The Armorial of the Golden Fleece is a manuscript of the statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the names and coats of arms of its members, a group of nobles who served as advisors to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. The celebrated Flemish artist Simon Bening illuminated the sumptuous volume in Bruges around 1540. If a payment to Bening in 1538 is for this book, Philippe Nigri, chancellor of the order, commissioned it. It includes ten full-page portraits of the order's grand masters and hundreds of coats of arms.
We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Armorial of the Golden Fleece": La Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro facsimile edition, published by Scriptorium, 1998
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