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French illuminated manuscripts: late fourteenth to early sixteenth century
Paris at the end of the fourteenth century
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Epistolary of the Sainte-Chapelle for the use of Paris, 420 x 290 mm, c. 1340/50, Resurrection, miniatures by JEAN LE NOIR, initials by JAQUET MACI Yates Thompson 34, f. 84
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Le Songe du Verger, 315 x 240 mm, dated 1378, Charles V enthroned, illuminated by the MASTER OF THE BIBLE OF JEAN DE SY Royal 19 C IV, f. 1v
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Hours of Nicolas Rolin, 180 x 125 mm, c. 1390, Crucifixion, illuminated by the MASTER OF DEATH (Pierre Remiet?) Yates Thompson, 45, f. 106
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Philippe de Mézières, Epitre au Roy d’Angleterre, 260 x 180 mm, c. 1395/96, Dedication of the book by the author to king Richard II, illuminated by the SECOND PAINTER OF THE PÈLERINAGE FR. 823 (Jean Nizières?) Royal 20 B VI, f. 2
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Hours of René d'Anjou, 220 x 165 mm, c. 1405/10, Anne and the Virgin with Child, illuminated partly by the MASTER OF THE PAREMENT OF NARBONNE (see also Barthélemy d’Eyck, and Egerton and Mazarine Masters) Egerton 1070, f. 97
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Hours of John of Berry or his circle, 190 x 140 mm, c. 1405/10, Entry into Jerusalem, illuminated partly by the workshop of JACQUEMART DE HESDIN (see also Baptist and Luçon Masters) Yates Thompson 37, f. 159
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Jacobus de Voragine (translated by Jean de Vignay), La légende dorée, 305 x 215 mm, dated 1382, Coronation, Saints, Last Judgement, illuminated partly by the PSEUDO-JACQUEMART Royal 19 B XVII, f. 5
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