page_title: William of the White Hands
hierarchical_section_title: William of the White Hands
caption_attribution_description: English: Petrus Comestor presents his book to Archbishop Guillaume of Sens Contents: Guiard des Moulins, Bible Historiale Complétée Place of origin, date: Paris; c. 1370-1380 Material: Vellum, ff. 444, 391x272 (281x180) mm, 58 lines, littera textualis, Binding: early 19th-century red leather; gilt (1814) Decoration: 2 two-column miniatures (150/130x180 mm); 26 column miniatures (75/45x85/80 mm); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 1r, 2r, 2v, 37r, 59r, etc.); penwork initials throughout Provenance: presented in 1665 by Maria Ignatia Lorraine d'Elbeuf (1629-1679), daughter of Charles II of Lorraine, to an unknown institution, probably the Jesuits of the Collège Louis-le-Grand (Collège de Clermont) at Paris; purchased in 1764 as part of this collection (Clermont-cat. of 1764, no. 768) by Gerard Meerman (1722-1771) of Rotterdam, later The Hague; sold in 1770 by Meerman at the sale of P. and A. de la Court van der Voort at N. van Daalen, The Hague (cat. 19-28 Febr., pt. 3, p. 5 no. 59). Presented in 1814 by the Groningen Guild of Bookprintersand -sellers to King William I of The Netherlands, and transferred to the KB
context_page_description: William of the White Hands, also called William White Hands, was a French cardinal.
  William was born in Brosse, Île-de-France, France. He was a son of Theobald the Great, Count of Blois and Count of Champagne, and Matilda of Carinthia.
  William served as Bishop of Chartres in 1165, Archbishop of Sens, Archbishop of Reims, and the first Peer of France to bear that title. He anointed his nephew, Philip II of France, as co-king on 1 November 1179 in Rheims. Pope Alexander III created him Cardinal Priest of Santa Sabina in March 1179; as such, he signed the papal bulls between 8 April 1179 and 23 December 1201. He died on 7 September 1202.
  William was portrayed by actor Liam O'Callaghan in the 1978 BBC TV drama series The Devil's Crown.
context_section_description: William of the White Hands (French: Guillaume aux Blanches Mains; 1135–1202), also called William White Hands, was a French cardinal.
  William was born in Brosse, Île-de-France, France. He was a son of Theobald the Great, Count of Blois and Count of Champagne, and Matilda of Carinthia.
  William served as Bishop of Chartres in 1165, Archbishop of Sens (1169–1176), Archbishop of Reims (1175–1202), and the first Peer of France to bear that title. He anointed his nephew, Philip II of France, as co-king on 1 November 1179 in Rheims. Pope Alexander III created him Cardinal Priest of Santa Sabina in March 1179; as such, he signed the papal bulls between 8 April 1179 and 23 December 1201. He died on 7 September 1202.
  William was portrayed by actor Liam O'Callaghan in the 1978 BBC TV drama series The Devil's Crown.
caption: Petrus Comestor (d. c. 1178) presents his Historia scholastica to Archbishop William of the White Hands. From a Bible Historiale of 1370–80, which mixed sections of the Historia with sections of the Vulgate Bible
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