Abstract
Machard and Guichard de Rovedis: Clerical Patrons and Their Manuscripts in Lyons around 1500. In the age of early printing, many patrons still commissioned finely illuminated manuscripts, cherishing them for their unique and personal qualities. This article discusses manuscripts and illuminated printed books produced for two wealthy clergymen in Lyons: Jean Machard, sacristan of Saint-Paul, and Guichard de Rovedis of the abbey of Ainay, each a benefactor of the religious institutions to which he was connected. Both employed an outstanding scribe, Henri de Beaujardin, who favored lengthy colophons. These shed light on the patrons' motivation to order large and handsome religious manuscripts. A man's name and titles repeated in incipits and explicits, together with his arms or motto painted in the margins, permanently associated him with his holy books and the pious deed of commissioning them. The evidence is corroborated by other documents recording the patron's charitable gifts and bequests. Machar...
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