IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 169741 accession number: MS 187 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 17 April 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, iii modern paper flyleaves + v contemporary parchment flyleaves (pencil foliation iv – viii, fol. iv former pastedown) + 148 fols. (fol. 148 former pastedown) + iii modern paper flyleaves, 300 x 200 (210 – 230 x 138 - 170) mm, 42 long lines, ruled in violet ink (except fols. 47r – 108r varying number of lines, ruled in hard point). BINDING: Sixteenth century, gold-stamped brown calf over pasteboards, sewn on four supports, central panel with defaced arms, fleece and flint-and-steel stamps within three concentric frames pf gold-stamped floral and geometric ornament, traces of two fastening devices on fore edge, gilt and gauffered edges; rebound and repaired by Robert Proctor, Fitzwilliam Museum, in 1990. CONTENTS: fols. 1r – 7r Table of contents; fols. 9r – 15v Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece; fols. 15v – 36r Ordinances of the Order of the Golden Fleece; fols. 37r – 43v Ceremonial of the Order of the Golden Fleece; fols. 47r – 108r Register of chapters and Armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece. DECORATION: Portrait of Philip the Good painted on a separate piece of parchment and pasted on fol. 46r, together with four shields, also on separate pieces of parchment, displaying the arms of Burgundy, Flanders, the Holy Roman Empire, and an unidentified arms. Large framed miniature showing the chapter of the Order of the Golden Fleece at St Paul, Valenciennes, 1473, painted on a separate piece of parchment and pasted on fol. 65r. ORNAMENTATION: Full-page Renaissance cartouches incorporating devices of the Order of the Golden Fleece and framing title pages (fols. 1r, 47r) and accounts of chapters presided over by a new ruler (fols. 61r, 66r, 68v, 72r, 76r, 82r, 87v, 91v, 96v, 100v, 101r, 106r); identical small cartouches or wreaths framing accounts of remaining chapters; full strewn-flower borders incorporating animals, insects and devices of the Order of the Golden Fleece, at major text divisions (fols. 9r, 47v, 60v, 65v, 75v, 81v); full-page frontispieces with sovereign’s arms and crest at beginning of Statutes (fol. 8v) and at chapters presided over by a new ruler (fols. 48r, 61v, 66v, 77r, 83r, 92v, 102r); framed arms and crests of members of the Order of the Golden Fleece, usually four per page (fols. 48v – 108r); brown and liquid gold initials [6 – 8 ll.] on blue and/or pink grounds with silver ornament at main text divisions; identical or calligraphic black ink initials [4 ll.] on liquid gold or silver grounds at lesser text divisions. Acanthus and floral border fragment showing the flint-and-steel badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the initials ‘C’ and ‘M’ linked with a love knot, and the motto of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York Je lay enprins, bien en aviegne, pasted on fol. iv verso. title: other NOTES ----- type: history note value: probably Jean-Jacques Chifflet (1588 – 1660); Julius Chifflet (c.1610 – 1676); Charles d’Orléans de Rothelin (1691 – 1744), bookplate on fol. v recto; catalogue published for his sale, which took place either in March 1747 or between 14 April and 17 June 1749, Martin 1746, lot 3124; Richard, seventh viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion (1745 – 1816), acquired in 1814; his bequest, 1816. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books collection: Viscount Fitzwilliam STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169741 PEOPLE ------------------- Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount Rothelin, Charles d’Orléans de Chifflet, Julius Chifflet, Jean-Jacques TECHNIQUES ---------- illumination CATEGORIES ------ category: illuminated manuscript category: manuscript DATING ------ culture: 16th Century, third quarter# CREATORS -------- maker: Leboucq, Jacques maker: Le Boucq, Jacques EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: The Splendours of Flanders title: The Cambridge Illuminations: Ten Centuries of Book Production in the Medieval West CITATIONS -------- A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum The Cambridge Illuminations: Ten Centuries of Book Production in the Medieval West A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part One. Vol. 1: The Frankish Kingdoms, Northern Netherlands, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Austria; Vol. II: The Meuse Region, Southern Netherlands --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/740/large_MS_187_binding_mas.jpg height: 1184 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/740/mid_MS_187_binding_mas.jpg height: 578 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/MS 187_binding_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/740/preview_MS_187_binding_mas.jpg height: 289 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/741/large_MS_187_f1r_mas.jpg height: 1365 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/741/mid_MS_187_f1r_mas.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/MS 187_f1r_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/741/preview_MS_187_f1r_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/742/large_MS_187_f46r_mas.jpg height: 1365 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/742/mid_MS_187_f46r_mas.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/MS 187_f46r_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/742/preview_MS_187_f46r_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/743/large_MS_187_f47r_mas.jpg height: 1365 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/743/mid_MS_187_f47r_mas.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/MS 187_f47r_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/743/preview_MS_187_f47r_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/744/large_MS_187_f65r_mas.jpg height: 1365 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/744/mid_MS_187_f65r_mas.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/MS 187_f65r_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/744/preview_MS_187_f65r_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/744/MS_187_f65r_mas.ptif height: 5344 pixels width: 4008 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/745/large_MS_187_f8v_9r_mas.jpg height: 768 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/745/mid_MS_187_f8v_9r_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/MS 187_f8v-9r_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/745/preview_MS_187_f8v_9r_mas.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/745/MS_187_f8v_9r_mas.ptif height: 4008 pixels width: 5344 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/746/large_MS_187_fIVV_mas.jpg height: 1365 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/746/mid_MS_187_fIVV_mas.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/MS 187_fIVV_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/522/746/preview_MS_187_fIVV_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/366/large_MS_187_f47v_48r_mas.jpg height: 768 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/366/mid_MS_187_f47v_48r_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/366/MS_187_f47v_48r_mas.jpg height: 4008 pixels width: 5344 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/366/preview_MS_187_f47v_48r_mas.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/855/large_MS_187_fIVV_dc1.jpg height: 1471 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/855/mid_MS_187_fIVV_dc1.jpg height: 718 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/855/MS_187_fIVV_dc1.jpg height: 3632 pixels width: 2528 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/855/preview_MS_187_fIVV_dc1.jpg height: 359 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/855/MS_187_fIVV_dc1.ptif height: 3632 pixels width: 2528 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/850/large_MS_187_f46r_dc1.jpg height: 1461 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/850/mid_MS_187_f46r_dc1.jpg height: 713 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/850/MS_187_f46r_dc1.jpg height: 3560 pixels width: 2496 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/850/preview_MS_187_f46r_dc1.jpg height: 357 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/850/MS_187_f46r_dc1.ptif height: 3560 pixels width: 2496 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/852/large_MS_187_f47v_48r_dc1.jpg height: 705 pixels width: 1023 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/852/mid_MS_187_f47v_48r_dc1.jpg height: 344 pixels width: 499 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/852/MS_187_f47v_48r_dc1.jpg height: 3384 pixels width: 4912 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/852/preview_MS_187_f47v_48r_dc1.jpg height: 172 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/852/MS_187_f47v_48r_dc1.ptif height: 3384 pixels width: 4912 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/851/large_MS_187_f47r_dc1.jpg height: 1473 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/851/mid_MS_187_f47r_dc1.jpg height: 719 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/851/MS_187_f47r_dc1.jpg height: 3544 pixels width: 2464 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/851/preview_MS_187_f47r_dc1.jpg height: 360 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/851/MS_187_f47r_dc1.ptif height: 3544 pixels width: 2464 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/849/large_MS_187_f1r_dc1.jpg height: 1469 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/849/mid_MS_187_f1r_dc1.jpg height: 717 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/849/MS_187_f1r_dc1.jpg height: 3616 pixels width: 2520 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/849/preview_MS_187_f1r_dc1.jpg height: 359 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/849/MS_187_f1r_dc1.ptif height: 3616 pixels width: 2520 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/853/large_MS_187_f65r_dc1.jpg height: 1481 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/853/mid_MS_187_f65r_dc1.jpg height: 723 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/853/MS_187_f65r_dc1.jpg height: 4912 pixels width: 3396 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/853/preview_MS_187_f65r_dc1.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/853/MS_187_f65r_dc1.ptif height: 4912 pixels width: 3396 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/854/large_MS_187_f8v_9r_dc1.jpg height: 744 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/854/mid_MS_187_f8v_9r_dc1.jpg height: 363 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/854/MS_187_f8v_9r_dc1.jpg height: 2604 pixels width: 3586 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/854/preview_MS_187_f8v_9r_dc1.jpg height: 182 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/724/854/MS_187_f8v_9r_dc1.ptif height: 2604 pixels width: 3586 pixels