The Hours of Mary of Burgundy

The Hours of Mary of Burgundy

Author: Catholic Church

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13:

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The Book of Hours of Mary of Burgundy is among the most celebrated illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. Written by one of the favourite scribes of the Burgundian Court, its pages contain the key works of the Master of Mary of Burgundy, the most famous Flemish illuminator of the 15th century. The complete manuscript is here reproduced in full colour.


The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold

The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold

Author: Antoine de Schryver

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780892369430

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In January 1469, the accounts of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy (reigned 1467-77) record a payment to the noted scribe Nicolas Spierinc 'for having written ... some prayers for my lord.' Seven months later, the same accounts record a payment to the illuminator Lievin van Lathern for twenty-five miniatures plus borders and decorated initials in the same manuscript. In this study, the late Antoine de Schryver - an internationally renowned art historian - presents a thoroughly researched and balanced argument suggesting that the documents refer to the exquisite prayer book of Charles the Bold which can now be found in the collection of the J. Getty Museum. --book jacket.


The Book of Hours

The Book of Hours

Author: John P. Harthan

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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The Book of Hours were derived from the official service-books of the Church, but they were produced as the personal prayerbooks of the laity. Combining sacred and secular elements in a manner found in no other type of illuminated manuscript, Books of Hours have an especial significance in the history of religious sentiment and in the development of painting.


The Hastings Hours

The Hastings Hours

Author: Janet Backhouse

Publisher: Pomegranate

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9780764900020

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The medieval Book of Hours was a richly decorated manual of private devotion comprised of a calendar of saints' days and eight short services in honor of the Virgin Mary. The Hastings Hours is one of the finest of these to have survived. Intimate in scale and richly decorated with miniatures from the life of Christ and of the saints, it was made in the Netherlands by expert craftsmen during the last quarter of the fifteenth century.In this beautifully illustrated introduction to the manuscript, twenty-five of the surviving thirty-two large miniatures are reproduced--close to their actual size--along with many decorative borders and details. An essay by Janet Backhouse explores this outstanding achievement of Renaissance Flemish illumination.


Marking the Hours

Marking the Hours

Author: Eamon Duffy

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780300117141

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Staging the Court of Burgundy

Staging the Court of Burgundy

Author: Willem Pieter Blockmans

Publisher: Harvey Miller Pub

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9781905375820

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In the course of the fifteenth century, the reputation of the Burgundian court rose to an unprecedented level, catapulted forward by ever growing territorial ambitions and accumulation of wealth. This reached a climax during the reign of Charles the Bold (1433-1477), the living embodiment of the pomp and pageantry of the Burgundian court and a generous patron of the fine arts. Rather than focusing on a single domain, this volume aims to shed light on Burgundian court culture as an organic whole, between the start of the reign of Philip the Good (1419) and the death of Mary of Burgundy (1482). It is intended to provide a forum for new research from the fields of History, History of Art, Literature and Musicology. With contributions (among others) from Wim Blockmans, Herman Brinkman, Barbara Haggh, Andrea Berlin, James Bloom, Till-Holger Borchert, Andrew Brown, Hendrik Callewier, Anna Campbell, Mario Damen, Sonja Duennebeil, Jonas Goossenaerts, Bieke Hillewaert, Andrew Hamilton, Eva Helfenstein, Jesse Hurlbut, Sophie Jolivet, Sascha Kohl, Sherry Lindquist, Jana Lucas, Samuel Mareel, Elizabeth J. Moodey, Klaus Oschema, Kathryn Rudy, Emily Snow, Olga Vassilieva-Codognet, Hanno Wijsman.


Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts, 1475-1550

Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts, 1475-1550

Author: Museo Bardini

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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Between 1475 and 1550 the master illuminators of Flanders produced an array of manuscripts of unparalleled splendour, and this volume offers an opportunity to discover these sumptuous, relatively unknown works of art.


Death and Dying in the Middle Ages

Death and Dying in the Middle Ages

Author: Edelgard E. DuBruck

Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 536

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Death and Dying in the Middle Ages examines medical facts and communal arrangements, as well as religious and popular beliefs and rituals concerning the end of life in Western societies. It studies literary and artistic imaging and the underlying philosophical and theological convictions that shaped medieval attitudes toward death. A collection of eighteen articles by contributors in the Western hemisphere, this new compendium on death and its implications will interest the specialist, the student and teacher of cultural history, religion, folklore, psychology, literature, and art, and also the general public.