The Brussels Horloge de Sapience - Peter Rolfe Monks
iconography and text of Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, MS. 111
KORTE INHOUD
The book discusses principally the iconography and text of a mid 15th century copy of the mustical treatise Horloge de Sapience in teh most sumptuously illuminated ms. known of the text.
Each of t he 36 illuminations is discussed in turn, with reference to their pictorial traditions, to the French textual matter and to a unique contemporary commentary, called the Déclaretiob des histoires.
The Déclaration is one of the earliest essays in art criticism to survive. The study is rendered useful for teachers and scholars by an Englisch translatikon of the text of t he Déclaration, which enables the reader to see the illustrations trhought the eyes of a 15th century critic.
Each of t he 36 illuminations is discussed in turn, with reference to their pictorial traditions, to the French textual matter and to a unique contemporary commentary, called the Déclaretiob des histoires.
The Déclaration is one of the earliest essays in art criticism to survive. The study is rendered useful for teachers and scholars by an Englisch translatikon of the text of t he Déclaration, which enables the reader to see the illustrations trhought the eyes of a 15th century critic.
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1990Uitgever: Koninklijke Brill N.V.223 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9004090886ISBN-13: 9789004090880Helaas, laatste exemplaar van deze editie is recent verkocht!
