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Master of the Boqueteaux [Master of the Jean de Sy Bible; Master of the Umbrella-trees]
( fl c. 1350–80). French illuminator or group of illuminators. The name was first used by Martin, who identified the work of a single workshop in a number of Parisian manuscripts of the second half of the 14th century. The leading master was so-named after the little groups of trees, or copses (boqueteaux), with umbrella tops, that characterize the work of this school. Although the precise division of labour within the group is controversial, the manuscripts forming the main core of work attributable to a leading master, perhaps to more than one, have been established. Some more recent critics, however, have preferred the designation Master of the Jean de Sy Bible, considering that the characteristic tree motif was first introduced by the Remède de Fortune Master c. 1350 and quickly adopted by other Parisian illuminators.
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