Chapter 22

THE SOURCES OF ENGLISH FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ILLUMINATION

Attributed to the Netherlands--Not altogether French--The home of Anne of Bohemia, Richard II.'s Queen--Court of Charles IV. at Prag--Bohemian Art--John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia--The Golden Bull of Charles IV.--Marriage of Richard II.--The transformation of English work owing to this marriage and the arrival of Bohemian artists in England--Influence of Queen Anne on English Art and Literature--Depression caused by her death--Examination of Roy. MS. 1 E. 9 and 2 A. 18--The Grandison Hours--Other MSS.--Introduction of Flemish work by Edward IV.