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Book Review
Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1022-25
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Reviewer:
Daniotti, Claudia (Daniotti, Claudia)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Alexander the Great / Legends / History / Greek history / Manuscripts / Classical literature / Literature
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth Edited by Richard Stoneman with Ursula Sims-Williams, Adrian S. Edwards and Peter Toth. 304 pp. incl. over 200 col. ills. (British Library Publishing, London, 2022), £40. ISBN 978–0–7123–5476–9. | :
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Attributed works:
4. Alexander enters the Land of Darkness from Jami’ al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), by Rashid al-Din. c.1314. Paper, 45 by 33.1 cm. (Edinburgh University Library, MS Or. 20, f.19r).
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5. Roman copper medallion (contorniate) showing Olympias and the serpent. Rome, late 4th–early 5th century. Copper alloy and silver, diameter 1.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. Alexander explores the ocean depths, from the Roman d’Alexandre en Prose. Paris, 1420–25. Parchment, 28.5 by 19.5 cm. (British Library, London, MS Royal 20 B.XX, f.77v).
Exhibition Review
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War. British Library, London
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 143-146
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Reviewer:
Naismith, Rory (Naismith, Rory)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Books / Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts / Documents / Maps / Coins / Jewellery / Sculpture
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / Cultural history / Poetry / Ruthwell Cross, Cumbria, Great Britain / Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London) / Psalters / Correspondence
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Illustration of Psalm 13, from the Harley Psalter. c.1000–50. Parchment, 38 by 31 cm. (British Library, London; MS 603, fol.7v).
Western art unattributed:
6. Sundial. Tenth century. Gold and silver, 6.1 by 1.6 cm. (Canterbury Cathedral; exh. British Library, London).
Western art unattributed:
7. Portrait of the prophet Ezra, from Codex Amiatinus. Before 716. Parchment, approx. 50.5 by 34 cm. (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MS Amiatino 1, fol. Vr; exh. British Library, London).
Obituary
Chris Michaelides (1949–2017)
10/2017 | 1375 | 159
Pages: 821
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Author:
Kent, Graham (Kent, Graham)
Subjects
subjects:
Michaelides, Chris, London , Great Britain / Curators / British Library, London, Great Britain
Article
The Art of Conservation I: Theodore de Mayerne, the King’s black paintings and seventeenth- century methods of restoring and conserving paintings
10/2015 | 1351 | 157
Pages: 700-708
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Author:
Kern, Ulrike (Kern, Ulrike)
Subjects
art literature:
Turquet de Mayerne, Théodore
dates:
1620-1629 / 1630-1639 / 1640-1649
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Conservation / Techniques / Manuscripts / Scientific analysis
subjects:
Manuals / Collections, Public
subjects:
Restoration (process)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Portrait of Theodore de Mayerne, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1631 (British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
32. Portrait of Theodore de Mayerne, attributed to Paul van Somer. Probably after 1625 (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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33. Title page of Theodore de Mayerne: Pictoria, sculptoria et quae subalternarum artium.1620-46 (British Library, London; MS Sloane 2052, fol.2r)
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34. Watercolour samples from Theodore de Mayerne: Pictoria, sculptoria et quae subalternarum artium.1620-46 (British Library, London; MS Sloane 2052, fol.26r)
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35. Theodore de Mayerne: Pictoria, sculptoria et quae subalternarum artium.1620-46 (British Library, London; MS Sloane 2052, fol.5r)
Article
The architect and the philhellene: newly discovered designs by John Nash for Frederick North’s London house
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 445-451
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Author:
Bradney, Jane (Bradney, Jane)
Author:
Hetherington, Paul (Hetherington, Paul; Hetherington, P. B.; H., P.; Hetherington, P.)
Subjects
artists:
Nash, John, 1752-1835
dates:
1810-1819
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
patrons:
North, Frederick, Fifth Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827
places:
Carlton House Terrace, London, Great Britain / London
subjects:
Architectural drawings / British architecture / Collections, Public / Houses
subjects:
Commissions / Unexecuted designs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Projected plan for southern end of 'The new street' opposite Carlton House, now Waterloo Place, by John Nash (British Library, London)
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34. Design for façade with two-storey temple front for Frederick North's house, by John Nash (British Library, London)
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35. Design for façade with single-storey temple front for Frederick North's house, by John Nash (British Library, London)
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36. Ground plan for Frederick North's house and conservatory, by John Nash (British Library, London)
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37. Plan of first floor of Frederick North's house and conservatory, by John Nash (British Library, London)
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38. Waterloo Place, looking towards Regent Street, from a drawing by Thomas H. Shepherd (From Metropolitan improvements; or London in the nineteenth century, London n.d.)
Exhibition Review
Royal manuscripts. London
04/2012 | 1309 | 154
Pages: 287-289
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Reviewer:
Watson, Rowan (Watson, Rowan)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
places:
London / England
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Collections, Private / Collections, Public
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination | institution: British Library
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
55. Roll with a genealogical chronicle of the kings of England, showing the descent of the dukes of Normandy. East Anglia?, c.1300–07. Acquired by Prince Henry (d.1612). (British Library, London, Royal 14.B.vi).
Western art unattributed:
56. Portrait of Vincent de Beauvais, author of the Latin version of the Miroir historial. Bruges, c.1478–80. Acquired by Edward IV. (British Library, London, Royal 14.E.i).
Western art unattributed:
57. Coronation of Henry III, from a series of portraits of English kings. England, c.1280–1300. Acquired by Robert Cotton (d.1635) and bequeathed to the nation in 1702. (British Library, London, Cotton, Vitellus A.xiii).
Book Review
Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria. A Mirror to the World
11/2010 | 1292 | 152
Pages: 751-752
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Reviewer:
Scarisbrick, Diana (Scarisbrick, Diana)
Subjects
dates:
1800-1899
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
places:
United States / United Kingdom / Great Britain / England
print:
Jewellery
subjects:
Jewellery / Victorian / Collections, Public / Collections, Private
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria. A Mirror to the World | author: Gere, Charlotte , author: Rudoe, Judy
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
64. Flower bouquet jewel, probably a hair ornament. ?English, c.1850. Gold and diamond, 9.4 cm. high. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Points of View. London
03/2010 | 1284 | 152
Pages: 194-195
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Reviewer:
Ford, Colin (Ford, Colin)
Subjects
dates:
1850-1899 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain / British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
print:
Photography
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Collections, Public / Photographs
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Points of View: Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs | institution: British Library
Illustrations
Attributed works:
54. Portrait of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, by Alice Mary Kerr. c.1865. Albumen print, 19.7 by 14.3 cm. (British Library, London)
Western art unattributed:
53. Printing Kodak negatives by sunlight, building 2, Harrow. Unknown photographer. 1891. Toned silver gelatine print, 18.9 by 24 cm. (British Library, London).
Publication Received
The Holkham Bible Picture Book. A Facsimile
04/2008 | 1261 | 150
Pages: 267-268
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
Subjects
buildings:
Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, Great Britain
dates:
1300-1349
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Facsimiles / Illustrated books
subjects:
English / British
works:
Bible
Reviewed Items
works:
The Holkham Bible Picture Book. A Facsimile | introduction by: Brown, Michelle P.
Publication Received
The World of the Luttrell Psalter
01/2008 | 1258 | 150
Pages: 42
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Reviewer:
Oakden, Helen (Oakden, Helen)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscript illumination / Exhibitions
subjects:
Collections, Public
works:
Luttrell Psalter (British Library, London)
Reviewed Items
works:
The World of the Luttrell Psalter | author: Brown, Michelle P.
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