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Author:   Domenic Leo
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   28
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.786kg
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9789004250031

ISBN 10:   9004250034
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   09 August 2013
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ................................................................................................... ix Preface............................................................................................................xxv Acknowledgments .............................................................................................. xxvii Abbreviations........................................................................................................ xxix Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 1â The Glazier Peacock: Texts, Authors, and Patrons .................................... 33 2â The Glazier Peacock: Artists ........................................................................... 45 3â The Glazier Peacock: Miniatures ................................................................... 61 4â The Glazier Peacock: Marginalia ................................................................... 75 5â The Glazier Peacock: Festivities................................................................... 125 6â The Glazier Peacock: Texts, Images, and Heresy ..................................... 143 7â The Glazier Peacock: Conclusion ................................................................ 163 8â `Peacock Cycle' Manuscripts: A Concordance of Miniatures............... 169 9â Catalogue of `Peacock Cycle' Manuscripts................................................ 217 Appendices 1â Concordance of Tituli ..................................................................................... 319 2â Arse-Generated Humor: Proverbial Phrases ............................................ 331 3â Pierart dou Tielt................................................................................................ 333 4â Comparison Table for Proverbs in the Marginalia .................................. 335 5â Comparison Table for Obscenae in the Marginalia ................................ 357 Bibliography ........................................................................................................... 375 General Index ........................................................................................................ 391 Index of Marginalia .............................................................................................. 395 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Charts 1.â Master filiation ..................................................................................................... 9 2.â Style-based stemma ......................................................................................... 10 3.â Manuscripts with related rubrics ................................................................. 11 4.â Rennes Rose master comparison (with illustrations) ............................. 12 A.â BnF, ms. fr. 25522, fol. 1, det. [N3], Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ........................................... 12 B.â New Haven, Beinecke Library MS 613, fol. 1, det. [S10] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Beinecke Library). ....................................... 12 C.â BnF, ms. fr. 2136, fol. 1, det. [S3] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF)................ 12 D.â BnF, ms. fr. 14972, fol. 1, det. [N4] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................... 12 E.â BnF, ms. fr. 25522, fol. 1, det. [N3] Frame detail (photo with permission: BnF). .................................................... 12 F.â BnF, ms. fr. 25522, fol. 1, det. [N3] Border detail (photo with permission: BnF). ................................................................ 12 G.â New Haven, Beinecke Library MS 613, fol. 1, det. [S10] Border detail (photo with permission: Beinecke Library)................................................................ 12 H.â BnF, ms. fr. 2136, fol. 1, det. [S3] Frame detail (photo with permission: BnF). ............................................................... 12 5.â Thomas de Maubeuge (with illustrations)................................................. 13 A.â Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. MS 3209, fol. 1, det. [P3] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)............... 13 B.â BnF, ms. fr. 790, fol. 107v, det. [Q] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). .................................... 13 C.â BnF, ms. fr. 1590, fol. 96, det. [S] Alexander and the Queen (photo with permission: BnF). ................................... 13 6.â `Family Cluster' .................................................................................................. 14 7.â Thomas de Maubeuge and the Montbastons: Joint work (with illustrations) ....................................................................... 15 A.â BnF, ms. fr. 790, fol. 107v, det. [Q] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................. 15 B.â BnF, ms. fr. 24386, fol. 1, det. [N6] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................. 15 C.â Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 138, det. [S1] The Golden Peacock (photo with permission: Bodleian Library).............................................................. 15 D.â BnF, ms. fr. 24386, fol. 164, det. [N6] The Golden Peacock (photo with permission: BnF). ............................................ 15 E.â BL, MS Add. 16888, fol. 142 [N1] The Golden Peacock (photo with permission (c) The British Library Board)................................................................. 15 8.â Richard and Jeanne de Montbaston (with illustrations) ......................................................................................... 16 A.â Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 1 [S1] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Bodleian Library). .................................................................................... 16 B.â Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 414, fol. 1 [S7] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Royal Library, Copenhagen)........................................... 16 C.â Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 138, det. [S1] Initial `S' (photo with permission: Bodleian Library). .................................................................................... 16 D.â BL, MS Add. 16888, fol. 142, det. [N1] Initial `Q'(photo with permission (c) The British Library Board)........................................................................................... 16 E.â Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 1, det. [S1] Initial `A' (photo with permission: Bodleian Library). .................................................................................... 16 9.â Jeanne de Montbaston (with illustrations) ............................................. 17 A.â BnF, ms. fr. 25521, fol. 1, det. [N5] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................. 17 B.â Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 1, det. [S1] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Bodleian Library). ............................................................. 17 10.â Fusion: Voeux [P] stemma (Casey). ........................................................... 18 11.â Fusion: Voeux I [S] redaction (Magill). ..................................................... 19 12.â Fusion: Restor stemma (Donkin/Carey)................................................... 20 13.â Codicological structure and disposition of artists in the Glazier Peacock ........................................ 251, 252, 253, 254 14.â Codicology and artists in the Bodleian Alexander .....................271, 272 15.â The vows and their accomplishment in the Glazier Peacock ............ 35 16.â La Courtoisie et la chevalerie (Courtliness and Chivalry) versus La Bataille (The Battle)..................................................................... 74 Illustrations 1.â Bodleian Library, MS Douce 308, Voeux du paon, fol. 1, The armies of Alexander and Cassamus meet (photo with permission: The Bodleian Library)..................................... 22 2.â Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 3209, Voeux du paon, fol. 1, Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana). ........................................ 23 3.â Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 3209, Voeux du paon, fol. 1, det., `Author portrait' - scribe writing or reading - in letter `A' (photo with permission: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana). ..................................................................................... 24 4.â BnF, ms. fr. 790, Roman d'Alexandre, fol. 1, det., Aristotle teaching the young Alexander (photo with permission: BnF). .......... 24 5.â Cologny (Geneva), Fondation Martin Bodmer, Codex Bodmer 189, Voeux du paon, fol. 68v (photo with permission: Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny, Geneva)................. 26 6.â PML, MS G24, Voeux du paon, fol. 42v, det., A six-line initial marks the beginning of Part II of the Voeux, (photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York). .............. 28 7.â PML, MS G24, Voeux du paon, fol. 102v, det., A four-line initial marks the beginning of the Restor du paon (photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York).......................................................................................................... 28 8.â PML, MS G24, Restor du paon, fol. 141 (photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York). .............. 29 9.â PML, MS G24, Restor du paon, fol. 141v, det., flourished initial (photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York).......................................................................................................... 30 10.â BnF, ms. fr. 12565, Restor du paon, fol. 189, det., A man reading from a book to a group of standing people is reading the beginning of the Restor (photo with permission: BnF). ............... 39 11.â BnF, ms. fr. 12565, Parfait du paon, fol. 233v, det., This image marks the beginning of the Parfait, where a seated king speaks to a group of people who come from high-ranking members of society (photo with permission: BnF). ............................. 40 12.â PML, MS G24, laisse 45, (l. 1623) fol. 4, det., Ausi que Betis fu coronnes de Festus (Fesonas crowns Betis in the game `le roy qui ne ment'with Edeas, Cassiel the Baudrain, Ydorus, and two men), (photo with permission: PML). ...................................... 46 13.â PML, MS G24, laisse 70, (l. 2384), Voeux du paon, fol. 19v, det., Comment Emenidus offri amende a gadifer devant le roi alixandre (Emenidus offers amends to Gadifer before Alexander the Great), (photo with permission: PML). ........... 46 14.â PML, MS G24, laisse 70, (l. 2749), Voeux du paon, fol. 25v, det., Comment Fesonas jue au Baudrain et Cassamus le iete dun cousin (Cassamus throws a pillow at Fesonas and Cassiel the Baudrain who are playing chess), (photo with permission: PML)................................................................................................................... 47 15.â PML, MS G24, laisse 94, (l. 3042), Voeux du paon, fol. 30v, det., Le jouste de Porrus et de Floridas (The Joust of Porrus and Floridas [who was unhorsed] and the animal raid), (photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 47 16.â PML, MS G24, laisse 97, (l. 3125), Voeux du paon, fol. 32, det., Ausi que li bataille fu devant la citet Fesonas (The knights of Epheson and India fight before the gate of the city of Fesonas [Epheson]), (photo with permission: PML). ...... 48 17.â PML, MS G24, laisse 103, (l. 3312), Voeux du paon, fol. 34v, det., La bataille de ii fil Clarus a Gadifer et a Ariste (The battle of Clarus' two sons against Gadifer and Ariste [before the castle of Epheson]), (photo with permission: PML). .................... 48 18.â PML, MS G24, laisse 106, (l. 3418), Voeux du paon, fol. 36, det., Comment Betis fu pris entre les fouriers (How Betis was captured [by Clarus' knights]), (photo with permission: PML). .......................................................................................... 49 19.â PML, MS G24, laisse 109, (l. 3525), Voeux du paon, fol. 37v, det., Comment Porrus fu pris (How Porrus was taken prisoner [by Epheson's knights]), (photo with permission: PML)..................... 49 20.â PML, MS G24, laisse 121, (l. 3877), Voeux du paon, fol. 43v, det., Ausi que Porrus traist le paon sour le saile (How Porrus killed the peacock), (photo with permission: PML). ............... 50 21.â PML, MS G24, laisse 123, (l. 3916), Voeux du paon, fol. 44, det., Chou est le table dou veu dou paon (This is the table where the Vows of the Peacock took place [Perhaps this is the heated reaction of Porrus' and/or Cassiel's vows]), (photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 50 22.â PML, MS G24, laisse 138, (l. 4352), Voeux du paon, fol. 52, det., Comment le pris et li paon fu donnes a Aristet a la table (How the prize and the peacock were given [by Elyot] to Ariste at the table), (photo with permission: PML). ........................ 51 23.â PML, MS G24, laisse 145, (l. 4542), Voeux du paon, fol. 55, det., Ausi que que [sic] Liones jousta a Canaan et le roy Clarus (Vow 1: How Lyone jousted with Canaam [Prince of India] before [his father], King Clarus), (photo with permission: PML). .......................................................................................... 51 24.â PML, MS G24, laisse 181, (l. 5417), Voeux du paon, fol. 69v, det., Comment Fesonas rechust Alixandre avokes les xii peres (How Fesonas greets Alexander with the Twelve Worthies [preux] at the gates of Epheson), (photo with permission: PML). .......................................................................................... 52 25.â PML, MS G24, laisse 214, (6178) fol. 80v, det., Comment Porrus accompli son veu ki tolli Amenidon sou cheval (Vow 2A: How Porrus fulfilled his vow by unhorsing Emenidus), (photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 52 26.â PML, MS G24, laisse 218, (l. 6278), Voeux du paon, fol. 82v, det., Comment Perdicas son veu accompli (Vow 3: How Perdicas fulfilled his vow), (photo with permission: PML). ................ 53 27.â PML, MS G24, laisse 226, (l. 6476), Voeux du paon, fol. 85v, det., Comment Perdicas vint a piet et le rois Clarus se combat a Cassamus a piet (How Perdicas came on foot and King Clarus and Cassamus fought on foot), (photo with permission: PML). .......................................................................................... 53 28.â PML, MS G24, laisse 227, (l. 6496), Voeux du paon, fol. 86, det., Comment Cassamus acomplist son veu et ayde le roy Clarus (Vow 4: How Cassamus accomplished his vow by aiding the [unhorsed] King Clarus [to remount]), (photo with permission: PML) ........................................................................................... 54 29.â PML, MS G24, laisse 228, (l. 6518) fol. 86v, det.; Comment ochist le roi de pincernie (How [Ariste] slew the King of Pincernia), (photo with permission: PML)......................................... 54 30.â PML, MS G24, laisse 230, (l. 6586), Voeux du paon, fol. 88, det.; Comment li Baudrains toil lespee au roy Alixandre (Vow 5: How [Cassiel] the Baudrain took Alexander's sword), (photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 55 31.â PML, MS G24, laisse 231, (l. 6614), Voeux du paon, fol. 88v, det., Comment Caulus achieve son veu et oste le Baudrain son heaume (Vow 6: How Caulus fulfills his vow by taking [Cassiel] the Baudrain's 32.â PML, MS G24, laisse 269, (l. 7762), Voeu

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Leo provides a wealth of information that will be useful to many working on fourteenth- and fifteenth-century French manuscript production, on the Roman d' Alexandre tradition, or on marginalia. The manuscript catalogue and concordances are particularly impressive, as is the bibliography, all of which provide an excellent foundation for future research. Mark Cruse, Arizona State University. In: Speculum, Vol. 89, No. 3 (July 2014), pp. 795-796. the book offers a treasure of interesting research material, plenty of photographs from the illustrative tradition, and a useful index of marginalia in the Glazier manuscript; it will be crucial for all future research on the Peacock manuscripts. Martine Meuwese, Utrecht University. In: Studies in Iconography, Vol. 36 (2015), p. 210-213.

Leo provides a wealth of information that will be useful to many working on fourteenth- and fifteenth-century French manuscript production, on the Roman d' Alexandre tradition, or on marginalia. The manuscript catalogue and concordances are particularly impressive, as is the bibliography, all of which provide an excellent foundation for future research. Mark Cruse, Arizona State University. In: Speculum, Vol. 89, No. 3 (July 2014), pp. 795-796.

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Domenic Leo, Ph.D. (2005) in Art History, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, is currently Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He is involved in multiple publications exploring illuminated manuscripts of French poet-composer Guillaume de Machaut's poetry and music.

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