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Silver saints : prayers and badges in late medieval books / Hanneke van Asperen.
Fine Arts Library CJ5793.R34 A87 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asperen, Hanneke van, author.
- Series:
- Nijmeegse kunsthistorische studies ; d. 26.
- Nijmegen art historical studies ; XXVI
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious medals--Europe--History.
- Religious medals.
- Pilgrim badges--Europe--History.
- Pilgrim badges.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
- Prayer books.
- History.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 432 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles ; 29 cm.
- Other Title:
- Prayers and badges in late medieval books
- Place of Publication:
- Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021]
- Summary:
- Late medieval books served as treasure chests for all kinds of religious keepsakes, notably small metal badges. Devotees sewed these religious badges and pilgrimage souvenirs to the parchment of their treasured devotional books and manuscript illuminators depicted silver and gilt badges in the margins as if they are sewn to the pages. Medieval manuscripts are often admired for their aesthetic qualities, but many of them also served a practical use as instruments for the physical and mental wellbeing of the owners and their families. Manuscripts and incunabula containing metal badges illustrate how the owners used their books, which texts they favored, but also who collected badges and why. The depicted badges that only appear in richly illuminated and expensive manuscripts expand the knowledge of these metal objects that have been passed down in small numbers only. The painted motifs that have a more decorative and structuring role in the book fulfilled different functions than the original badges. 'Silver Saints' discusses the religious life of lay people in the late Middle Ages and the meaning of badges in books, both the painted motifs in beautifully decorated manuscripts and many traces of original badges.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION
- Badges in Books
- Traces in Books
- Questions about Badges
- Original Badges
- Painted Badges
- Historiographical Survey
- Sources
- The Corpus
- The Structure
- I. ORIGINAL BADGES
- ch. 1 Badges and Their Owners
- Framing Badges
- Badges to Books
- Used books
- Books for the Laity
- Books from Convents
- ch. 2 Treasures and Bookmarks
- Devotional Treasure
- Bookmark
- The Virgin and the Saints
- The Communion of Saints
- The Cult Image
- Sanctifying Pilgrimage
- Protection
- Completing the Book
- II. PAINTED BADGES
- ch. 3 Paint and Illusion
- The Localization Ghent-Bruges
- A. G&A Hours
- B1. Cleveland Hours
- B2. Breviary of Eleanor of Portugal
- B3. Quarre Hours
- C. Cleves Hours
- D1. Castile Hours
- D2. Borgia Hours
- E. Soane Hours
- F. Brussels Hours
- Painters and their Models
- Additional Sources
- ch. 4 Motif and Meaning
- Structuring the Book
- Piety and Prestige
- Badges and Prototypes
- Provenance and Destination
- Excursion 1 Badges and the Rosary
- Excursion 2 Shells of St James
- Back to Badges
- EPILOGUE: ORIGINAL AND PAINTED: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME MEDAL?
- Badges in Manuscripts
- Original and Representation
- Value
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-415) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9782503580203
- 2503580203
- OCLC:
- 1269197059
- Publisher Number:
- 99989675169
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