Oh, fudge!

[rjlona]

I'm a doofus. After doing a bit more research, I've figured out that I was wrong when I wrote this post about the Mary of Hungary dress and the Brussels Manuscript, thinking that I had discovered they belonged to the same person. Turns out the book belonged to Mary's aunt, Margaret of Austria. I didn't check the dates carefully. Margaret lived from 1480-1530, and it's her coat of arms inside the book. Mary lived from 1505-1558. They have similar names and titles, so it's easy to see how I goofed.

Now I'm seriously disappointed. Not only are the two items not connected, but I made an obvious and rather elementary mistake in my research. Boy do I feel stupid.

Edit: New userpic made by Flinx. Nice and appropriate, I think.

Comments

[talyx.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain, often on a daily basis (try I.D.ing a slide whose label has fallen off... so much fun!)

However, keep in mind that even this late, books were gifted and re-gifted as lavish presents. It's not impossible that Marguerite may have gifted the book to Mary at some point, or loaned it to her for a time. My own quick-skim research hasn't come up with a reliable provenance, and the on-line catalogues are being intractable (in French... Coincidence?) so i can't try to find more about it.

Of course, I broke my own cardinal rule of researching manuscripts by running my first search on just Brussels Manuscript. ::sigh:: Always always include the number, Alix. Silly child.