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.

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):

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.

Marginal illustrations.

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

Manuscripts, French.

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

Morgan Library & Museum.

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

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--Romances--History and criticism.

Alexander.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25083-2

OCLC:

857769686

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004250833 DOI