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Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Chronique de France

c. 1470–75

Master of the Vienna Chroniques d'Angleterre

(Active, c. 1470–1480)

Master of the London Wavrin

(Flemish, active c. 1470–1485)

Master of the Chattering Hands

(Flemish, active c. 1470–1490)

Philippe de Mazerolles

(French, c. 1420–1479)
Flanders
Parchment
Overall: 35.7 x 26 x 10.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/4 x 4 1/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2025.143
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The manuscript probably served as a history textbook for a prince during his education.

Description

Books in the vernacular became particularly popular at the courts in the 1400s. The main part of this manuscript, written in French, consists of the Chronique of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, covering the period from 1400 to 1444 with a focus on France, the Netherlands, and England. Four different, partly anonymous illuminators, one of them Philippe de Mazerolles, chief illuminator at the Burgundian court, were involved in the production of the manuscript.
  • c. 1613
    Charles-Alexandre de Croy, Marquis de Havré, Comte de Fontenoy (d. 1624)
    –1860
    Abdul Medjid, Sultan of Turkey (1839–61)
    1860–1896
    Charles Jean Marie Félix, Marquis de Lavalette
    1896–1927
    Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927)
    –1960
    (Sotheby's, London, sold to Private Collector)
    1960–2025
    By Descent
    2025–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Kren, Thomas, and Scot McKendrick, eds. Illuminating the Renaissance. The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe. London / Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003. p. 263. www.getty.edu
    Wijsman, Hanno. “Historiography and History in Transition. Enguerrand de Monstrelet’s Chronique in Manuscript and Print (c. 1450–c. 1600)”, in A. Pettegree & M. Walsby, The Book Triumphant. The growth of a European Book Trade, 1501–1640, 2010. Rep- Font 4. p. 199-252.
    Wijsman, Hanno. Luxury Bound: Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550) (Burgundica). Turnhout: Brepols, 2010. p. 341, note 472.
  • {{cite web|title=Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Chronique de France|url=false|author=Master of the Vienna Chroniques d'Angleterre, Master of the London Wavrin, Master of the Chattering Hands, Philippe de Mazerolles|year=c. 1470–75|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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