Book of hours of Joan of France

It was again sold in 2011, and then bought by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, thanks to funding from private donors. It is classified as a national treasure of France. The rich decoration, including 28 full-page miniatures, was mostly made by the so-called Master of Jouvenel.

It is recorded as the work of Master of Jouvenel des Ursins. Materials recorded for it are vellum. It is associated with France. The record gives 1452 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are religious art.

The book of hours was made in the middle of the 15th century. It displays the coat of arms of Joan of France, the daughter of King Charles VII of France and Marie of Anjou. However, these coats of arms appear to have been painted over an earlier set of coats of arms, perhaps that of Margaret, Countess of Vertus or Marie of Brittany, abbess of Fontevraud Abbey. The book was given by Charles VII to his daughter for the occasion of her marriage to John II, Duke of Bourbon in 1452. On the death of Joan in 1482, the book passed to the second wife of John II, Catherine of Armagnac. Following her death in 1487, the fate of the book for the following centuries is unknown. It resurfaced in the possession of an antiques dealer in Leipzig, Germany in the 19th century, and was subsequently bought by French art collector Victor Martin Le Roy, and eventually passed to his son-in-law, art historian Jean-Joseph Marquet de Vasselot. It remained in private ownership until 2011, when it was sold at an auction at Christie's. A call was launched by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the French national library, for private donors to supply the means to buy the manuscript, and following wide public support the library bought the book. Since then it has formed part of the library collection and has been classified as a national treasure of France. A detailed description of the book was made in 1909 by librarian and art historian Paul-André Lemoisne.

Dissertatio solemnis medica exhibens brevem systematicam morborum in gravidis expositionem.. / auctor Franc. Associated with France. Recorded from 1452. Recorded as the work of Master of Jouvenel des Ursins.