Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their techniqueMiddleton, J. H. (John Henry)
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Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their technique
Middleton, J. H. (John Henry)
Illumination of books and manuscripts; Manuscripts
" 9 " 60. Miniature from a Byzantine manuscript of the eleventh
century; a remarkable example of artistic decadence.
" 10 " 63. An initial P of the Celtic-Carolingian type, of the
school of Alcuin of York.
" 11 " 64. An initial B of the Celtic-Carolingian type.
" 12 " 66. Miniature of Christ in Majesty from a manuscript of
the school of Alcuin, written for Charles the Great.
" 13 " 68. A cope made of silk from the loom of an Oriental
weaver.
" 14 " 71. King Lothair enthroned; a miniature from a manuscript
about the year 845 A.D.
" 15 " 73. Illumination in pen outline, from a manuscript
written in the ninth century at St Gallen. It
represents David riding out against his enemies.
Figs. 16 and 17, pages 74 and 75. Subject countries doing homage to
the Emperor Otho II.; from a manuscript of the
_Gospels_.
Fig. 18, page 77. Miniature of the Evangelist Saint Mark; from a
manuscript of the _Gospels_.
" 19 " 78. Miniature of the Crucifixion from a German manuscript
of the eleventh century; showing extreme
artistic decadence.
" 20 " 91. Miniature from the _Gospels_ of MacDurnan of the
ninth century.
" 21 " 100. Miniature from the _Benedictional_ of Aethelwold;
written and illuminated by a monastic scribe at
Winchester.
" 22 " 127. A page from the _Psalter_ of Saint Louis,
written about the year 1260, by a French scribe.
" 23 " 130. Miniature representing King Conrad of Bohemia,
with an attendant, hawking.
" 24 " 132. Scene of the martyrdom of Saint Benedicta from a
_Martyrology_ of about 1312.
" 25 " 134. Miniature of the Birth of the Virgin painted by the
illuminator Jacquemart de Odin for the Duc de
Berri. The border is of the characteristic French
or Franco-Flemish style.
" 26 " 142. Miniature executed for King René of Anjou about
1475.
" 27 " 145. Miniature of the Marriage of the B. V. Mary from a
French manuscript of about 1480, with details in
the style of the Italian Renaissance.
" 28 " 146. Border illumination from a _Book of Hours_ by
Jacquemart de Odin which belonged to the Duc de
Berri; see fig. 25.
" 29 " 155. A page from the _Missal_ of the Emperor Henry II.
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