Psalter–Hours of Yolande de Soissons

[3] Where borders incorporate miniatures or historiated initials they are invariably accompanied by roundels bearing coats of arms.

A psalter follows, occupying 164 folios (16r–179r), then ten canticles, a litany, twelve prayers, a lesson from the Gospel of John, two more prayers and two miscellaneous Marian texts (one on the Fifteen Joys of the Virgin).

[5] As its conventional name implies, the manuscript was long thought to have been created for Yolande de Soissons,[6] who was related to all of the families whose coats of arms are found in the decoration.

[7] The original owner is represented at prayer in a full-page illustration wearing a cloak covered in one of the coats of arms.

[8] More recently Alison Stones argues that the coat of arms belonged to Comtesse de la Table, lady of Cœuvres.