Jehan de Grise

Jehan de Grise^[a] (fl. 1325–1345) was a Flemish miniature painter and illuminator, active in Bruges.^[1][2] 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 Medieval puppetry.^[1][3]

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

Notes

1. Also spelt Iehan de Grise, Jean de Grise, Jean de Gryse, and otherwise.^[1]