There is a magnificent Spanish book on the order called La Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro. This large (c. 12" x 19") leather bound book has some 600 pages of information and color illustrations. It was created with the full cooperation of the chancery of the Order and His Majesty Juan Carlos and is the grandest book ever made on the Golden Fleece. A selection of sample pages can be seen on the Toison samples page. It is sold out but available from time to time as copies are found. Please contact us if you wish to be on the waiting list for future purchase.
The fine Biennais fleece of the Spanish branch shown at the top of this page was loaned to the History Channel for use by Phillip II in their filming of The Conquest of America. Helping create authentic representations and publications relating to the Order is one of our aims.
Two painting identifications have recently been done by the Confrérie for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh and a collector in Texas. We attempt to answer all reasonable requests for information and find La Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro an essential work. Many friends of the Order hope for an Austrian volume some day soon, but it will take a well connected editior and a sponsor.
A bijou was loaned to Middlebury College for their theater production of The Bewitched by Peter Barnes in November, 2005..
In February, 2007 we helped the National Gallery in London to identify the subject of one of their Renaissance paintings as Floris d'Egmont, comte de Bueren (1469-1539), knight no. 124 from 1505.
