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Funérailles Du Roy Henry II: Roole Des Parties Et Somme De Derniers Por Le Facit Desdits Obsèques Et Pompes Funeb`Res (French Edition) - Softcover

Louis Charles Marie De Bodin, Comte De Galembert

 
9780461633689: Funérailles Du Roy Henry II: Roole Des Parties Et Somme De Derniers Por Le Facit Desdits Obsèques Et Pompes Funeb`Res (French Edition)

Synopsis

"Funérailles Du Roy Henry II: Roole Des Parties Et Somme De Derniers Por Le Facit Desdits Obsèques Et Pompes Funeb`Res" by Louis Charles Marie De Bodin, Comte De Galembert offers a fascinating 16th-century French account of the funeral of Henry II of France, presented in a scholarly edition. This work features a comprehensive “Roll” of the funeral arrangements and detailed expenditures related to the ceremonies. It highlights the roles of participants, artisans, and guards involved in the royal procession to Saint-Denis, including the creation of the royal effigy, chariot, livery, banners, and insignia, as well as the extensive payroll of craftsmen and suppliers. The document is remarkable for its meticulous accounting, detailing a total expenditure of 43,163 livres 19 sols 6 deniers tournois, and discusses the Clouet workshop’s contributions to royal portraiture. This edition reproduces the original text alongside an introductory analysis of medieval workshop organization and Renaissance artistic practice.

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