Abstract
Gilles li Muisis is above all recognized for his historiographical production and reformative activities at Saint-Martin of Tournai. His poetic activity has been received very differently by scholars. Now preserved at the Royal Library in Brussels (ms. IV 119), Li Muisis’ Registre is the main witness to this aspect of his work. Illustrated by an iconographical series produced by Pierard dou Tielt, the manuscript includes numerous texts in which the old abbot describes the various states of the society in which he lived. Assessments of the literary quality of this collection have varied widely. My aim in this study is to focus on the miniatures in order to grasp their role in the work’s overall coordination and their potential links to the abbot’s reformative ideals. Analysing this iconographical series in close connection with Gilles’ poetical texts allows me to show that the miniatures of KBR IV are not simple illustrations. On the contrary, they play a crucial role in reinforcing the Abbot Li Muisis’ reformative goals and, above all, in enabling him to leave a valorizing image of himself to posterity.
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