Festivities for the betrothal of the infants Dauphin and Mary I. (Paris: 22nd December, 1518)
Described in
Le liure [et] forest de messire Bernardin Rince … conentant [et] explicant briefuement lappareil, les ieux, [et] le festin de la Bastille. (Paris, 1518)
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Title_vignette Coat of arms. Title_page
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Printers_device Two angels holding the arms of France, the device of Jean de Gourmont.
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Dedication Dated 23rd December, 1518.
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Column Section “Voulant descrire les gra[n]ds ieux …”
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Theatre Long description and interpretation of murals representing mythological scenes.
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Seat Adorned with Latin epigrams.
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List List of participants.
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Dance The King dances a Pavanne basse. Banquet With detailed seating plan.
Festival: Festivities for the betrothal of the infants Dauphin and Mary I.
Date: 22nd December, 1518
City: Paris
Participants: Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547 Francois, Dauphin of France, 1517?-1536 Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558
Dynasty: Valois, Tudor
Notes: The betrothal of the Dauphin and the future Mary I formed part of the peace negotiations between England and France in 1514. The festivities at the Bastille were given by the Viscount of Milan.
Book details
Title: Le liure [et] forest de messire Bernardin Rince … conentant [et] explicant briefuement lappareil, les ieux, [et] le festin de la Bastille.
Names: Rincius, Bernardinus [Rince, Bernardin] (Author) Gourmont, Jean (Printer)
Published: Paris, 1518
Shelfmark: 811.d.31.(1)
Dedicated to:Duprat, Antoine, Chancellor of France, 1464-1535
Format: 20 pp. 4o. Four woodcuts.
References: The printer's device is identified in Silvestre, L.-C., Marques typographiques (Paris, 1853). Watanabe No. 1561
Notes: Bound with 5 other works. Rince also wrote a poem, in French and Latin, in praise of the betrothal, and translated Richard Pace's sermon on the peace and the marriage treaty.
