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Painted Prayers
This book features 107 of the finest examples of illuminated pages from medieval and Renaissance Books of Hours. Roger Wieck's comprehensive text introduces the Book of Hours -- a "bestseller" for three hundred years -- to the general reader, discussing its iconography, the artists who illuminated this genre, and its role as a religious text in the lives of its owners. As a collection of both stirring words and inspiring images, the Book of Hours thus comprised a series of "painted prayers".
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Picturing Piety
Two dozen Books of Hours mostly from the 15th and 16th centuries, with examples from France, the Netherlands and Belgium, are presented chronologically. Many are previously unknown and unpublished.
Miracles in Miniature
The Master of Claude de France was an illuminator active in the French city of Tours during the first two decades of the sixteenth century. He is named after two jewel-like manuscripts he painted for Queen Claude de France (1499-1524), first wife of King François I: a tiny Book of Hours (today owned by Heribert Tenschert) and an even tinier Prayer Book (today owned by the Morgan Library & Museum). Although we find traces of him possibly as early as 1498, he does not emerge as an independent artist until around 1508. He flourished in the second decade of the century -- when he illuminated the majority of his work, including the two codices for the queen -- and disappeared shortly after 1520....
The Visions of Tondal from the Library of Margaret of York
A discussion of the popular medieval story of a wealthy knight's dreamlike journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven.
Illuminating Faith
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, May 17-September 15, 2013.
Illuminating Fashion
A comprehensive study of dress in Northern Europe from the early fourteenth century to the beginning of the Renaissance,Illuminating Fashion is the first thorough study of the history of fashion in this period based solely on firmly dated or datable works of art. It draws on illuminated manuscripts, early printed books, tapestries, paintings, and sculpture from museums and libraries around the world. "Symbolism and metaphors are buried in the art of fashion," says Roger Wieck, the editor ofIlluminating Fashion. Examining the role of social customs and politics in influencing dress, at a time of rapid change in fashion, this fully illustrated volume demonstrates the richness of such symbolism...
Medieval Rural Life in the Luttrell Psalter
Attractive marginal illustrations in this celebrated psalter show scenes of life in medieval England: the annual cycle of growing crops, domestic animals, sports, pastimes, entertainers and musicians.
The Hours of Henry VIII
A product for the royal court of France, 'The Hours of Henry VIII' created around 1500 by Jean Poyet
