1st Edition

Medieval Texts and Images Studies of Manuscripts from the Middle Ages

Edited By Margaret M. Manion, Bernard J. Muir Copyright 1991
252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1991, Medieval Texts and Images is a collection of essays which critically examines medieval manuscripts. The book contains a wide range of contributions, the first examines the relationship of the Légende Dorée and its relationship to the aristocratic patrons who commissioned these manuscripts; the second scrutinises the tradition of French illumination as it was... Read more

Introduction

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of Colour Plates

List of Figures

1. Pictures for Aristocrats: the Manuscripts of the Légende dorée, Hilary Maddocks

2. Liturgy and Image: the Advent Minature in the Salisbury Breviary, Judith Pearce

3. The Significance if Text Scrolls: Towards a Descriptive Terminology, Alison R. Flett

4. The Rolin Master’s Hand in London BL MS Additional 25695, Peter Rolfe Monks

5. Renaissance Books and Raphael’s Disputa: Contextualising the Image, Cecilia O’Brien

6. An Unusual Pentecost Cycle in a Fourteenth Century Missal, Veronica Condon

7. A Minimally-intrusive Presence: Portraits in Illustration for Prayers to the Virgin, Joan Naughton

8. Reading Medieval Images: Two Miniatures in a Fifteenth Century Missal, Vera F. Vines

9. Editing the Exeter Book: A Progress Report, Bernard J. Muir

10. Art and Devotion: The Prayer-books of Jean de Berry, Margaret M. Manion

11. Et Verbum Caro Factum Est: The Prayer-book of Michelino da Besozzo, Katherine McDonald

General Index

Index of Manuscripts Cited

Index of Biblical References

Biography

Margaret M. Manion, Bernard J. Muir