Illuminated manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. 1. German, Dutch, Flemish, French and Spanish schools
Title | Illuminated manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. 1. German, Dutch, Flemish, French and Spanish schools PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan J. G. Alexander |
Publisher | |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1966 |
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Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. 1-.
Title | Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. 1-. PDF eBook |
Author | Otto Pächt |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1969 |
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Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford - Volume 1
Title | Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford - Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1996-01-01 |
Genre | Illumination of books and manuscripts |
ISBN | 9780198171515 |
Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: German, Dutch, Flemish, French and Spanish schools
Title | Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: German, Dutch, Flemish, French and Spanish schools PDF eBook |
Author | Bodleian Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Illumination of books and manuscripts |
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Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work
Title | Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan James Graham Alexander |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 1992-01-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780300060737 |
Who were the medieval illuminators? How were their hand-produced books illustrated and decorated? In this beautiful book Jonathan Alexander presents a survey of manuscript illumination throughout Europe from the fourth to the sixteenth century. He discusses the social and historical context of the illuminators' lives, considers their methods of work, and presents a series of case studies to show the range and nature of the visual sources and the ways in which they were adapted, copied, or created anew. Alexander explains that in the early period, Christian monasteries and churches were the main centers for the copying of manuscripts, and so the majority of illuminators were monks working in and for their own monasteries. From the eleventh century, lay scribes and illuminators became increasingly numerous, and by the thirteenth century, professional illuminators dominated the field. During this later period, illuminators were able to travel in search of work and to acquire new ideas, they joined guilds with scribes or with artists in the cities, and their ranks included nuns and secular women. Work was regularly collaborative, and the craft was learned through an apprenticeship system. Alexander carefully analyzes surviving manuscripts and medieval treatises in order to explain the complex and time-consuming technical processes of illumination - its materials, methods, tools, choice of illustration, and execution. From rare surviving contracts, he deduces the preoccupation of patrons with materials and schedules. Illustrating his discussion with examples chosen from religious and secular manuscripts made all over Europe, Alexander recreates the astonishing variety and creativity ofmedieval illumination. His book will be a standard reference for years to come.
Light in Darkness
Title | Light in Darkness PDF eBook |
Author | Alyssa Lyra Pitstick |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 475 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0802807550 |
Alyssa Lyra Pitstick's 'Light in Darkness' - the comprehensive treatment of Balthasar's theology of Holy Saturday - draws on the multiple yet unified resource of authoritative Catholic teaching on Christ's descent to challenge Balthasar's conclusions.
The Mirroure of the Worlde
Title | The Mirroure of the Worlde PDF eBook |
Author | Bodleian Library Staff |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 670 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780802036131 |
Makes available for the first time the unique text in the fifteenth-century British manuscript, MS. Bodley 283, which is among the last and largest works in the tradition of lay religious instruction mandated by the Fourth Lateran Council.