Axial Commons Image Treasury
Open illuminated manuscript on vellum: grey drawn figures on the left page over red text, and a colored framed miniature of figures under an arch on the right.

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France

An open illuminated manuscript on vellum shows a grey-toned drawn scene on the left page above red rubric lettering. The right page holds a framed, colored miniature of figures beneath a pointed arch, with a decorated initial and small creatures in the margin below.

Artist
Jean Pucelle
Date
ca. 1324–28
Medium
Grisaille, tempera, and ink on vellum
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
4000 × 2796 px
Download full size
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1333).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1954

Español: Manuscrito iluminado abierto con grisalla y miniaturas pintadas

Un manuscrito iluminado abierto sobre vitela muestra, en la página izquierda, una escena dibujada en tonos grises sobre un texto en rojo. La página derecha presenta una miniatura enmarcada y coloreada de figuras bajo un arco apuntado, con una inicial decorada y pequeñas criaturas en el margen inferior.

Português: Manuscrito iluminado aberto com grisalha e miniaturas pintadas

Um manuscrito iluminado aberto em pergaminho mostra, na página esquerda, uma cena desenhada em tons cinzentos acima de um texto em vermelho. A página direita traz uma miniatura emoldurada e colorida de figuras sob um arco pontiagudo, com uma inicial decorada e pequenas criaturas na margem inferior.

Dogs Through Historyilluminated manuscriptvellumgrisaillemedieval bookminiature paintingred rubricgothic artfrench manuscript14th centurybook of hourstemperamarginal creatures

More from Dogs Through History

Engraving of top-hatted men handling hounds in a paved yard, with a kennel wall and spectators behind.Men in top hats releasing their dogs from the kennels and preparing them for a race. EtchiBlack and white engraving of a long symmetrical palace with domed towers across a river, with sailing ships and rowboats in the foreground.Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from the Isle of Dogs, with ships and rowing boats in thePainting of a seated woman with a toy by a leaded window, a boy peering in from outside, a white dog and a red-draped bed in a dim room.Een moeder met haar kinderenEngraving of a boy with a raised stick and a girl beside two fighting dogs, one atop a fallen figure, with a town in the background.A boy and a girl facing two fighting dogs. Engraving by C. de Passe, 159-.Black and white etching of a spaniel looking up at a long-tailed bird in flight, with rocks and a distant landscape behind.Een hond jaagt een vogelEngraving of a man in a top hat leading several hounds on leashes, with another man and a colonnaded building behind.A man in a top hat walking his dogs. Etching by E. Hacker after E. Corbet.