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Book/Printed Material Jewish Antiquities. Antiquités judaïques

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Title

  • Jewish Antiquities.

Other Title

  • Antiquités judaïques

Summary

  • Jean Fouquet (1419?-80?) was the greatest French painter of the 15th century. His genius is reflected in his illustrations of Jewish Antiquities, which Fouquet created for Jacques d'Armagnac, the Duke of Nemours. Fouquet traveled to Italy as a young man, where he learned to paint with great precision of detail and to use aerial perspective, but he continued to draw upon his native Touraine for many aspects of his art, especially forms and color. In these illustrations, his depiction of the siege of Jericho evokes a city on the banks of the Loire, while his Temple of Jerusalem resembles an altered Cathedral of Tours. Jewish Antiquities was written by the first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (38?-100?) and recounts the history of the Jewish people from Creation to the outbreak of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in A.D. 66. Composed in Greek and translated into Latin, the book was read by the early Christians and remained popular with both Christians and Jews. This manuscript belonged to the French king Francis I (1494-1547), who confiscated it in 1523 from Charles III, the Duke of Bourbon (1490-1527).

Names

  • Fouquet, Jean, approximately 1420-approximately 1480 Artist.
  • Josephus, Flavius, 38?-100? Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1465.

Headings

  • -  France--Tours
  • -  1 to 66
  • -  Bible
  • -  Bible. Old Testament
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Jews

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Manuscript, parchment.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of France.
  • -  Content in French.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667600

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Fouquet, Jean, Approximately Approximately 1480 Artist, and Flavius Josephus. Jewish Antiquities. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1465] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667600/.

APA citation style:

Fouquet, J. & Josephus, F. (1465) Jewish Antiquities. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667600/.

MLA citation style:

Fouquet, Jean, Approximately Approximately 1480 Artist, and Flavius Josephus. Jewish Antiquities. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1465] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667600/>.