MINIATURIST, English
(active 1430s in London)

William Bruges's Garter Book

1430s
Manuscript (Stove MS 594)
British Library, London

This Latin codex, a pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter, contains 26 full page miniatures with a standing knight holding a panel with heraldic shields of successors in their Garter stalls at St George Chapel, Windsor, and one full page miniature of George and the dragon and a kneeling Garter King (the principal officer of the Order).

The miniatures on folios 7v-8 represent 2 of the 26 full page miniatures with a standing knight: Edward III and Henry, Duke of Lancaster, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.




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