Jean Pucelle and Northern Gothic Art: New Evidence from Strasbourg Cathedral

Abstract

This article concerns the aesthetic influence of Northern Gothic sculpture on Pucelle's art. It explores how he integrated particular figures and iconographic themes from the Strasbourg Cathedral sculpture into the illumination of two manuscripts, the Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux and the Miracles de Notre Dame. Second, it demonstrates that he designed the south narthex window at Strasbourg Cathedral.

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Karen Gould

Karen Gould is a consultant in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. She is the author of The Psalter and Hours of Yolande of Soissons (1978) and articles on medieval manuscript illumination and codicology published in The Art Bulletin, Mediaeval Studies, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and Scriptorium [2602 La Ronde, Austin, Tex. 78731].