Prise de Jéricho

Fouquet, Jean (born ca. 1415-1420, died before 1481)


Item type:
manuscript, codex, scroll
Date of creation:
1470-1475
Place of creation:
Tours

Additional titles

The battle of Jericho
Flavius Josèphe, Les antiquités judaïques

    Item location

  • Bibliothèque Nationale de France
    département des Manuscripts[Museum inv. no.: Français 247, fol. 89 (Livre V)]

Description

Illumination illustrates scene from the Old Testament story of the fall of Jericho (Joshua 6:4). Seven priests playing straight trumpets with a group of about 200 non-performers.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556] (seven shown)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Lexikon der Kunst II (1989) 560 ff.

Thieme-Becker, XII, 252 ff.

RIdIM record id

706