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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).
Book Review
‘Gold und Bücher lieb ich sehr…’: 480 Jahre Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg. Edited by Karl-Georg Pfändtner
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 85-87
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Reviewer:
Michael, Michael (Michael, Michael; Michael, Michael A.; Michael, M. A.)
Subjects
artists:
Burgkmair, Hans, the elder / Schäufelein, Hans, the elder / Beck, Leonhard / Hokusai, Katsushika / Masayoshi / Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861 / Shunboku, Ōoka / Utagawa Toyokuni, 1769-1825 / Nishikawa Sukenobu
dates:
1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2099 / 2010-2019
media:
Books / Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts / Miniatures (paintings) / Prints / Calligraphy / Incunabula
museums and institutions:
Staats- und Stadtbibliothek, Augsburg, Germany
patrons:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519
places:
Germany / Augsburg
subjects:
Libraries / Collections / Collections, Public / Monasteries / Illuminators / Psalters / Printmaking / Cultural history / Exhibition catalogues / Persian / Ukiyo-e
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Initial D at beginning of psalm 22 Dixit Insipiens, a tavern with men drinking and gaming, from the psalter of Abbot Johannes von Giltlingen. 1495. Parchment, 57.5 by 42 cm. (Augsburg Staats- und Stadtbibliothek; 2° Cod 49a, Cim 63).
Exhibition Review
Resplendent Illuminations: Books of Hours from the 13th to the 16th Century in Quebec Collections. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1045-1047
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Reviewer:
Herman, Nicholas (Herman, Nicholas)
Subjects
art literature:
Ricci, Seymour de
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Illuminated manuscripts
museums and institutions:
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
places:
Canada / Montreal
subjects:
Books of hours / Prayer books / Psalters / Catalogues raisonnés / Literature / Collecting / Book collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Religious art / Catholicism / Jesuits
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
10. St Helena and the invention of the True Cross, Southern Germany. c.1520. Parchment, 11 by 8 cm. (McGill University Library, Montreal, MS 162; exh. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; photograph Gregory Houston).
Western art unattributed:
11. Woman reading in a studiolo, leaf from a book of hours, Venice or Padua (?). c.1375. Parchment, tempera, gold leaf and ink on six pieces of parchment mounted on paper, 14 by 9.5 cm. (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, inv. no.1957.1368; photograph MMFA, Christine Guest).
Western art unattributed:
9. Arrest of Christ and the kiss of Judas, Augsburg. c.1235–50. Parchment, 13.5 by 9 cm. (McGill University Library, Montreal, MS 161; exh. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts).
Book Review
The Ormesby Psalter: Patrons and Artists in Medieval East Anglia. By Frederica C.E. Law-Turner
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 876-877
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Reviewer:
Panayotova, Stella (Panayotova, Stella)
Subjects
artists:
St Omer Master
dates:
1300-1399
media:
Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts / Paintings
places:
Great Britain / Norwich
subjects:
British painting / French painting / Psalters / Patronage / Heraldry / Ornament / Marriage / Portraits / Style / Iconography
subjects:
Attributions / Ormesby Psalter
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. The Beatus opening, Ormesby Psalter. c.1310–30. Parchment, 37.7 by 25 cm. (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Douce 366, fol.9v).
Book Review
Vision, Devotion, and Self-representation in Late Medieval Art, A. Sand
08/2015 | 1349 | 157
Pages: 547
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Reviewer:
Panayotova, Stella (Panayotova, Stella)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1399
subjects:
Portraits / Illuminated manuscripts / Prayer books / Patronage / Psalters / Christian iconography / Iconography / Devotional images
subjects:
Visual culture / Visual sources
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
26. Detail of Philip the Bold at prayer, from the Grandes Heures of Philip the Bold. c.1376-79 (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, MS3-1954, vol.57r)
Book Review
Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge. A catalogue of Western book illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part Two, Italy & the Iberian Peninsula, volumes one and two
12/2012 | 1317 | 154
Pages: 847
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Reviewer:
Watson, Rowan (Watson, Rowan)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain / University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Great Britain
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / European / Medieval / Illuminations / Acquisitions / Books of hours / Psalters / Collections, Public
subjects:
Italian / Spanish / Portuguese
Article
A newly discovered Psalter illuminated by Cristoforo Cortese
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 410-411
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Author:
Pfändtner, Karl-Georg (Pfändtner, Karl-Georg)
Subjects
artists:
Cortese, Cristoforo
dates:
1400-1449
museums and institutions:
Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
print:
Cortese, Cristoforo
subjects:
Psalters / Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts / Italian / Venetian
subjects:
Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
41. David praying to God, by Cristoforo Cortese. c.1420. Tempera on parchment, 13.6 by 9.6 cm. (Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg; Msc.Lit.67, fol.3r).
Attributed works:
42. The psalmist praying to God, by Cristoforo Cortese. c.1420. Tempera on parchment, 13.6 by 9.6 cm. (Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg; Msc.Lit.67, fol.36r).
Attributed works:
43. Young man praying to God, by Cristoforo Cortese. c.1420. Tempera on parchment, 13.6 by 9.6 cm. (Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg; Msc.Lit.67, fol.95v).
Attributed works:
44. Filigree with crowns, by the workshop of Cristoforo Cortese. c.1420. Tempera on parchment, 13.6 by 9.6 cm. (Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg; Msc.Lit.67, fol.75r).
Attributed works:
45. Ornamental initial with human heads in the margins, by Cristoforo Cortese. c.1420. Tempera on parchment, 13.6 by 9.6 cm. (Staats­bibliothek, Bamberg; Msc.Lit.67, fol.83v).
Attributed works:
46. Christ and the devil, by Cristoforo Cortese. After 1433. Tempera on parchment, 38.5 by 27 cm. (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna; cod. 1379, fol.7v).
Book Review
The Macclesfield Psalter
08/2010 | 1289 | 152
Pages: 548-549
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Reviewer:
Law-Turner, Frederica C.E. (Law-Turner, Frederica C.E.)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1349
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
museums and institutions:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / English
subjects:
Auctions
subjects:
Psalters
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Macclesfield Psalter | author: Panayotova, Stella
Book Review
Picturing Kingship. History and painting in the Psalter of Saint Louis
01/2010 | 1282 | 152
Pages: 40-41
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, Martin (Kauffmann, Martin)
Subjects
patrons:
Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Psalters
subjects:
French / Iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Picturing Kingship. History and painting in the Psalter of Saint Louis | author: Stahl, Harvey
Book Review
The Illuminated Psalter. Studies in the Content, Purpose and Placement of its Images
01/2008 | 1258 | 150
Pages: 37
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Reviewer:
Michael, M. A. (Michael, M. A.)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
places:
Bamberg / Germany
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscript illumination / Psalters / Conferences
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Illuminated Psalter. Studies in the Content, Purpose and Placement of its Images | editor: Büttner, Frank
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