15th Century Manuscripts
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Prayer Book of Anne de Bretagne
This Prayer Book is a private devotional book created in about 1495. It was commissioned by Anne of Brittany.
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Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu
This manuscript is a heart-shaped book created in around 1460. It opens into a butterfly shape. The songs are love poems that a couple sent to one another.
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Resource Citations
Prayer Book of Anne Bretagne
Anne, et al. The prayer book of Anne de Bretagne : MS M.50, the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York . Faksimile Verlag Luzern, 1999.
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Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu
Montchenu, Jean de. Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu. Vicent García Editores, S.A., 2007.
