Georges Chastellain, Jean Robertet and Jean de Montferrant, Les douze dames de rhétorique (in French and Latin)

University Library, MS Nn.3.2, f. 19r
Flanders, Bruges, 1467–1468
Vellum, 275 x 203 mm (172 x 114 mm), 58 ff.
(Binski Zutshi 376)

This manuscript was created for Jean de Montferrant, fifth son of Pierre de Montferrant of Bugey. Within the manuscript is found correspondence exchanged between Jean Robertet, poet and secretary to Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Georges Chastellain, writer and historiographer of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Jean de Monterrant, the Chamberlain of Philip the Good and Charles the Bold, and André de Vitri-Larière.

Shown here is the apparition of the twelve ladies of rhetoric to Montferrant.