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Chronicle of the Crusades



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  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Chronicle of the Crusades
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Chronicle of the Crusades
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Chronicle of the Crusades
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Chronicle of the Crusades
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Chronicle of the Crusades
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Chronicle of the Crusades
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Chronicle of the Crusades
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Description

Completed circa 1474, Sébastien Mamerot’s lavishly  illustrated manuscript is the only contemporary document to describe  several centuries of French crusades, when successive kings tried to  seize the Holy Land. Jean Colombe, the medieval illuminator best known for his work on the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, is the principal artist of its 66 exquisite miniatures.
Les Passages d’Outremer  (The Expeditions to Overseas) comprises 277 parchment folios,  illustrated by Colombe and the finest calligraphers of the medieval era,  and now resides in the French national library. The battles, burials, coronations and  processions depicted in the illustrations come to life before our eyes  and create a forceful image, as well as a compelling read, of this  centuries-long campaign of religious fervor and epic journey. 

 Part of the Bibliotheca Universalis series. 

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