The Council of Clermont
Jean Colombe · 1474
Why it's great
In 1095 Pope Urban II gives a famous speech at Clermont that started the First Crusade, and the crowd shouts 'God wills it!' This illustration comes from a French manuscript made around 1474.
🏛️ Part of history
The Crusades (1095–1291) — In 1095 Pope Urban II gives a famous speech at Clermont that started the First Crusade, and the crowd shouts 'God wills it!' This illustration comes from a French manuscript made around 1474.
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Jean Colombe was a French manuscript painter born in Bourges around 1430. He worked for the Duke of Savoy and finished the famous Très Riches Heures, and he painted beautiful illustrated histories for noble patrons. He lived in Bourges and died there around 1493.
