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Queen Mary Psalter: A Study of Affect and Audience Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 91, Parts 6)

Queen Mary Psalter: A Study of Affect and Audience Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 91, Parts 6)

Stanton, Anne Rudloff

Hardcover

Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Book 646

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ISBN10: 0871699168
ISBN13: 9780871699169
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: Jan 1 2001
Pages: 287
Weight: 1.71
Height: 0.75 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Illuminated manuscripts are among the more intimate works of art surviving from the medieval period. The Queen Mary Psalter (c. 1316?-21) has long been recognized as one of the most outstanding English Gothic manuscripts. Its devotional texts are framed by an encyclopedic series of narrative images painted in a delicate and courtly style. The psalms are introduced by an Old Testament preface in which tinted drawings are explained by French captions. The psalm decoration incorp. a combination of framed illuminations of the life of Christ at the beginnings of important psalms, and tinted drawings in the bottom margin of every page that tell stories ranging from the bestiary to the lives of the saints. Winner of the 2000 Millennium Award. 100+ illus.

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