Images, Texts, and Marginalia in a "Vows of the Peacock" Manuscript (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS G24)

Domenic Leo, Ph.D. (2005) in Art History, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, is currently Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University,Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He is involved in multiple publications exploring illuminated manuscripts of French poet-composer Guillaume de Machaut's poetry and music.

“Leo provides a wealth of information that will be useful to many working on fourteenth- and fifteenth-century French manuscript production, on the Roman d’ Alexandre tradition, or on marginalia. The manuscript catalogue and concordances are particularly impressive, as is the bibliography, all of which provide an excellent foundation for future research.”Mark Cruse, Arizona State University. In: Speculum, Vol. 89, No. 3 (July 2014), pp. 795-796. “the book offers a treasure of interesting research material, plenty of photographs from the illustrative tradition, and a useful index of marginalia in the Glazier manuscript; it will be crucial for all future research on the Peacock manuscripts.”Martine Meuwese, Utrecht University. In: Studies in Iconography, Vol. 36 (2015), p. 210-213. "consists of an extremely detailed study of a single MS, Morgan Library MS G.24, which contains Jacques de Longuyon’s Voeux du paon (1312–13) as well as an incomplete copy of Jean le Court’s Restor du paon (before 1338). While the choice of this MS was dictated by availability, L.’s penetrating analysis of the MS and its creation shows how much an art-historical approach complements philology by casting a different light on the materiality of the text and its images, especially as L. takes this opportunity to delve into the wider problem of the illustration and diffusion of the whole Peacock cycle, which also includes a third text, Jean de Le Mote’s Parfait du paon. After the conclusion in chapter 7, ch. 8 and 9 along with five appendices provide a wealth of useful details about the MSS, their miniatures and marginalia, in particular the illustrated catalogue of all the MSS of the ‘Peacock Cycle’."Laurent Brun, Université d’Ottawa. In: The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, Vol. 76 (2016 [survey year 2014]), pp.14-34.

• List of Illustrations ................................................................................................... ix Preface............................................................................................................xxvAcknowledgments .............................................................................................. xxvii Abbreviations........................................................................................................ xxixIntroduction ................................................................................................................ 11 The Glazier Peacock: Texts, Authors, and Patrons .................................... 332 The Glazier Peacock: Artists ........................................................................... 453 The Glazier Peacock: Miniatures ................................................................... 614 The Glazier Peacock: Marginalia ................................................................... 755 The Glazier Peacock: Festivities................................................................... 1256 The Glazier Peacock: Texts, Images, and Heresy ..................................... 1437 The Glazier Peacock: Conclusion ................................................................ 1638 ‘Peacock Cycle’ Manuscripts: A Concordance of Miniatures............... 1699 Catalogue of ‘Peacock Cycle’ Manuscripts................................................ 217Appendices1 Concordance of Tituli ..................................................................................... 3192 Arse-Generated Humor: Proverbial Phrases ............................................ 3313 Pierart dou Tielt................................................................................................ 3334 Comparison Table for Proverbs in the Marginalia .................................. 3355 Comparison Table for Obscenae in the Marginalia ................................ 357Bibliography ........................................................................................................... 375General Index ........................................................................................................ 391Index of Marginalia .............................................................................................. 395 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSCharts1. Master filiation ..................................................................................................... 92. Style-based stemma ......................................................................................... 103. Manuscripts with related rubrics ................................................................. 114. Rennes Rose master comparison (with illustrations) ............................. 12A. BnF, ms. fr. 25522, fol. 1, det. [N3], Alexander andCassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ........................................... 12B. New Haven, Beinecke Library MS 613,fol. 1, det. [S10] Alexander and Cassamus(photo with permission: Beinecke Library). ....................................... 12C. BnF, ms. fr. 2136, fol. 1, det. [S3]Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF)................ 12D. BnF, ms. fr. 14972, fol. 1, det. [N4] Alexanderand Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................... 12E. BnF, ms. fr. 25522, fol. 1, det. [N3] Framedetail (photo with permission: BnF). .................................................... 12F. BnF, ms. fr. 25522, fol. 1, det. [N3] Border detail(photo with permission: BnF). ................................................................ 12G. New Haven, Beinecke Library MS 613,fol. 1, det. [S10] Border detail (photo withpermission: Beinecke Library)................................................................ 12H. BnF, ms. fr. 2136, fol. 1, det. [S3] Frame detail(photo with permission: BnF). ............................................................... 125. Thomas de Maubeuge (with illustrations)................................................. 13A. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat.MS 3209, fol. 1, det. [P3] Alexander and Cassamus(photo with permission: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)............... 13B. BnF, ms. fr. 790, fol. 107v, det. [Q] Alexanderand Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). .................................... 13C. BnF, ms. fr. 1590, fol. 96, det. [S] Alexanderand the Queen (photo with permission: BnF). ................................... 136. ‘Family Cluster’ .................................................................................................. 147. Thomas de Maubeuge and the Montbastons:Joint work (with illustrations) ....................................................................... 15 A. BnF, ms. fr. 790, fol. 107v, det. [Q] Alexanderand Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................. 15B. BnF, ms. fr. 24386, fol. 1, det. [N6] Alexanderand Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................. 15C. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 138,det. [S1] The Golden Peacock (photo withpermission: Bodleian Library).............................................................. 15D. BnF, ms. fr. 24386, fol. 164, det. [N6] The GoldenPeacock (photo with permission: BnF). ............................................ 15E. BL, MS Add. 16888, fol. 142 [N1] TheGolden Peacock (photo with permission© The British Library Board)................................................................. 158. Richard and Jeanne de Montbaston(with illustrations) ......................................................................................... 16A. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 1[S1] Alexander and Cassamus (photo with permission:Bodleian Library). .................................................................................... 16B. Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 414,fol. 1 [S7] Alexander and Cassamus (photo withpermission: Royal Library, Copenhagen)........................................... 16C. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 138,det. [S1] Initial ‘S’ (photo with permission:Bodleian Library). .................................................................................... 16D. BL, MS Add. 16888, fol. 142, det. [N1] Initial‘Q’(photo with permission © The BritishLibrary Board)........................................................................................... 16E. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 1, det.[S1] Initial ‘A’ (photo with permission:Bodleian Library). .................................................................................... 169. Jeanne de Montbaston (with illustrations) ............................................. 17A. BnF, ms. fr. 25521, fol. 1, det. [N5] Alexanderand Cassamus (photo with permission: BnF). ................................. 17B. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 165, fol. 1,det. [S1] Alexander and Cassamus (photo withpermission: Bodleian Library). ............................................................. 1710. Fusion: Voeux [P] stemma (Casey). ........................................................... 1811. Fusion: Voeux I [S] redaction (Magill). ..................................................... 1912. Fusion: Restor stemma (Donkin/Carey)................................................... 2013. Codicological structure and disposition ofartists in the Glazier Peacock ........................................ 251, 252, 253, 25414. Codicology and artists in the Bodleian Alexander .....................271, 272 15. The vows and their accomplishment in the Glazier Peacock ............ 3516. La Courtoisie et la chevalerie (Courtliness and Chivalry)versus La Bataille (The Battle)..................................................................... 74Illustrations1. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 308, Voeux du paon, fol. 1, The armies of Alexander and Cassamus meet(photo with permission: The Bodleian Library)..................................... 222. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 3209,Voeux du paon, fol. 1, Alexander and Cassamus (photo withpermission: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana). ........................................ 233. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 3209,Voeux du paon, fol. 1, det., ‘Author portrait’ – scribe writingor reading – in letter ‘A’ (photo with permission: BibliotecaApostolica Vaticana). ..................................................................................... 244. BnF, ms. fr. 790, Roman d’Alexandre, fol. 1, det., Aristotleteaching the young Alexander (photo with permission: BnF). .......... 245. Cologny (Geneva), Fondation Martin Bodmer,Codex Bodmer 189, Voeux du paon, fol. 68v (photo withpermission: Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny, Geneva)................. 266. PML, MS G24, Voeux du paon, fol. 42v, det., A six-lineinitial marks the beginning of Part II of the Voeux, (photowith permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York). .............. 287. PML, MS G24, Voeux du paon, fol. 102v, det.,A four-line initial marks the beginning of the Restor du paon(photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library,New York).......................................................................................................... 288. PML, MS G24, Restor du paon, fol. 141 (photowith permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York). .............. 299. PML, MS G24, Restor du paon, fol. 141v, det., flourishedinitial (photo with permission: The Pierpont Morgan Library,New York).......................................................................................................... 3010. BnF, ms. fr. 12565, Restor du paon, fol. 189, det., A manreading from a book to a group of standing people is readingthe beginning of the Restor (photo with permission: BnF). ............... 3911. BnF, ms. fr. 12565, Parfait du paon, fol. 233v, det., Thisimage marks the beginning of the Parfait, where a seated kingspeaks to a group of people who come from high-rankingmembers of society (photo with permission: BnF). ............................. 4012. PML, MS G24, laisse 45, (l. 1623) fol. 4, det., Ausi queBetis fu coronnes de Festus (Fésonas crowns Betis in the game‘le roy qui ne ment’with Édéas, Cassiel the Baudrain, Ydorus,and two men), (photo with permission: PML). ...................................... 4613. PML, MS G24, laisse 70, (l. 2384), Voeux du paon,fol. 19v, det., Comment Emenidus offri amende a gadiferdevant le roi alixandre (Emenidus offers amends to Gadiferbefore Alexander the Great), (photo with permission: PML). ........... 4614. PML, MS G24, laisse 70, (l. 2749), Voeux du paon, fol.25v, det., Comment Fesonas jue au Baudrain et Cassamus le ietedun cousin (Cassamus throws a pillow at Fésonas and Cassielthe Baudrain who are playing chess), (photo with permission:PML)................................................................................................................... 4715. PML, MS G24, laisse 94, (l. 3042), Voeux du paon,fol. 30v, det., Le jouste de Porrus et de Floridas (The Joust ofPorrus and Floridas [who was unhorsed] and the animal raid),(photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 4716. PML, MS G24, laisse 97, (l. 3125), Voeux du paon,fol. 32, det., Ausi que li bataille fu devant la citet Fesonas(The knights of Ephéson and India fight before the gate ofthe city of Fésonas [Ephéson]), (photo with permission: PML). ...... 4817. PML, MS G24, laisse 103, (l. 3312), Voeux du paon, fol.34v, det., La bataille de ii fil Clarus a Gadifer et a Ariste (Thebattle of Clarus’ two sons against Gadifer and Aristé [beforethe castle of Ephéson]), (photo with permission: PML). .................... 4818. PML, MS G24, laisse 106, (l. 3418), Voeux du paon,fol. 36, det., Comment Betis fu pris entre les fouriers (HowBetis was captured [by Clarus’ knights]), (photo withpermission: PML). .......................................................................................... 4919. PML, MS G24, laisse 109, (l. 3525), Voeux du paon, fol.37v, det., Comment Porrus fu pris (How Porrus was taken prisoner[by Ephéson’s knights]), (photo with permission: PML)..................... 4920. PML, MS G24, laisse 121, (l. 3877), Voeux du paon,fol. 43v, det., Ausi que Porrus traist le paon sour le saile (HowPorrus killed the peacock), (photo with permission: PML). ............... 5021. PML, MS G24, laisse 123, (l. 3916), Voeux du paon,fol. 44, det., Chou est le table dou veu dou paon (This is thetable where the Vows of the Peacock took place [Perhapsthis is the heated reaction of Porrus’ and/or Cassiel’s vows]),(photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 5022. PML, MS G24, laisse 138, (l. 4352), Voeux du paon,fol. 52, det., Comment le pris et li paon fu donnes a Aristet a latable (How the prize and the peacock were given [by Elyot]to Aristé at the table), (photo with permission: PML). ........................ 5123. PML, MS G24, laisse 145, (l. 4542), Voeux du paon,fol. 55, det., Ausi que que [sic] Liones jousta a Canaan et le royClarus (Vow 1: How Lyoné jousted with Canaäm [Prince ofIndia] before [his father], King Clarus), (photo withpermission: PML). .......................................................................................... 5124. PML, MS G24, laisse 181, (l. 5417), Voeux du paon,fol. 69v, det., Comment Fesonas rechust Alixandre avokesles xii peres (How Fésonas greets Alexander with the TwelveWorthies [preux] at the gates of Ephéson), (photo withpermission: PML). .......................................................................................... 5225. PML, MS G24, laisse 214, (6178) fol. 80v, det., Comment Porrusaccompli son veu ki tolli Amenidon sou cheval (Vow 2A:How Porrus fulfilled his vow by unhorsing Emenidus),(photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 5226. PML, MS G24, laisse 218, (l. 6278), Voeux du paon,fol. 82v, det., Comment Perdicas son veu accompli (Vow 3: HowPerdicas fulfilled his vow), (photo with permission: PML). ................ 5327. PML, MS G24, laisse 226, (l. 6476), Voeux du paon,fol. 85v, det., Comment Perdicas vint a piet et le rois Clarus secombat a Cassamus a piet (How Perdicas came on foot andKing Clarus and Cassamus fought on foot), (photo withpermission: PML). .......................................................................................... 5328. PML, MS G24, laisse 227, (l. 6496), Voeux du paon,fol. 86, det., Comment Cassamus acomplist son veu et ayde le royClarus (Vow 4: How Cassamus accomplished his vow by aidingthe [unhorsed] King Clarus [to remount]), (photo withpermission: PML) ........................................................................................... 5429. PML, MS G24, laisse 228, (l. 6518) fol. 86v, det.;Comment ochist le roi de pincernie (How [Aristé] slew the Kingof Pincernia), (photo with permission: PML)......................................... 5430. PML, MS G24, laisse 230, (l. 6586), Voeux du paon,fol. 88, det.; Comment li Baudrains toil lespee au roy Alixandre(Vow 5: How [Cassiel] the Baudrain took Alexander’s sword),(photo with permission: PML).................................................................... 5531. PML, MS G24, laisse 231, (l. 6614), Voeux du paon,fol. 88v, det., Comment Caulus achieve son veu et oste le Baudrainson heaume (Vow 6: How Caulus fulfills his vow by taking [Cassiel] the Baudrain’s32. PML, MS G24, laisse 269, (l. 7762), Voeu