Chronicles of Hainaut

Its text was produced around 1446-1450 by Jean Wauquelin as a French translation of Annales historiae illustrium principum Hannoniæ, a three-volume Latin work produced by Jacques de Guise around 1390-1396.

It was made for Philip the Good of Burgundy and is now in the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels.

Its frontispiece is a 1447 miniature by Rogier van der Weyden showing Waquelin kneeling to present the book to Philip.

To the left, the figure in blue is chancellor Nicolas Rolin and the one in red is Jean Chevrot, bishop of Tournai.

The group of people to the right are eight members of the Order of the Golden Fleece, founded by Philip in 1430.

Miniature de présentation
Rogier van der Weyden 's Jean Wauquelin presenting his 'Chroniques de Hainaut' to Philip the Good . Frontispiece miniature of the Chronicles of Hainaut . ( Royal Library of Belgium , Brussels, Manuscripts, MS. KBR.9242.