Historical introduction to the collection of illuminated letters and borders in the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum

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Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Prefatory remarks 3
I. Illumination under the early Roman Emperors 7
II. Application of illumination to Christian art 12
III. Byzantine miniature art 17
IV. Celtic and other early styles 35
V. Carolingian illuminations 54
VI. The Winchester school, or "Opus Anglicum" 78
Appendix on Handwritings 83
VII. Othonian and other contemporary monastic work 92
The rise of Gothic illumination 105
VIII. French illumination and its offshoots 112
IX. German illumination 124
X. Italian illumination 139
XI. English illumination 154
XII. Netherlandish illumination 163
XIII. Illumination since the invention of printing 171
List of recent works on illumination 179
LIST OF PLATES
1. Gothic initial P. French, 12th cent.
2. Page from a Bible. French (Artois), 14th cent.
3. Page of a missal. French (St. Denis, near Paris), c. 1400.
4. Page of a book of hours. French (Toms ?), 15th cent.
5. Page of a book of psalms and canticles. German, 12th cent.
6. Initial P. German (Rhenish), c. 1280.
7. Page from a choir-book. German, c. 1380.
8. Frontispiece from a choir-book. German (Augsburg), 1494-95.
9. Page of a missal. Italian (Florence), 15th cent, (1st half).
10. Page of a lectionary. Italian, 15th cent.
11. Page from a choir-book. Italian (Florence), 15th cent.
12. Page of Pliny : De naturali historia. Italian, c. 1470.
13. Altar-card attributed to Gr. Clovio. Italian, c. 1550.
14. 2 initials B in a Bible, Winchester Cathedral. English, 12th cent.
15. Unfinished initial L, in same Bible as 14. J (2nd half).
16. Page of a service-book, Worcester Cathedral. English, early 14th cent.
17. Page from a choir-book. Netherlandish (Zwolle ?) c. 1400-1450.
18. Page of a book of hours. Netherlandish, 15th cent.
19. Page from Livy : Historiarum decades, printed at Rome, 1469.
PI. 1, 2, 6-8, 11, 17, 18 are reproduced from cuttings, and PI. 3-5, 9, 10, 12, 18 from manuscripts in the National Art Library. The altar-card illustrated in PI. 13 also belongs to the library. PI. 14-16 are from official photographs.

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Library of Congress
ND2900 .S7

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OL25926949M
Internet Archive
HistoricalIntroductionToTheCollection
LCCN
03008278
OCLC/WorldCat
4518058

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