David Aubert ( fr. David Aubert , before 1413 , Kassel - 1479 [1] ) - Burgundian chronicler, copyist and compiler of the 15th century. He copied, translated and adapted chivalric novels, historical works, chronicles, and lives for the Dukes of Burgundy, Philip the Good , Charles the Bold , the wife of the last Margarita of York , as well as for Antoine, the Great Bastard of Burgundy and Count Philip de Croix [2] .
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Biography
Born about 1413 in Kassel (modern Nor department), in the family of the ducal calligrapher Jean I Aubert, who previously served as an accountant with Countess Margarita of Flanders , and in 1433 mentioned in the documents as an auditor of the Accounts Chamber of Lille .
He worked in 1453 in Abbeville ( Pontier ), in 1459-1462 in Brussels , in 1467 in Bruges , and from 1474 to 1477 in Ghent [3] .
His brother Jean II Aubert served as an adviser to the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, and made him a patronage at the court of the latter in Bruges .
It was first mentioned in documents under 1463 as a court scribe , after which he served as secretary of the Duke of Philip until his death in 1467 . In 1469, Duke Karl the Bold was appointed superintendent of the library of the deceased.
Works
He completed 8 manuscripts for the third wife of Karl Margarita of York . Like his contemporary publishers, Jean Melo and Kola Mansionu , created a scriptorium and a workshop at the Burgundy court for the correspondence and illumination of manuscripts for court bibliophiles , including counselor Jean V de Kreki , chamberlain Antoine I de Croix , diplomat Jean de Wavren , chronicler Georges Chatelain and others.
Until now, it has not been precisely established whether he himself copied, translated and compiled all the manuscripts that he ordered, or only used the labor of hired craftsmen [4] .
By personal order of Philip the Good and his son Charles the Bold, he rewrote and illuminated the novels The Acts of King Perseforest and the Knights of the Free Hall (1460) and Renault de Montauban (1462), as well as The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius (1476). His manuscript "Visions of the Knight of Tondal" (1475) is illuminated for the wife of Karl Margarita of York by the famous miniature painter Simon Marmion [5] .
He also compiled compilation chronicles: “The Chronicle and Campaigns of Charlemagne” (1458, includes the legend of the Saracen knight Fiarabras), “The Chronicles of Normandy” (1459), “The Chronicle of Emperors” (1462), “The History of Karl Martell” (1463-1465) et al. [6] . He used The Great French Chronicles as the main sources, sometimes rewriting them verbatim [7] , as well as the writings of the Successor Fredegar , Eingard and Pseudo-Turpin. He used, in his own words, also books from the library of Saint-Denis , often not indicating in their works their names and the names of the authors [8] .
In total, David Ober hand signed 43 preserved manuscripts dated between 1453 and 1479, and another 27 are attributed to him.
List of Works
- The Chronicle and Campaigns of Charlemagne ( Fr. Chronique et conquestes de Charlemaine , 1458), Royal Library of Belgium ( Brussels ).
- The Chronicles of Normandy ( French: Chroniques Normandes , 1459), National Library of France ( Paris ).
- “Acts of King Perseforest and the Knights of the Freedom Hall” ( French: La tres elegante, delicieuse, melliflue et tres plaisante histoire du tres noble victorieux et excellentissime roy Perceforest , 1459-1460), National Library of France .
- The Triumph of Dam ( Fr. Triomphe des Dames , 1460), Royal Library of Belgium .
- The Life of Christ ( Fr. Vita Christi , 1461), Royal Library of Belgium .
- “The Tree of Battle” ( Fr. Arbre des Batailles , 1461), Royal Library of Belgium .
- The Chronicles ( Fr. Chroniques , 1461-1462), National Library of France .
- “It says here” ( Fr. Ci nous dit , 1462), Royal Library of Belgium .
- The Mirror of Humility ( Fr. Miroir d'humilité , 1462), National Library of Spain ( Madrid ).
- "Works of Jean Gerson " ( fr. Oeuvres de Jean Gerson , 1462), Municipal Library of Valenciennes .
- “Vision of the soul of Guy du Turno” ( French: La Vision de l'âme de Guy de Thurno , 1462), Getty Museum ( Los Angeles ).
- The Chronicle of Baudouin d'Avennes ( French: Chronique de Baudouin d'Avesnes , 1462), National Library of France .
- "Renault de Montauban" ( French Renaud de Montauban , 1462), National Library of France .
- “Chronicle of the Emperors” ( fr. La chronique des empereurs , 1462), National Library of France .
- “History of the Kings” ( Fr. L'istoire royale , 1463), National Library of France .
- "Gilles de Trazeni" ( Fr. Gilles de Trazegnies , 1463), Archive Dülmen ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
- The Miracles of St. Hubert ( French: Le miracle de Saint Hubert , 1463), Royal National Library of the Netherlands ( The Hague ).
- The History of Carl Martell ( Fr. L'Histoire de Charles Martel , 1463-1465), Royal Library of Belgium .
- “The History of Olivier of Castile and Arthur from the Algarve” ( Fr. L'histoire d'Olivier de Castille et Artus d'Algarbe , 1467), National Library of France .
- "Romuleon" ( fr. Romuleon , 1468), Laurenzian Library ( Florence ).
- "A Brief Jerusalem Chronicle" ( Fr. Chronique Abregee de Jerusalem , 1468), Austrian National Library ( Vienna ).
- "Visions of the Knight of Tondal" ( fr. Les Visions du chevalier Tondal , 1475), Getty Museum [9] [10] .
- The Consolation of Boethius by Philosophy ( French: La Consolation de la philosophie de Boèce , 1476), library of the University of Jena .
See also
- Duchy of Burgundy
- Philip III the Good
- Karl the Bold
- Charlemagne
- Karl Martell
Notes
- ↑ David Aubert // ARLIMA. Archives de littérature du Moyen Âge.
- ↑ "Burgundian Frontispieces" // Oneonta.edu.
- ↑ Labarre A. Aubert, David // Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online. - Leiden: Brill, 2016.
- ↑ T. Kren & S. McKendrick (eds). Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe. - Getty Museum; Royal Academy of Arts, 2003. - p. 518. Biography by Richard Gay, pp. 518-519.
- ↑ Kren & S McKendrick, pp. 112-116.
- ↑ Straub EFR David Aubert, Escripvain et Clerc // Études de Langue et Littérature Françaises publiéers. - Vol. 96. - Amsterdam-Atlanta, 1995. - p. 27.
- ↑ Gene Bernard. History and historical culture of the Medieval West. - M .: Languages of Slavic culture, 2002. - S. 98.
- ↑ ibid. - S. 136-137.
- ↑ Jacques Paviot . David Aubert et la cour de Bourgogne, dans D. Quéruel (dir.), Les manuscrits de David Aubert // Cultures et civilizations médiévales. - Vol. 18. - Paris, 1999. - p. sixteen.
- ↑ David Aubert // ARLIMA.
Publications
- David Aubert. Chroniques et Conquestes de Charlemaine, publiées par Robert Guiette, deux tomes. - Bruxelles, 1940-1951.
- David Aubert. Guerin le Loherain, éd. par Valérie Naudet. - Aix-en-Provence: Publications de l'Université de Provence, 2005 .-- 503 p.
Bibliography
- Gene Bernard. History and historical culture of the Medieval West / Transl. from French E.V. Baevskaya, E.M. Beregovskaya. - M.: Languages of Slavic culture, 2002. - 496 p. - (Studia historica). - ISBN 5-94457-023-7 .
- Charity Cannon Willard. David Aubert // Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. - London: Routledge, 1995 .-- pp. 79-80. - ISBN 978-0824044442 .
- Richard EF Straub. David Aubert, Escripvain et Clerc // Études de Langue et Littérature Françaises publiéers. - Volume 96. - Amsterdam-Atlanta: GA, 1995 .-- 395 p. - ISBN 90-5183-773-9 .
- Queruel Danielle, ed. Les manuscrits de David Aubert "escripvain" bourguignon, préface P. Cockshaw // Cultures et civilizations médiévales. - Vol. 18. - Paris: Presses Paris-Sorbonne, 1999 .-- 106 p. - ISBN 2-84050-117-1 .
- Labarre A. Aubert, David // Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online. - Leiden: Brill, 2016.
Links
- Ober manuscript pages from the collections of the Getty Center Museum (Los Angeles).
- The three king's sons (English translation of The History of the Kings, ed. 1895)