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The so-called Valois #Codex, also known as Casanatense Evangeliary, is a truly historical witness to an exciting and suspenseful chapter in Franco-Spanish history: the hostage-taking of the two sons François and Henri of the French King Francis I (1494-1547) and his wife Claude de France (1499-1524) after the Battle of Pavia by Emperor Charles V (1500-1558). During his four-year captivity in Spain, this gospel book served the eight-year-old heir to the throne and Dauphin François de France (1518-1536) as a precious piece of educational material. It was a gift from his mother Claude and probably originated around 1526 in Tours, where the French queen commissioned many famous manuscripts. Grandiose full-page #miniatures and numerous smaller images decorate the ornate gospel book in a child-friendly way and at the same time make it an outstanding masterpiece of French #Renaissance painting!
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