279) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   f. 274v: Inc. Psalm 38 / Cité des Dames Master Possibly B Decorator of Cleres Femmes Same decorator as 267v
    f. 276v b: Inc. Psalm 52 / Cité des Dames Master   Foliation of 276 is repeated; Same decorator as 272r
  f. 279r: Inc. Psalm 68 / Virgil Master   Same decorator as 272r
f. 279v: CW       There is no folio 380 to correct for the mistake in foliation in the previous gathering
36 (281-287v) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 283v: Inc. Psalm 80 / Cité des Dames Master   There are two f. 284.
  f. 285v: Inc. Psalm 95 / Cité des Dames Master    
f. 287v: CW        
37 (289-296) Cleres Femmes Scribe C f. 290r: Inc. Psalm 109 / Master of the Berry Cleres Femmes   There is no 288
f. 296v: CW        
38 (297-299) Cleres Femmes Scribe C   Text ends on f. 298v