An unpublished illuminated manuscript by Loyset Liedet (1420-1479)

The illuminator Loyset Liedet (c. 1420-1479), who was active at the Burgund ian court between 1460 and 1479, has left behind an important corpus of ill uminated manuscripts. His work has now been supplemented with another, a Ch ronique abregee des rois de France, attributed to Guillaume de Nangis in th e Bibliotheque nationale de France (Fr. 6463). The article sets out to pres ent this illuminated manuscript which was produced for Charles the Bold. Fi rstly, Liedet's distinctive codicological and ornamental characteristics wi ll be analysed in the light of relevant information extracted from an accou nt book. Then follows an analysis of payments for the work based on a point system, already studied by A. de Schryver. The seven miniatures in the boo k are compared with other works produced in Bruges by the artist and his wo rkshop. Lastly, attention will focus on the original binding, not only beca use of its rarity but also because it gives us understanding of what the ex pression "white leather cover" to describe a binding made out of natural un dyed leather means. And so another direction for research into Liedet's pro lific work, still awaiting a comprehensive study, has opened up.