SIR YWAIN AND THE DAMSEL ESCORTING THE WOUNDED KNIGHT, miniature cut from the Livre du Lancelot del Lac , in
SIR YWAIN AND THE DAMSEL ESCORTING THE WOUNDED KNIGHT, miniature cut from the Livre du Lancelot del Lac , in French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Paris, c.1440] 99 x 94mm. 16 lines in a gothic bookhand on the verso (a few inconsequential paint losses and small areas of wear). Card mount. Provenance: Joachim Napoléon, Prince Murat (1835-1932) -- W.R. Jeudwine, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1962, no 9. The evocative miniature comes from the famous Livre du Lancelot del Lac illuminated by the Dunois Master. Dismembered by the 16th century, it formed a pair with the Guiron le Courtois , BnF mss. fr. 356-7; both manuscripts were possibly made for Prigent de Coëtivy, admiral of France. The scene comes from IV 92:21 in H.O. Summer's edition of the text and shows the damsel explaining to Sir Ywain the plight of the wounded knight, concealed in the coffer on the horse litter; the knight will eventually be healed by Sir Lancelot. The Dunois Master's assured painterly technique and narrative skills have created an entrancing epitome of the chivalric ideals at the heart of French court culture.
SIR YWAIN AND THE DAMSEL ESCORTING THE WOUNDED KNIGHT, miniature cut from the Livre du Lancelot del Lac , in
SIR YWAIN AND THE DAMSEL ESCORTING THE WOUNDED KNIGHT, miniature cut from the Livre du Lancelot del Lac , in French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Paris, c.1440] 99 x 94mm. 16 lines in a gothic bookhand on the verso (a few inconsequential paint losses and small areas of wear). Card mount. Provenance: Joachim Napoléon, Prince Murat (1835-1932) -- W.R. Jeudwine, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1962, no 9. The evocative miniature comes from the famous Livre du Lancelot del Lac illuminated by the Dunois Master. Dismembered by the 16th century, it formed a pair with the Guiron le Courtois , BnF mss. fr. 356-7; both manuscripts were possibly made for Prigent de Coëtivy, admiral of France. The scene comes from IV 92:21 in H.O. Summer's edition of the text and shows the damsel explaining to Sir Ywain the plight of the wounded knight, concealed in the coffer on the horse litter; the knight will eventually be healed by Sir Lancelot. The Dunois Master's assured painterly technique and narrative skills have created an entrancing epitome of the chivalric ideals at the heart of French court culture.
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