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Picturing kingship : history and painting in the Psalter of Saint Louis / Harvey Stahl.
Fine Arts Library ND3357.S3 S83 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stahl, Harvey.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psalters--Illustrations.
- Psalters.
- Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Illustrations.
- Catholic Church.
- Liturgics.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, French.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic--France.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic.
- France.
- Psautier de saint Louis.
- Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270.
- Louis.
- Bibliothèque nationale (France).
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Pictures.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 371 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Introduction: the manuscript and its history
- The physical manuscript
- The artists and their paintings
- Constructions and readings
- Psalters and the Old Testament
- A royal program
- Conclusion: the King and his psalter
- Appendixes: Description
- Legends
- The calendar (folios 79r-84v)
- Text signatures and catchwords
- Concordance of attributions
- The previous binding and its textile covering
- Prefatory miniatures: working groups with physical variables
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-350) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271028637
- 0271028637
- OCLC:
- 137324988
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