# René d'Anjou: The Book of Tournaments [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [EYCK, Barthélemy d']() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. français 2695\), 386 x 298 mm \(folio size\) ## Commentary René d'Anjou: The Book of Tournaments c. 1460 Manuscript \(Ms. français 2695\), 386 x 298 mm \(folio size\) Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris This manuscript contains the description of the preparations for a tournament, of the tournament itself and of the final banquet. It was probably commissioned by Louis of Luxembourg for his daughter Mary. The author of the text is René d'Anjou \(1409-1480\), King of Naples, Sicily, Hungary and Jerusalem, Duke of Anjou, Bar and Lorraine, Count of Provence. After numerous political failures, he withdrew in 1442 to his castles at Angers and Tarascon, where he led an extravagant life and hosted numerous feasts and tournaments. He proved himself to be not only a great patron of the arts, but also an author. With his Book of Tournaments he had published a practical handbook of armoury and weapons. The codex in Paris was illustrated by Barthélemy d'Eyck. The composition was first drawn on paper in brown colour and eventually watercoloured. The picture shows the illustration on folio 3v. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Boccaccio: La Théséide]() - [Boccaccio: La Théséide]() - [Holy Family]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [René d'Anjou: Livre du cuer d'amours espris]() - [René d'Anjou: Livre du cuer d'amours espris]() - [René d'Anjou: Livre du cuer d'amours espris]() - [René d'Anjou: The Book of Tournaments]() - [René d'Anjou: The Book of Tournaments]() - [René d'Anjou: The Book of Tournaments]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()