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A manuscript, with sumptuous illuminations attributed to Jean Colombe, thwarted Blaise Pascal's treatise on the arithmetic by fetching well over the million-euro mark. France, Bourges, c. 1468-1470 and 1470-1475. Book of Hours known as "Bureau" for use in Paris in Latin and French, manuscript on parchment, illuminations attributable to Jean Colombe…