The title of this manuscript is The Book of the Queen. It is so named because it was written for and presented to Queen Isabeau of Bavaria. She was the wife of Charles VI of France. In addition to being queen she was a great patron of the arts, which greatly benefited Christine de Pizan. After reading a number of works by Christine she requested a manuscript of all her works (it does not include all of them, but it includes her most important works).
The picture to the left shows Christine presenting her manuscript to the queen. It is one of the miniatures in The Book of the Queen.
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