Les antiquités judaïques et le peintre Jean Foucquet
A 1908 Paris study by the count Paul Durrieu, published by Plon-Nourrit, examining the illuminated manuscripts of Flavius Josephus's Jewish Antiquities and their attribution to the French painter Jean Fouquet. The pictures are photographic reproductions of miniatures showing Roman-era scenes of battle, city streets, and horse-drawn carriages, with ornate gothic border decoration. A designer might draw on the framed page layouts, the calligraphic initials, and the tinted sepia palette of these medieval French illuminations.
