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Gender, piety, and production in fourteenth-century English Apocalypse manuscripts / Renana Bartal.
Fine Arts Library ND3361.R5 B37 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartal, Renana, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Revelation--Illustrations.
- Bible.
- Bible. Revelation.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, English--14th century.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, English.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic--England--14th century.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic.
- Women art patrons--England--History--To 1500.
- Women art patrons.
- Women and literature--England--History--To 1500.
- Women and literature.
- Scriptoria.
- History.
- Artists and patrons.
- Women--Religious life.
- England.
- Women--Religious life--England--History--To 1500.
- Women.
- Artists and patrons--England--History--To 1500.
- Scriptoria--England--History--To 1500.
- England--Intellectual life--1066-1485.
- Intellectual life.
- Genre:
- History.
- Illustrated works.
- Pictures.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 181 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
- Summary:
- Gender, Piety, and Production in Fourteenth-Century English Apocalypse Manuscripts is the first in-depth study of three textually and iconographically diverse Apocalypses illustrated in England in the first half of the fourteenth century by a single group of artists. It offers a close look at a group of illuminators previously on the fringe of art historical scholarship, challenging the commonly-held perception of them as mere craftsmen at a time when both audiences and methods of production were becoming increasingly varied. Analyzing the manuscripts' codicological features, visual and textual programmes, and social contexts, it explores the mechanisms of a fourteenth-century commercial workshop and traces the customization of these books of the same genre to the needs and expectations of varied readers, revealing the crucial influence of their female audience. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of English medieval art, medieval manuscripts, and the medieval Apocalypse, as well as medievalists interested in late medieval spirituality and theology, medieval religious and intellectual culture, book patronage and ownership, and female patronage and ownership. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Seeing with spiritual eyes: The Pepys Apocalypse
- A book designed for a Lady: the Selden Apocalypse
- Knowledge and ascent: the Brussels Apocalypse
- Concluding remarks: the care of souls and the artist as author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472459114
- 1472459113
- OCLC:
- 930059135
- Publisher Number:
- 99970394747
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