12476). Round the first
miniature in this MS. are splendidly emblazoned the armorials of the
various countries and cities of his dominions--Burgundy, Brabant,
Flanders, Franche-Comt?, Holland, Namur, Lower Lorraine, Luxembourg,
Artois, Hainaut, Zealand, Friesland, Malines, and Salins. On either side
are scenes from the story, and beneath a symbolical crown is the motto
of Philip's grandfather, Philip le Hardi, _aultre n'aray_. The same
motto appears in the Chronicle of Jerusalem at Vienna, and on the velvet
of the da?s of Isabella of Portugal, Philip's third consort.
It may be interesting to note, as a means of distinguishing these
Burgundian princes or their MSS., that the arms of Philip II. the Good
differ from those of his father, during the latter's lifetime, by having
in chief a label of three points, and from those of his grandfather,
Philip the Bold, by having an inescutcheon of pretence on the centre of
the arms of Margaret de Maele, first assumed by his father, John the
Fearless, that is, "or, a lion rpt. sa; for Flanders." As we have just
said, many of the MSS. claimed as Netherlandish may be classed as
Burgundian. The difference lies mainly in the miniatures. Where the
latter are manifestly French with the mixed Brugeois borders, they may
pass as Burgundian; but with similar borders yet distinguishably
Netherlandish, that is, broad-nosed, square-jawed, and excited faces as
compared with the finer features and placid expression of the French
artists, the work may still be Burgundian, but it will be also
Netherlandish.
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