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Book Review
Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1244-1246
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Reviewer:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
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Reviewed Items
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Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster Edited by Gerhard Lutz. 180 pp. incl. 100 col. ills. (Cleveland Museum of Art and D. Giles Limited, Lewes, 2023), £21.95. ISBN 978–1–913875–43–5. | :
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Attributed works:
1. St Jerome and the lion, by Tilman Riemenschneider. c.1495. Alabaster with traces of paint and gilding, 37.8 by 28.1 by 15.9 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Western art unattributed:
2. St George and the dragon. English, c.1400. Alabaster, painted and gilded, 81.5 by 60.5 by 20.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Article
The Nobili altarpiece from S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 14-25
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Gordon, Dillian (Gordon, Dillian)
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1. Hypothetical reconstruction of the Nobili altarpiece, S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence, by Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood. Reconstruction by the author with Rachel Billinge. Main tier: Virgin and Child enthroned with Sts John the Evangelist, John the Baptist, James and Bartholomew, each panel: 186 by 70 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin). Predella: left to right Bernardo di Cino Bartolini de’ Nobili and his sons (see Fig.6); Feast of Herod, Crucifixion and St James and the sorcerer Hermogenes, each panel 43 by 67 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris); Piera degli Albizzi and her daughters (see Fig.7). Pinnacles: Angel Gabriel; Blessing Redeemer; Annunciate Virgin, each panel 67.3 by 30.5 cm. (Collezione Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti, on permanent loan to Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino). Pilasters: Outer left side, top to bottom Deacon saint (see Fig.9); Mary Magdalene (see Fig.8); and Baptism of Christ (see Fig.3). Inner left side, top to bottom St Peter (see Fig.9); and St Benedict (see Fig.8). Inner right side St Paul (see Fig.9); and St Bernard (see Fig.8). Outer right side Bishop saint (see Fig.9); St Catherine (see Fig.8); and Hermogenes throwing books on sorcery into a river (see Fig.4).
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10. Virgin and Child with Sts Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels, by Agnolo Gaddi. c.1387. Tempera on poplar panel, left panel 197 by 80 cm.; middle panel 204 by 80 cm.; right panel 194.6 by 80 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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2. Nobili arms as granted to Bernardo di Cino by Charles V of France in 1379 (repr. R. Ciabani: Le famiglie di Firenze, Florence 1992, III, p.806).
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3. Baptism of Christ, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on panel, 38.4 by 28.7cm. (National Gallery, London).
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4. Hermogenes throwing books on sorcery into a river, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on panel, 30.00 by 21.6 cm. (Alana Collection, Newark DE).
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5. Detail of Fig.6.
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6. Bernardo di Cino Bartolini de’ Nobili and his sons, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood, 38.1 by 28.9 cm. (Richard L. Feigen Collection, New York).
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7. Piera degli Albizzi and her daughters, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood, 27.4 by 21.7 cm. (Alana Collection, Newark DE).
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8. St Mary Magdalene (73.5 by 19cm.); St Benedict (73.7 by 19.4 cm.); St Bernard of Clairvaux (73.7 by 20 cm.), by Agnolo Gaddi. St Catherine of Alexandria (73.6 by 19.4 cm.), by Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco. 1387. Tempera on wood; all now framed together as a single unit. (Clowes Collection, Indianapolis/Newfields Museum of Art).
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9. Bishop saint, St Peter, St Paul and Deacon saint, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Now framed together as a single unit, 55.8 by 75 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; formerly in Göttingen Universitätsmuseum).
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11. Charles V of France and his sons, the future Charles VI, and Louis d’Orléans, with Sts John the Baptist, Charlemagne and Louis of Toulouse; Eighteenth-century watercolour copy of parts of an embroidery once belonging to the duc de Berry. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, Réserve, OA 13, fol.16, Gaignières 444).
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12. Queen Jeanne de Bourbon with two of her daughters and Sts Catherine and Louis of France. c.1374. Eighteenth-century watercolour copy of parts of an embroidery once belonging to the duc de Berry. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, Réserve, OA 13, fol.17, Gaignières 445).
Book Review
The Lombard Haggadah. Edited by Milvia Bollati, Flora Cassen and Marc Michael Epstein
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1061-1062
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Reviewer:
Harris, Julie (Harris, Julie )
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The Lombard Haggadah Edited by Milvia Bollati, Flora Cassen and Marc Michael Epstein. 240 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (Paul Holberton Publishing, London, 2019), £45. ISBN 978–1–911300–66–3. | :
Article
Royal wooden funeral effigies at Westminster Abbey
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 26-35
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Blessley, Krista (Blessley, Krista)
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Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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10. Detail of Fig.8, showing the hip joint. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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11. Axonometric diagram showing the jointing of the effigy in Fig.8, by Krista Blessley. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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12. Effigy head and bust of Anne of Denmark, by Maximilian Colt. 1619. Probably pine, 47 by 45 by 25 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0893; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster)
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13. Detail of Fig.12, showing the blue vein painted on the left temple. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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14. Effigy body of James I, by Maximilian Colt. 1625. Probably pine, 178 by 50 by 29cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 1016; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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15. Some of the royal funeral effigies at Westminster Abbey in 1949, showing their condition after the Second World War. From R.P. Howgrave-Graham: ‘Royal effigies at Westminster Abbey: modern treatment leads to valuable discoveries’, Country Life, 11th January 1952, pp.82–84.
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2. Installation view of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey, London, showing the medieval funeral effigies. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster)
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3. The funeral of Anne of Bohemia, a detail from Chroniques, by Jean Froissart. South Netherlands, c.1480. Illumination on parchment. (British Library, London; MS Royal 18 E II, vol.IV, fol.227).
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7. Effigy head and bust of Elizabeth of York, probably by Richard Gibson. 1503. Probably pearwood, 65 by 40 by 39 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0889; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Articulated effigy body of Henry, Prince of Wales, by Richard Norris. 1612. Pine or fir wood with iron nails, loops and screws, 161 by 42.5 by 19 cm. Photograph c.1950. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 1017; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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9. Detail of Fig.8, showing carpenters’ marks at joints. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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1. Front, side and back views of the effigy of Edward III. 1377. Walnut, 176 by 42.8 by 27 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0886; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing plaster underlayer on head. Photograph c.1950s. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. X-radiograph detail of Fig.1, showing plaster underlayer on head. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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6. Front, side and back views of the effigy of Catherine de Valois. 1437. Oak, 165 by 42 by 21 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0888; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Article
Royal ceremonies in the missal of Abbot Nicholas Litlyngton
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 18-25
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Wackett, Jayne (Wackett, Jayne)
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1. Folio 206r of the Litlyngton Missal. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment, 52.5 by 36 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the coronation of a king.
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3. Detail of folio 221v of the Litlyngton Missal, showing the coronation of a queen. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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4. Detail of p.65 of the Liber Regalis, showing the coronation of a queen. c.1382. Illumination on vellum. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. Folio 224r of the Litlyngton Missal. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment, 52.5 by 36 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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6. Detail of folio 33v of the Liber Regalis, showing a royal tomb. c.1382. Illumination on vellum. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. Detail of folio 326r of the Litlyngton Missal, showing a monk’s funeral. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Detail of Fig.5, showing the exequies for a king.
Letter
Johan Maelwael
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 276
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Kemperdick, Stephan (Kemperdick, Stephan; Kemperdinck, Stephan)
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1. Crucifixion with the three Maries, St John and a Carthusian monk, by Jean de Beaumetz and workshop. c.1389–95. Oil and gold on oak faced with linen, 60 by 48.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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2. Crucifixion with the three Maries, St John and a Carthusian monk, by Jean de Beaumetz and workshop. c.1389–95. Oil and gold on oak faced with linen, 56.6 by 45.7 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Article
The crystal sceptre of the City of London
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 827-831
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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Western art unattributed:
10. Unicorn Sword of Burgundy, made for Philip the Good, c.1420-30 (Hofburg, Vienna)
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11. Crown of Blanche of Lancaster. Paris, 1370-80, and London, 1402 (Schatzkammer der Residenz, Munich)
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12. Details of the enamel rose setting of the crown of Margaret of York. Paris, c.1460 (Domschatz, Aachen)
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4. Crystal sceptre of the City of London. Paris and London, 1380-1421 (The Corporation of the City of London)
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5. Base of the crystal sceptre illustrated in Fig.4. London and Paris, 1419-21
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6. Crown of the crystal sceptre illustrated in Fig.4. Paris, c.1380-1400
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7. Arms of England under a crystal disc in the crown of the crystal sceptre illustrated in Fig.4. After 1406
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8. Arms of Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447). London, c.1430-40 (British Library, London, Royal Ms 2 BI, fol.7r)
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9. Reliquary casket. Burgundian or Paris, c.1450-70 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore)
Book Review
Illuminators and Patrons in Fourteenth-Century England: The Psalter and Hours of Humphrey de Bohun and the Manuscripts of the Bohun Family, L.F. Sandler
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 787
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Wieck, Roger S. (Wieck, Roger S.; Wieck, Roger)
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67. Detail of the Office of the Dead, from the Bohun Psalter-Hours, 1380 (British Library, London; Egerton MS 3277, fol.142)
Book Review
Gendered Perceptions of Florentine Last Supper Frescoes, c.1350–1490, D. Hiller
01/2015 | 1342 | 157
Pages: 32-33
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Leader, Anne (Leader, Anne)
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Article
Two newly identified panels from Mariotto di Nardo’s altarpiece for the Da Filicaia chapel in S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence
01/2013 | 1318 | 150
Pages: 25-28
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Author:
Gordon, Dillian (Gordon, Dillian)
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37. Sts Giles and Romuald, by Mariotto di Nardo (Magdalen College, Oxford)
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38. Reverse of Fig. 37
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39. Reconstruction of the altarpiece for the chapel of St Nicholas in S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence, by Mariotto di Nardo (S. Margherita, Tosina; Pinacoteca, Vatican City; Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig; Fogg Museum of Art, Cambridge MA)
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40. Reconstruction of the altarpiece of the Baptism of Christ, by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini (National Gallery, London; Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Richard L. Feigen collection)
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