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Berry
Berry , former province, central France. Bourges, the capital, and Châteauroux are the chief towns. Cattle are raised on the Champagne Berrichonne, a semiarid plateau that covers most of the region. The valleys of the Indre and the Cher rivers are rich farming areas. A part of Roman Aquitaine,... Read more
Limbourg brothers
Limbourg brothers , fl. 1380-1416, family of Franco-Flemish manuscript illuminators. The Limbourg brothers, Pol, Jan, and Herman, were trained as goldsmiths. They succeeded Jacquemart de Hesdin in 1411 as court painters to Jean, duc de Berry. Their masterpiece is the magnificent book of hours kn... Read more
book of hours
book of hours form of prayer book developed in the 14th cent. from the prayers of clerics appended to the main service. The subjects of the miniature illustrations (see miniature painting ) were frequently derived from the appendix of the Psalter. The book of hours served as a devotional work cont... Read more
Cher
Cher river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the Massif Central and flowing generally NW across central France to join the Loire below Tours. The Berry Canal parallels part of the river. ... Read more
Armand Emmanuel du Plessis Richelieu, duc de
Armand Emmanuel du Plessis Richelieu, duc de , 1766-1822, French statesman. An émigré from the French Revolution, he served Russia as governor of Odessa (1803) and of the Crimea (1805). Made chief minister of France by King Louis XVIII after the Hundred Days (1815), he secured the qu... Read more
Charles X
Charles X 1757-1836, king of France (1824-30); brother of King Louis XVI and of King Louis XVIII, whom he succeeded. As comte d'Artois he headed the reactionary faction at the court of Louis XVI. He left France (July, 1789) at the outbreak of the French Revolution and became a leading spirit of the... Read more
Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII 1755-1824, king of France (1814-24), brother of King Louis XVI . Known as the comte de Provence, he fled (1791) to Koblenz from the French Revolution and intrigued to bring about foreign intervention against the revolutionaries. He was recognized as king by the émigrés af... Read more
Salish
Salish indigenous people of North America, also known as the Flathead, who in the early 19th cent. inhabited the Bitterroot River valley of W Montana. Their language belongs to the Salishan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). These people never prac... Read more
Vendée
Vendée , department (1990 pop. 509,356), W France, on the Bay of Biscay, in Poitou . The offshore islands of Noirmoutier and Yeu are included in the department. Largely an agricultural (dairying, cattle raising) and forested region, the Vendée has many beach resorts and fishing ports.... Read more
illumination
illumination in art, decoration of manuscripts and books with colored, gilded pictures, often referred to as miniatures (see miniature painting ); historiated and decorated initials; and ornamental border designs. Early Illumination The earliest known illustrated rolls come from Egypt; t... Read more

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The Limbourg Brothers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...illuminators in the service of the French Duke of Berry. They are the most famous of all...the service of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Philip died 2 years...were established at the court of Jean de France, Duke of Berry. There they enjoyed such...
Guillaume de Machaut
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...with the royal family, and his last patron was Jean de France, Duke of Berry, the grandson of King John and brother of King Charles V of France. The Duke of Berry was one of the greatest art patrons of...
Charles VI
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...uncles, the dukes of Berry, Burgundy, and...him — and France — for the...foreign policy. France and England were...The governance of France again became the...faction was led by the dukes of Berry and Burgundy...s brother Louis, Duke of Orl é...is well ...
Louis XVI (France) (1754–1793; Ruled 1774–1792)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World LOUIS XVI (FRANCE) (1754 –...1792) LOUIS XVI (FRANCE) (1754 –...1792), king of France. Louis-Auguste, duc de Berry was the second...court, led by the duke of Choiseul and...prime minister Jean Fr é d...

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Limbourg
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...and were nephews of Jean Malouel . In 1402 Jean and Pol were working for Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy , and after...worked for his brother Jean, Duc de Berry (1340–1416...moved with him around France from one magnificent...

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Limbourg Brothers: Tres Riches Heures, October. (Masterpiece of the Month).
Magazine article from: Instructor (1990); 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; About the Artwork * Duke Jean de Berry of 15th century France was the greatest art lover of the medieval world...the Limbourg brothers: Paul, Hermann, and Jean. The Duke de Berry and the Limbourgs all died in 1416 from...
ILLUMINATION IN MINIATURE
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 2/16/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...TO THE COURT OF RENAISSANCE FRANCE: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p...The "Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry," from the early 1400s...pieced together this way is Jean Poyet, who worked in Tours, France, from about 1483 to his death...
Myth, Montage, and Visuality in Late Medieval Manuscript Culture: Christine de Pizan's 'Epistre Othea.'
Magazine article from: Arthuriana; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...the manuscripts made for Jean, Duke of Berry (Bibliothque Nationale...Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen of France (British Library MS Harley...produced by the Queen's and Duke's manuscripts, to show...which the Queen's and Duke's Epistre work against...
SALT The stuff that shaped a world
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/27/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...250 B.C. Salt was used in making Egyptian mummies. Every major Italian city is near a source of salt. In France, Jean, duke of Berry, displayed elaborate salt cellars. In India, Mohandas K. Gandhi marched to the sea to defy British law...
The arts in France around 1400.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, who...various factions within France and the second was...to the throne of France. [ILLUSTRATION...was crowned king of France in Reims Cathedral...Hours of the Duke of Berry at the Musee Condee...The Lost Chapel of Jean de Berry at the ...
Sticking his neck out; Marcels death: He was decapitated, hanged, drawn and quartered.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/9/2008; 700+ words ; ...turned over to the Duke Of Berry, John of Valois...of King John II of France. Amerigot was taken...master, the king of France. His alleged criminal...story is recorded in Jean Froissarts Chronicles...Scotland, Wales, France, Flanders and Spain...
Sticking his neck out; Marcel's death: He was decapitated, hanged, drawn and quartered.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/9/2008; 700+ words ; ...turned over to the Duke Of Berry ,John of Valois...of King John II of France. Amerigot was taken...master, the king of France. His alleged criminal...story is recorded in Jean Froissart's Chronicles...Scotland, Wales, France, Flanders and Spain...
Big Deal, Tiny Art: The annual December explosion of miniatures' shows prompts a look back.
Newspaper article from: Coast weekly; 12/11/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Brothers, working for the Flemish Duke of Berry, painted miniature cycles of the...for micro-portraiture migrated to France where, in the decades before the...the days of Holbein the Younger and Jean Fouquet, people have responded positively...
Patronage and the Burgundian court (1364-1419).
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...last reigning duke of Burgundy of...battlefield near Nancy, France, leaving no male...century. The dukes' Burgundian lands...inventories of the dukes of Burgundy...representations of the duke and his court...with money, the dukes established themselves...his brothers, Jean, ...
Majestic tapestry of the Middle Ages
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/24/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...s invasions of France have been lurching...brother of the King of France, Charles VI...because at that time France seems to have favored...Charles, Louis or Jean, and must be identified...among the royal dukes (Burgundy, Berry, Bourbon and Orleans...