Detail View: The AMICA Library: Leaf from Jehan de Courcy's Cronique Universelle, dite la Bouquechardiere: Meeting of Priam and Helen before the Gates of Troy
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1945.16
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Books
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Flemish
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Northeast France or Flanders, 15th Century
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Title:
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Leaf from Jehan de Courcy's Cronique Universelle, dite la Bouquechardiere: Meeting of Priam and Helen before the Gates of Troy
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1470
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Creation Start Date:
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1465
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Creation End Date:
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1475
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Materials and Techniques:
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ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
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Classification Term:
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Manuscript
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Classification Term:
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Manuscript
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Style or Period:
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Northeast France or Flanders, 15th Century
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Dimensions:
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Sheet: 36.3cm x 27.2cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1945.16
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Credit Line:
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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This miniature and its text derive from a manuscript of Jean de Courcy's 'Chronique de la Bouquechardiere' which relates events from the Creation of the world to the birth of Christ. Luxurious copies of literary texts, particularly chronicles, were increasingly produced in France and the Low Countries between about 1450 and 1475 -- a period of relative peace and stability. A real intellectual curiosity about the past and its moral significance spread not only among the nobility but also among the ranks of wealthy merchant classes who provided a ready clientele for literary manuscripts.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1945.16.tif
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