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Britannica Concise

French manuscript illuminator. Little is known of his background, but his large workshop dominated Parisian painting in the early 14th cent., when he enjoyed court patronage and his work commanded high prices. His most celebrated work, the Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux (c.1325-28), a tiny private prayer book commissioned by the queen, featured numerous drolleries (marginal designs), a style he popularized, and reveals his genius for using sources from Italian and French art to give a playful tone to an essentially religious work.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pucelle Pu*celle", n. [F., fr. LL. pulicella, fr. L. pullus a young animal. See Pullet.] A maid; a virgin. [Written also pucel.] [Obs.] Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. --B. Jonson. La Pucelle, the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.