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"tombstone": "Leaf from Jehan de Courcy's \"Chronique Universelle\": King Priam Meets Helen and Paris outside the Gates of Troy, c. 1470. Northeastern France, 15th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 36.3 x 27.2 cm (14 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1945.16",
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"title": "Leaf from Jehan de Courcy's \"Chronique Universelle\": King Priam Meets Helen and Paris outside the Gates of Troy",
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"department": "Medieval Art",
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"title": "Exhibition of the Month: The Romantic Spirit",
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"title": "The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection",
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"description": "Pittsburg, Carnegie Institute, \"French Painting, 1100-1900\" October 18-December 2, 1951; cat. no. 17 repr.",
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"description": "Berkely, University Art Gallery, University of California,\"Pages from Medeival and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts,\" Apro; 24-June 8, 1963; an exhibition organized by William Mathewson Milliken, cat. no. 26, repr. 33.",
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"description": "This miniature depicts the event that started the Trojan War. Helen, a Greek princess famous for her beauty, was loved by the Trojan prince Paris, who carried her off to Troy. Here she is presented to Priam, the King of Troy and father of Paris, outside the city gates. The leaf comes from Jehan de Courcy\u2019s History of Greece and Rome, which relates the events of human history from the Creation to the birth of Christ. This work is also known as the Chronique Universelle (History of the World) de la Bouquechardi\u00e8re, a name that derives from the lands owned by Jehan de Courcy. Secular histories in the late Middle Ages were in great demand among aristocratic patrons.",
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"citation": "The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.",
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"citation": "Milliken, William. \"The 'Matter of Troy.'\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 32, no. 7 (September 1945): 135-137.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 135",
"url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141225"
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 185",
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