#dogs in art
Medieval manuscript of the week depictsMargaret of York, duchess of Burgundy kneeling at prayer before the resurrected Christ. At their feet is Margaret’s little dog, who looks to be a whippet or greyhound. This is an example of a ‘donor portrait’, depicting the person who commissioned and would use the manuscript. The book is a devotional text titled ‘Dialogue de la Duchesse de Bourgogne à Jésus Christ ’, which was written especially for Margaret. At the end of her life, she gifted the book to her lady in waiting Jeanne de Hallewin.
You can read more about this remarkable manuscript, and its remarkable owner, over here on the British Library website.
Image source:British Library, image in the public domain.
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