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Miniature from Hours of Jeanne de Navarre by Jean Le Noire.

The Hours of Jeanne de Navarre is an illuminated book of hours with miniatures painted by Jean Le Noir. The book was commissioned by Philip VI of Valois and his wife, Blanche de Navarre, for Jeanne de Navarre, Queen of Navarre. The book was created sometime between 1336 and 1340 and is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

Hours of Jeanne de Navarre

History of the Hours of Jeanne de Navarre

TONS of good info here from a reputable source. Sift through this for source material, images and references: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101078305503&view=1up&seq=34

Commissioning and Creation

Elaborate here on who commission this manuscript, why, AND any information on how it was made, who made it. More information here on who created the book: https://www.wga.hu/html_m/j/jean/noir/1navarr2.html

Contents of the Hours of Jezanne de Navarre

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Figure out how to create a working gallery: GREAT IMAGES HERE: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Heures_de_Jeanne_de_Navarre

Gallery

Images from the Hours of Jeanne de Navarre

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  Folio 109r, the Betrayal of Christ on the Mount of Olives
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References

De Hamel, Christopher (2017). Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts. Penguin Books. Thompson, H. Yates., Roxburghe Club. (1899). Thirty-two miniatures from the Book of hours of Joan II., queen of Navarre: a manuscript of the fourteenth century ... London: Printed at the Chiswick press.

Category:1330s books Category:14th-century illuminated manuscripts Category:Illuminated books of hours Category:Bibliothèque nationale de France collections