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This psalter was copied and illuminated for the private devotions of Bonne of Luxembourg (1315-1349), daughter of the Bohemian king, the wife of Duke John of Normandy, subsequently King John II of France (John the Good, reigned 1350-1364). The book contains 150 psalms and a calendar.
The miniatures were produced by Jean Le Noir with the probable contribution of his daughter Bourgot. The miniatures are characterised by sensitive, noble lines, and their silhouettes and internal modelling are marked by graphic refinement and delicacy.
The two pages shown here illustrate an allegory of transience "The Story of the Three Quick and the Three Dead." While hunting, three young aristocrats arrive at a cemetery, where they encounter three corpses. The dead tell to them "what we are, you will be."
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