Month names collection / metastudy

[Bernd]

As the info was missing, VENEZIA, Biblioteca nazionale Marciana, Fr. Z. 2 (=223) was created 1390-1399
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a manuscript that is linguistically pure Picard North-French, but materially and historically 100% North-Italian courtly art, commissioned to satisfy the aristocratic tastes of the Gonzaga family.

Very odd. Was Picard even understood in Northern Italy? I don't think the Gonzagas had any French possessions around 1400, only in the 16th century. Were Franco-Flemish works fashionable or was it another one of those prestige collectible books that were not meant to be read anyway? Too bad nothing about the alleged author Pozzolino da Basilea appears to be known.