ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Full listing and credits for illustrations of manuscripts and art objects. All architectural
photographs and plans are fully described, with credits, in individual captions.
p. 5. The beginning of the section of chansons by Adam de la Halle in the Chansonnier
d’Arras. Arras, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 139 (anc. 657).
p. 28. A late 15th-century ball (Burgundy, ca. 1469–70) with an alta capella consisting
of two shawms and slide trumpet. Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, MS fr. 5073, fol.
117v.
p. 95. A 14th-century banquet. Guillaume de Machaut, Remede de Fortune. Paris,
Bibliothèque Nationale MS fr. 1586, fol. 55r.
p. 114. The troubadour Bernart de Ventadorn as depicted in a manuscript of his
poetry. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale MS fr. 854, fol. 26v.
p. 158. Busnoys’s rondeau Bel Acueil (“Fair Welcome”). The Mellon Chansonnier.
Yale MS 91, fols. 1v-2. Beinecke Library for Rare Books and Manuscripts, Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut.
p. 173. Crucifixion. Upper cover of the binding of the Lindau Gospels (French, ca.
870) Gold and jewels, 13¾ in. by in. The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. M.1,
fc.
p. 173. A Seraph superimposed on the text of the Sanctus. Drogo Sacramentary
(French, mid-9th century). Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale MS lat. 9428, fol. 15r.
p. 259. Illustration of Dufay and Binchois. In Martin Le Franc, Champion des dames
(1451). Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS fr. 12476, fol. 98r.
p. 272. The Battle of Crécy. Jean Froissart, Chroniques. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
MS fr. 2643, fol. 165r.
p. 287. Clerics dancing. Florence, Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana MS Pluteo 29, I,
fol. 463r.
p. 318. Chasse. Champlevé enamel and copper gilt on wood, 7⅜ in. high, 17¾ in.
long. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gift of S. Pierpont Morgan, 1917, 17.190.511.
p. 318. Plaque showing the Pentecost (Mosan, 1150–75). Champlevé enamel on
copper gilt, 11.4 by 11.4 cm. The Cloisters Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, 1965, 65.105.
p. 318. Cross. Champlevé enamel and gilding on copper, ca. 1190, 67 by 41.9 cm.
Master of the Royal Plantagenet Workshop, France. © The Cleveland Museum of Art,
1994, Gift from J.H.Wade, 23.1051.
p. 319. Three Worthies in the Fiery Furnace (Mosan, ca. 1145). Champlevé enamel,
8 ⅛ in. high. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The William Francis Warden Fund.
p. 363. Jean Fouquet, The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful, from the Hours
of Étienne Chevalier (French, ca. 1452–1460). Tempera and gold leaf on parchment, 5¾
by 5¾ in. Robert Lehman Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1975