A supplement to Koert van der Horst, Illuminated and decorated medieval manuscripts in the University Library, Utrecht (1989). Vol. 1: Manuscripts acquired 1989-2011; Loose manuscript fragments (first section). (original) (raw)
New Perspectives on Flemish Illumination, Conference Proceedings, Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts 22, Eds. By Lieve Watteeuw, Jan Van der Stock, Bernard Bousmanne and Dominique Vanwijnsberghe, Peeters Publishers Leuven - Paris - Bristol CT, 2018. With contributions of Till-Holger Borchert, Dominique Vanwijnsberghe and Erik Verroken, Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Catherine Reynolds, Gregory T. Clarck, Alison Stones, Dominique R. Delarue, Lynn F. Jacobs, Griet Steyaert, Elisabeth Morrison, Ann Margreet As-Vijvers, Mara Hofmann, Anne Dubois, Lieve Watteeuw and Marina Van Bos, Nancy Turner with Catherine Schmitt-Patterson ISBN 978-90-429-3203-6 http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=9945 Introduction The fifteenth century represents both the high point of Flemish miniature painting and a turning point in the history of the medieval manuscript. The art of illumination enjoyed unprecedented success in the Burgundian Netherlands. From the accession of John the Fearless (1404) until the death of Mary of Burgundy (1482), skilled craftsmen, copyists, bookbinders and illuminators played a vital role in producing books of exceptional quality in wealthy cities like Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, Valenciennes, Lille and Tournai. As an engaged patron and erudite bibliophile, Philip the Good (1396-1467) – the third Burgundian heir of the House of Valois – gave a significant boost to book production in all its forms. Not only the ducal family and members of the Order of the Golden Fleece, but also knights, clerics and the urban middle class placed orders with talented illuminators such as Lieven van Lathem, Simon Marmion, Willem Vrelant, Jean de Tavernier and the Master of Wavrin. In 1959, Léon Delaissé published The Flemish miniature: The patronage of Philip the Good, a groundbreaking publication that summarized his many years of scientific research in the manuscripts department of the Royal Library of Belgium. Now, more than fifty years later, our knowledge of the illuminated manuscript in the Southern Netherlands during the Burgundian period has grown enormously, thanks primarily to new research methods and questions. Through traditional approaches such as connoisseurship and codicology, the chronological and geographical spread of book production has been further refined. Additionally, much attention has been paid in recent years to historical context, the organisation of trades, specific working methods in the studio and the complex relationship between text and image. The role of the patron is crucial in the production, use and distribution of illuminated codices. This volume of essays aims to give an overview of the current state of the research and the new perspectives it offers. Under the joint leadership of the Manuscripts Department of the Royal Library of Belgium and of Illuminare, the Study Centre for Medieval Art at the University of Leuven, this publication collects a series of studies that reflect the richness and artistic interactions in this unique period. Lieve Watteeuw & Jan Van der Stock, Illuminare, Centre for the Study of Medieval Art, University of Leuven Bernard Bousmanne, Royal Library of Belgium Dominique Van Wijnsberghe, Royal Institute for Artistic Heritage
Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts in Leeds University Library, (2017), pp. 1-11
This is a brief introductory guide to the medieval illuminated manuscripts in Leeds University Library.* An earlier online version of the text can be found at: hIps://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collecKons-illuminated-medieval-manuscripts where I have described all illuminated pages with iconographic content in the collecKon, as well as several decoraKve pages; the descripKons and the digiKsed images can be viewed at the above address (click on Contents > More (this opens a drop-down menu) > choose an individual manuscript).
Illuminated Manuscripts Syllabus, Oberlin College, Fall '13
We will study the European illuminated manuscript from its origins in late antiquity to its final contest with the printed book. The class will take multiple perspectives, including medium, makers and patrons, and various types of book. We will make frequent use of works in Oberlin's collections.
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This article analyses music manuscript Mar. F 406, originally from the collection of St Mary’s church in the Main Town (Rechtstadt) of Gdańsk, now kept at the Gdańsk Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The codex is a compilation of liturgical chants. This article offers the first analytical study of the source undertaken from the perspective of the history of art, with a discussion of the character and quality of the gouache and calligraphic ornaments. These decorations are presented in the wider context of illumination art in fifteenth-century Gdańsk. Stylistic and comparative analyses were supported by non-invasive XRF and IR examination. The physical characteristics of the volume, along with the results of parallel musicological studies (Piotr Ziółkowski and Kamil Watkowski), make it possible to present a new chronology of the manuscript’s compilation, distinguish the individual illuminators’ hands and obtain knowledge of the techniques and practice of the scriptorium in G...