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L ES E NLUMINURESLe Louvre des Antiquaires2 Place du Palais-Royal 75001 Paris (France) tel. +33 (0)1 42 60 15 58 • fax. +33 (0)1 40 15 00 25 info@lesenluminures.com L ES E NLUMINURES, L TD .2970 North Lake Shore DriveChicago, IL 60657 (USA)tel. +773 929 5986fax. +773 528 3976chicago@lesenluminures.comLe Bigot Hours (Use of Rome)In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchmentFrance, Tours or Le Mans, c. 1470s12 miniatures (of which 7 in camaïeu d'or ) by the Circle of Jean FouquetI +107 + 6 + I ff., thin parchment of very good quality, lacking 6 folios, between ff.12-13, 42-43, 51- 52, 61-62, 63-64, 64-65, probably with miniatures (collation impracticable in order to preserve binding), copied in brown ink in a gothic bâtarde on 26 long lines, lightly ruled in red ink (justification 85 x 48 mm.), 1-line initials in liquid gold on blue and brown grounds, 2-line initials of the same type with tracery infill, line endings of a similar type, 12 miniatures, seven surrounded by borders of blue acanthus and overlaid with a fine trellis decoration in liquid gold. Bound in a sixteenth-century (c. 1580?) Parisian gold-tooled olive morocco fanfare binding, covers with central oval cartouche and compartments formed with strapwork, the compartments filled with hatched foliate tools, leafy oak sprays, fleurons, acorns and winged angel heads (see Hobson, 1970, tool named “Tête d’angelot”), remnants of silk ties, the names “Francois Le Bigot” inscribed in gilt in the central oval cartouche on the upper cover and “Perrette d’Amours” on the lower cover, remnants of yellow silk ties, gilt edges, binding affords comparisons with the fanfare bindings made for Jacques-Auguste de Thou [see Hobson, 1970, in particular pp. 76-80, with the presence of the characteristic tool of ‘tête d’angelot’](Binding very slightly rubbed, spine intact although upper joint slightly cracked). Dimensions 143 x 100 mm. This exquisite small manuscript, a twin to a Book on Hours in the Comites Latentes Collection, includes 7 breathtaking camaïeu d'or miniatures. The miniatures have been attributed to Jean Fouquet himself (Tours, active c. 1420-1480), the celebrated French painter and illuminator who worked for Kings Charles VII and Louis XI, or his close circle. It was copied by the scribe Jean Dubrueil, along with seven other manuscripts by Jean Fouquet, Jean Bourdichon, and the Maître François. A French Renaissance “Fanfare” binding completes the delightful ensemble.PROVENANCE1. Probably made in the Loire Valley between 1465 and 1475 by an artist in the circle of Jean Fouquet, close to Fouquet himself. The core of the manuscript was likely copied by Jean Dubreuil, a scribe documented in Paris in 1450 and again in 1461 and who signed the Hours of Jacques de Langeac in 1466 (see Avril and Reynaud, 1993, pp. 45-46). The script of seven related Books of Hours made in the 1470s has been studied by T. Kren (2002). Including the present Horae, these Books of Hours share Jean Dubreuil as a common scribe, whose writing is characterized by very distinctive upper-case capitals. The calendar includes a number of local saints from Tours and Le Mans, including Saints Brice, bishop of Tours and Gacien, bishop of Tours; and for Le Mans, several archbishops, notably Alricius, Liborius, Pavacius and his translation, as well as Arsensius, abbot of Le Mans. At the end of 1www.lesenluminures-france1500.com