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Portuguese studies on Medieval illuminated manuscripts / edited by Maria Adelaide Miranda and Alicia Miguélez Cavero.

Fine Arts Library ND2920 .P67 2014
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  • Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
xv, 194 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Distribution:
Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols.
Place of Publication:
Barcelona ; Madrid : Fédération internationale des instituts d'études médiévales, 2014.
Language Note:
4 contributions in English and 4 in French.
Summary:
Comprises the most recent studies on illuminated manuscripts carried out by the research group "Medieval texts and images," coordinated by Prof. Maria Adelaide Miranda of the Institute for Medieval Studies (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). New approaches and methodologies have been explored in order to carry out innovative and interdisciplinary research. The research group has become a leader in research on illuminated manuscripts in Portugal and is now one of the largest of such groups in the Iberian Peninsula.
Contents:
  • Secrets et découvertes, en couleur, dans les manuscrits enluminés / Maria Adelaide Miranda, Maria João Melo
  • The secrets behind the colour of The book of birds / Rita Castro, Maria João Melo, Maria Adelaide Miranda
  • Mapping the history of a map : fortunes and misfortunes of the Lorvão Beatus world map / Alicia Miguélez Cavero
  • Un manuscrit des Décrétales de Grégoire IX à l'usage de l'université de Toulouse conservé dans les Archives nationales de la Torre do Tombo à Lisbonne : quelques aspects iconographiques / Maria Alessandra Bilotta
  • Le Compendium theologicae veritatis de l'abbaye d'Albobaça / Catarina Fernandes Barreira
  • The children of Mercury : the image of the artist and the scientist in medieval astrological texts and iconography / Luís Ribeiro
  • Regards croisés des historiens de l'art et des chimistes sur deux livres d'Heures de la Bibliothèque nationale du Portugal, les mss IL15 et IL19 / Ana Lemos, Rita Araújo, Conceição Casanova, Maria João Melo, Vânia S.F. Muralha
  • Tradition and modernity in Portuguese Hebrew book art of the late 15th century / Luís U. Afonso, Tïago Moita
  • Index of manuscripts
  • Index of antique and medieval authors.
Notes:
  • Papers presented at the annual Colloque of the Fédération internationale des instituts d'études médiévales, held in Porto, Portugal, in 2013.
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
  • 9782503554730
  • 2503554733
OCLC:
919080307
Publisher Number:
  • 99965879546
  • 9782503554730
Online:
The Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund Home Page

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