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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.[1]

Hours of Jeanne de Navarre

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History of the Hours of Jeanne de Navarre
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Commissioning and Creation
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Contents of the Hours of Jezanne de Navarre
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Images from the Hours of Jeanne de Navarre
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Notes

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  1. ^ "Hours of Jeanne de Navarre by JEAN LE NOIR". www.wga.hu. Retrieved 2020-01-22.

References

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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