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Triumphal Entry - Jean de Berry's Book of Hours

Triumphal Entry - Jean de Berry's Book of Hours Philosophy Visual Arts

Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which occurred less than a week before he died, is depicted in this illumination from Jean de Berry's Book of Hours (Les très belles heures de Notre-Dame). 

The illumination on parchment, c. 1409, is now owned by a museum (the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Madama) in Turin, Italy.

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Image online, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

 

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