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Robert G. Calkins is Professor of History of Art at Cornell University. He has worked for nearly forty years on medieval manuscript illumination. This volume brings together eighteen of his papers, concentrating on late medieval manuscript illumination.The first section has seven studies examining the process of compiling an illuminated manuscript, as revealed by indications in the manuscripts themselves. The following section deals with the sequence and emphasis of text and image in the manuscripts. A final group offers detailed interpretations of a number of important later manuscripts.

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Author:   Robert G. Calkins
Publisher:   Pindar Press
Imprint:   Pindar Press
ISBN:  

9781904597407

ISBN 10:   1904597408
Pages:   538
Publication Date:   28 September 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction I Workshop Practices revealed by Codicology : The Brussels Hours Reevaluated An Italian in Paris: The Master of the Brussels Initials and His Participation in the French Book Industry Stages of Execution: Procedures of Illumination as Revealed in an Unfinished Book of Hours Traditions of Dutch Illumination Distribution of Labor -The Illuminators of the Hours of Catherine of Cleves and their Workshop Additional Lacunae in the Lambeth Bible Gerard Horenbout and His Associates: Illuminating Activities in Ghent 1480-1521 II. Sequence and Emphasis : Microforms and the Medieval Illuminated Manuscript Pictorial Emphasis in Early Biblical Manuscripts Decorative Sequence and Liturgical Crescendo in the Drogo Sacramentary Narrative in Image and Text in Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts III. Interpretations : The Master of the Franciscan Breviary Parallels between Incunabula and Manuscripts from the Circle of the Master of Catherine of Cleves The Question of the Origin of the Master of Catherine of Cleves Sacred Image and Illusion in Late Flemish Manuscripts Secular Objects and Their implications in Early Netherlandish Painting Piero de' Crescenzi and the Medieval Garden The Cathedral as Text Index

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Robert G. Calkins is Professor of History of Art at Cornell University. He has worked for nearly forty years on medieval manuscript illumination.

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