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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

Name: Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their technique
Author: Middleton, J. H. (John Henry)

Middleton, J. H. (John Henry)

Illumination of books and manuscripts; Manuscripts

"   30   "   156.  Figure of King David from a stained glass window
                      in the Cathedral of Augsburg, dating from 1065.

   "   31   "   157.  Miniature from an eleventh century manuscript of
                      the _Gospels_, by a German illuminator.

   "   32   "   159.  An initial S, illuminated with foliage of the
                      Northumbrian type, from a German manuscript of the
                      twelfth century.

   "   33   "   160.  Miniature of the Annunciation from a German
                      manuscript of the beginning of the thirteenth
                      century.

   "   34   "   161.  Page of a Kalendar from a German _Psalter_ of about
                      1200 A.D.

   "   35   "   163.  Initial Y from a German manuscript of the beginning
                      of the thirteenth century, with a most graceful
                      and fanciful combination of figures and foliage.

   "   36   "   164.  Paintings on the vault of the church of St Michael at
                      Hildesheim, closely resembling in style an
                      illuminated page in a manuscript.

   "   37   "   166.  Miniatures of Italian style from a German manuscript
                      of 1312, showing the influence of Florentine
                      art on the illuminators of southern France.

   "   38   "   168.  Miniature symbolizing the month of April from the
                      Kalendar of the Grimani _Breviary_, executed about
                      1496.

   "   39   "   170.  A page from the _Book of Hours_ of King René,
                      painted about 1480.

   "   40   "   171.  A page from a _Book of Hours_ at Vienna, of the
                      finest Flemish style.

   "   41   "   173.  Marginal illumination of very beautiful and refined
                      style from a manuscript executed for King Wenzel
                      of Bohemia about the year 1390.

   "   42   "   174.  Miniature of Duke Baldwin, painted about the year
                      1450 by an illuminator of the school of the Van
                      Eycks of Bruges.

   "   43   "   176.  Retable painted by Martin Schöngauer, in the style
                      of a manuscript illumination.

   "   44   "   177.  An altar-piece of the Cologne school, showing the
                      influence of manuscript illumination on the painters
                      of panel-pictures, especially retables.

   "   45   "   179.  Wing of a triptych, with a figure of St Elizabeth
                      of Hungary, painted by the elder Hans Holbein;
                      this illustrates the influence on painting of the
                      styles of manuscript illumination at the beginning
                      of the sixteenth century.

   "   46   "   180.  Illuminated border drawn by Albert Dürer in 1515.

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