Traite sur l'art de la guerreStuart, Bérault, seigneur d'Aubigny, ca. 1452-1508[between 1500 and 1525]frmManuscript on parchment of Berault Stuart (Bernard Stewart, ca. 1452/53-1508), Traite sur l'art de la guerreIn French.Script: Copied by one hand in a small Gothica Hybrida Formata (loopless Bastarda).Line-fillers in liquid gold on red, blue or brown ground. 2-line (rarely 3- or 4-line) initials on square background, in liquid gold on coloured background or in colour, heightened with white, on liquid gold background decorated with leaves and flowers. Six miniatures.Binding: Early nineteenth century. Cross-grained red leather over pasteboard, the covers gold-tooled with a decorative border, the turn-ins gold-tooled with dentelle border; brownish marbled endpapers; the spine gold-tooled with flowerets and the title "L'ORDRE D'UN CHEF DE GUERRE PAR D'AUBIGNY".