Images, texts, and marginalia in a "Vows of the peacock" manuscript (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS G24) : with a complete concordance and catalogue of peacock manuscripts / by Domenic Leo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leo, Domenic.

Contributor:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Series:

Library of the written word ; 28.

Library of the written word. Manuscript world ; v. 5.

Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 28. The manuscript world ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jacques, de Longuyon, active 1290-1312. Voeux du paon.

Jacques.

Brisebare, -approximately 1340. Restor du paon.

Brisebare.

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

Morgan Library & Museum--Manuscript--G.24.

Morgan Library & Museum.

Morgan Library & Museum--Manuscript--G.24--Illustrations.

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--Romances--History and criticism.

Alexander.

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--Romances--Illustrations.

Jacques, de Longuyon, active 1290-1312.

Brisebare, -approximately 1340.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.

Marginal illustrations.

Manuscripts, French--New York (State)--New York.

Manuscripts, French.

Romances.

New York (State)--New York.

Local Subjects:

Jacques, de Longuyon, active 1290-1312.

Brisebare, -approximately 1340.

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Summary:

"The "Vows of the Peacock"--Written in 1312 and dedicated to Thibaut de Bar, bishop of Liège - recounts how Alexander the Great comes to the aid of a family of aristocrats threatened by Indians. The poem remained popular throughout the fourteenth century and was soon followed by two sequels. Twenty-six illuminated manuscripts constitute part of a catalogue and concordance of all Peacock manuscripts. One of the most provocative, (PML, MS G24), has twenty-two miniatures which illustrate chivalry and courtly love, as epitomized in the text. An unusually high number of scurrilous marginalia, however, surround them. An interdisciplinary exploration of iconography, reception, image-text-marginalia dynamics, and context reveals their ultimate polysemy as scatological comedians and serious harbingers of sin."

Contents:

The Glazier Peacock : texts, authors, and patrons

The Glazier Peacock : artists

The Glazier Peacock : miniatures

The Glazier Peacock : marginalia

The Glazier Peacock : festivities

The Glazier Peacock : texts, images, and heresy

The Glazier Peacock : conclusion

Peacock cycle manuscripts : a concordance of miniatures

Catalogue of manuscripts

Appendix 1. Concordance of tituli

Appendix 2. Arse-generated humor proverbial phrases

Appendix 3. Pierart dou Tielt

Appendix 4. Comparison table for proverbs in the marginalia

Appendix 5. Comparison table for obscenae in the marginalia

Bibliography

Index of marginalia

Color plates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-390) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789004250031

9004250034

9004250832

9789004250833

OCLC:

852808647

Publisher Number:

99967012789