Tag: Jean Colombe

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  • Auction Industry

    From Pascal’s Mathematics to the Bureau Book of Hours

    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…

  • Auction Industry

    Jean Colombe, a Fifteenth-Century Illuminator and a Good Student

    The illustrious Bureau family commissioned this book of hours, which was at first attributed to Jean Fouquet, Jean Colombe’s famous teacher. France, Bourges, c. 1468-1470 and 1470-1475. Called the Bureau Book of Hours, for use in Paris in Latin and French, hand written on parchment, illuminations attributable to Jean Colombe (active in Bourges c.…

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