http://makingrenmanuscripts.exhibits.library.upenn.edu/files/original/7d82dd6af617b5d757991af8f9af0849.png b4ee752455fbfd035390503b1e3438c7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1. Crafting the Codex; Authors, Patrons and Bibliophiles Subject The topic of the resource Authors, Patrons and Bibliophiles Description An account of the resource The high labor and material costs of producing a manuscript meant that often it was created with a specific patron in mind. This was especially true as the age of print dawned. Across Europe, a new class of ambitious, clerically trained professionals arose in tandem with church and state bureaucracies. With penmanship approaching that of professional scribes, such individuals were capable of producing autograph works of their own writings to present to rulers, who held out the prospect of gifts or regular employment in return. The longstanding French courtly tradition of the New Year’s gift or <em>étrenne</em> gave certain authors a strategic opportunity to present their works to patrons. Sometimes, these brief works would make it into print soon after they were penned. Others remain unpublished to this day and survive only in the manuscripts presented here; for example, the first item in the exhibition was offered to the Queen of France by a prominent author, Jean Lemaire de Belges. The first individuals capable of crafting a truly personal collection of books were born of this age. Rulers such as Charles V of France (r. 1364–80) set the stage for the great princely libraries of the following centuries. The foundation of the Vatican Library by Nicholas V in 1451 was a defining event; one item shown here was present in the library during its early years. By the sixteenth century, manuscript books began to have an allure all their own and could be sought privately by non-noble aficionados. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Nicholas Herman Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Making the Renaissance Manuscript; Discoveries From Philadelphia Libraries Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Exhibition Catalogue Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Pronosticque historial de la félicité future de l’an mil cincq cens et douze</em> (Exemplified Foretelling of the Future Joy of the Year Fifteen-Hundred-and-Twelve) Description An account of the resource The Walloon poet and historiographer Jean Lemaire de Belges (ca. 1473–ca. 1525), wrote this autograph copy of a unique text produced for the Queen of France, Anne of Brittany (1477–1514). This copy is likely the sole surviving exemplar of this unpublished and unknown work. Anne, to whom the work is dedicated, was an extraordinary political leader and a great patroness of the arts. She has the distinction of being the only French sovereign to have been twice crowned, first as the wife of King Charles VIII and then, after his sudden death in 1498, as the consort of Charles’s successor and second cousin once removed, Louis XII. The first page opening includes the year in Roman numerals as well as the queen’s Castilian motto “NON MUDERA,” which she inherited from her Spanish mother. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scribe: Jean Lemaire de Belges Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 1512 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Manuscript on parchment, 16 fols., 188 × 126 mm (written area: 133 × 80 mm; bound to 195 × 134 mm) Binding: 18th- or 19th-c. red calf, gilt tooled and blind stamped Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context The Rosenbach Museum and Library, MS 232/11 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Paris, France