[298] Essai sur la gravure sur bois, col. 138.
[299] According to M. Dussieux, Les Artistes français à l'étranger, p. 67, the first is unquestionably the chef-d'œuvre of miniature-painting in the Italian style.
[300] See folio 86 of the second volume: 'The Aduatuci, that is to say those of Bois le Duc, are in Brabant, within xii leagues of Envers, neighbours of Monsieur de Gueldres.'
[301] Folios 59, 64, 69, 72, and 77 of the second volume.
[302] Folios 30 recto and 31 verso of the second volume.
[303] Vol. ii, folio 93.
[304] I hesitated a long time before adhering definitely to this opinion; at the outset I thought that I detected two painters, one for the portraits, one for the decorations; but soon, after studying more closely, after comparing the miniatures, the small figures in the columns, the amazing imitations of ancient medallions, and lastly the portraits, I became absolutely certain that a single hand, guided by a flexible and varied talent, combined these different types and produced the whole.
[305] Their dimensions vary from 90 to 100 millimeters in height, and from 60 to 70 in width.
[306] British Museum (Harleian), no. 6205.
[307] Bibliothèque Nationale.