Jehan de Grise

Jehan de Grise (fl. 1325–1345) was a Flemish miniature painter and illuminator, active in Bruges. His workshop illuminated the manuscript Li romans du boin roi Alixandre ('The Romance of the Good King Alexander') between 1338 and 1344 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264), which contains early visual evidence of Mediaeval puppetry.

Gallery

• MS Bodley 264
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  Miniature (f.1r)
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  Animals as humans (f.21v)
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  Post mill (f.49r)
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  Alexander the Great in a glass diving-bell (f.50r)
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  Illuminated border depicting a puppet show (f.54v)
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  Hares hunting humans (f.81v)
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  Hare hunting a man (f.81v)
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  Maiden presents kneeling knight with swan-crested helmet (f.101v)
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  Miniature and illumination (f.201r)
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  Meat on spit

See also

• Alexander Romance

Sources

• Gepp-Labusiak, Miriam (2021). "Grise, Jean de". Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (online ed.). Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur. Retrieved 29 May 2023 – via De Gruyter.
• Smeyers, M. (1991). "Jean de Grise". Enciclopedia dell' Arte Medievale (online ed.). Treccani. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
• "Jehan de Grise". World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts (online ed.). Union Internationale de la Marionnette. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

External links

• "Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264". Digital Bodleian. University of Oxford.
• "Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, pt. I". Digital Bodleian. University of Oxford.
• "Jean de Gris". Poppentheater-ABC. Poppenspelmuseum.
• Media related to Jehan de Grise at Wikimedia Commons