In the
previous post I suggested that a Book of Hours now at Smith College was written for Philip the Good. If he did indeed own it, it did not remain in the ducal collection for very long. There is an inscription that suggests another owner before the end of the 15th century.
On the back pastedown in a fine formal bâtarde script (also, significantly in the present context, known as
lettre bourguignon) is an inscription that reads "C'est a moy Vaillant":
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Northampton, MA, Smith College, MS. 288, back pastedown
[All images of this manuscript are from Digital Scriptorium] |
Looking for a person of this name with a connection to the Dukes of Burgundy, I find that
Léon le Vaillant (d. 1520) was knighted by Charles the Bold (son of Philip the Good).
