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French illuminated manuscripts: late fourteenth to early sixteenth century
Loire and Paris c. 1450-1500
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The Loire
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Leaf from the Hours of Etienne Chevalier, 195 x 150 mm, c. 1452/60, David penitent, illuminated by JEAN FOUQUET
Additional 37421, leaf
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Book of Hours for the use of Nantes, 190 x 140 mm, c. 1450, Visitation, illuminated by the MASTER OF GUILLAUME JOUVENEL DES URSINS
Additional 28785, ff. 42v-43
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Martin de Braga, Livre des quatre vertus, and Cicero, Livre de vieillesse and Livre de amitie, 145 x 95 mm, dated 1460, Cicero in a dispute, illuminated by the MASTER OF THE MUNICH BOCCACCIO
Harley 4329, f. 130
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Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII, 240 x 170 mm, c. 1498, Virgin of Annunciation, illuminated by JEAN BOURDICHON
Additional 35254 V
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Tilliot Hours, 180 x 110, c. 1500, Dives and Lazarus, illuminated by JEAN POYER
Yates Thompson 5, f. 70v
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Hours of Philippe de Commynes, 155 x 100 mm, c. 1485, Deposition, illuminated by the MASTER OF JEAN CHARPENTIER
Harley 2863, ff. 20v-21
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Boethius, Consolation de la philosophie, 185 x 130, dated 1477, Philosophy describes to Boethius the nature of fortune, illuminated by JEAN COLOMBE
Harley 4336 (vol. 2), f. 1v
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Hours of Guillaume de Seigne and his wife Claudine Fortier, 205 x 125 mm, c. 1508, Bathsheba receiving the message of king David, illuminated by the MASTER OF SPENCER 6
Harley 2969, f. 91
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Paris
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Book of Hours for the use of Paris, 190 x 145 mm, c. 1455/60, Nativity, illuminated by the MASTER OF JEAN II ROLIN
Additional 25695, f. 78
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Valerius Maximus, Memorabilia, 475 x 350 mm, c. 1475, Scenes from Roman history, illuminated by FRANÇOIS
Harley 4374, f. 161
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Book of Hours for the use of Angers, 210 x 145 mm, c. 1500, Annunciation to the shepherds, illuminated in the style of the MASTER OF JACQUES DE BESANÇON
Egerton 1068, f. 31
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La Vie de Jésus Christ, 145 x 95 mm, c. 1460, Resurrection, illuminated by the MASTER OF JACQUES DE LUXEMBOURG
Harley 4328, f. 410
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Book of Hours for the use of Paris, 115 x 85 mm, c. 1460, Coronation of the Virgin, illuminated by an artist related to the MASTER OF COËTIVY (Colin d’Amiens?)
Stowe 25, f. 112v
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Book of Hours for the use of Rome, 230 x 150 mm, printed by Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, 22 August 1498, Nativity, designs by the MASTER OF THE APOCALYPSE ROSE OF THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE (Jean d’Ypres?)
IB 40341, f. c.v. verso
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Jean Froissart, Chroniques (Book 4), 420 x 320 mm, c. 1470, Knights and ladies riding to London tournament, illuminated partly by the MASTER OF THE HARLEY FROISSARD
Harley 4379 (vol. 1), f. 99
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Jean de Courcy, La Bouquechardière, 430 x 315 mm, c. 1460, Alexander on Fortune’s wheel and Eurydice enthroned, illuminated by the MASTER OF THE ECHEVINAGE DE ROUEN
Harley 4376, f. 271
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