Search Results: Illuminated manuscripts from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Assisi: Casa Editrice Francescana, 1981 2 volumes 4to (28.5 cm), 450 pp, including 46 plates; PP. 451-848 , including plates 47-59. Publisher's cloth. A historical account of the library and detailed descriptions of manuscripts from the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi.

London: Sotheby & Co, 1936 8vo (24.5 cm), 92 pp. Printed wrappers (paper slightly browned). 512 entries comprising manuscripts relating to North America, wardrobe and jewel rolls of Edward I, autograph letters of Queen Henrietta Maria, Henry IV of France, Louis XV, Louis XVI etc, important manuscripts relating to the history and literature of Ireland, a collection of charters (12th - 14th centuries), fine topographical drawings.

University of Washington Press, 1996 4to (28.5 cm), X, 140 pp, 4 plates in color, 104 in b&w. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "The first surviving illuminated manuscript of the French translation of Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris, known as the Cleres femmes (now in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris), is the subject of this book. The manuscript was commissioned by a Parisian merchant, Jacques Raponde, as a New Year's gift for the duke of Burgundy, Philip the Bold. This innovative aspect of the commission, where a merchant rather than a prince acted as the patron of the manuscript, provides the subject for the first part of Buettner's study. In addition to sketching the Valois rulers' practice of collecting illuminated manuscripts and to tracing the reasons for the successful reception of Boccaccio's work in this courtly milieu, the author delineates the role of merchants in Parisian artistic production around 1400." (from the blurb)

Langres et Autun: Editions Dominique Gueniot; Ville d'Autun-Musee Rolin, 2012 4to (28 cm), 320 pp. Publisher's laminated wrappers. In 2008 at the bishopric of Autun an exceptional manuscript was discovered: the Roman pontifical produced in Bologna in the course of the first Trecento (1330-1340). The book includes introduction "Un chef-d'ooeuve de l'enluminure du premier Trecento: le pontifical d'Autun" by François Avril and 5 essays about the manuscript and context in which it was made.

Sotheby's Publications, 1988 4to (28.5 cm), 230 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Books of Hours are the most famous illuminated manuscripts. These enchantingly decorated books of private devotion have entranced collectors for centuries. The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life is the result of an examination by Roger Wieck, Senior Curater at the Walters Art Gallery, of a thousand manuscript Books of Hours in American and European collections. He considers who used these manuscripts in the Middle Ages, why, when and how. Chapters by Lawrence Poos, Assistant Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and Virginia Reinberg, of Boston College, place Books of Hours in the social context of daily life in the fifteenth Century. Roger Wieck investigates how the manuscripts were assembled and takes the reader through each of the various sections and components oí a Book of Hours, describing and explaining their beautiful but often enigmatic illustrations. Finally,… Read More

Peter Nevill, 1962 4to (33.5 cm), 144 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust-jacket (some foxing of front leaves, paper slightly toned). 132 tipped in color illustrations. "Here, in a handsome volume containing over 130 beautiful colour plates, we find a history and an interpretation of the exacting art of illumination. What is illumination? How did it begin and develop? How did it grow from mere illustrations accompanying a text to a pictorial record which shows us, down to the last detail, the life of the Middle Ages - from views of gaily clad courtiers setting out on a hunting expedition to scenes of humble people ploughing, planting and gathering the harvest. Why did this particularly vital art form eventually disappear? These questions are answered fully by the authors in a fascinating text. They also give detailed information on the various processes by which colours were made and placed on the page. We are given, too, some idea of the difficult task that the illuminator had before him, and of… Read More

Hillary House Publishers, 1962 2 volumes 8vo (23.5 cm), [4], XXVII, 459 pp; [2], X, 538 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines. A facsimile reprint of a study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman Empire to the close of the seventeenth century. The original edition was published in 1896-97. Part I deals with books in manuscript; Part II with the earlier printed books. George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was an American publisher, soldier, and writer.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1988 4to (31 cm), 192 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "Of all the precious illuminated manuscripts that survive from the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Books of Hours form the largest single category: the personal prayerbooks of a devout and status-conscious society. Their content come from the official service books of the Church, but they were not made under priestly control, and they therefore reveal a unique combination of sacred and secular imagery. No two are alike; every one, modest or magnificent, has something individual to tell us. John Harthan begins with a fresh and wide-ranging study of the background to Books of Hoars, their making, their content, their decoration and their social and devotional meaning. There follows an anthology of over ninety manuscript pages, reproduced in full colour from thirty-four Books of Hours, with the author's descriptive, explanatory and historical notes on the books themselves and their… Read More

London: Thames and Hudson, 1988 4to (31 cm), 192 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "Of all the precious illuminated manuscripts that survive from the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Books of Hours form the largest single category: the personal prayerbooks of a devout and status-conscious society. Their content come from the official service books of the Church, but they were not made under priestly control, and they therefore reveal a unique combination of sacred and secular imagery. No two are alike; every one, modest or magnificent, has something individual to tell us. John Harthan begins with a fresh and wide-ranging study of the background to Books of Hoars, their making, their content, their decoration and their social and devotional meaning. There follows an anthology of over ninety manuscript pages, reproduced in full colour from thirty-four Books of Hours, with the author's descriptive, explanatory and historical notes on the books themselves and their… Read More

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1991 4to (29.5 cm). 31, [164] pp. Hardbound. Descriptions of 20 French Books of Hours from the second half of 15th century from the Moscow collections (National Library, Historical Museum, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Library of Moscow University, Arkhangelskoye Estate-Museum).

Brüssel / New York: Weckesser / Stechert, 1932 Portfolio in two folders in wrappers, 82, [4] pp; 73 plates printed in color in separate wrappers, housed in slip-case (spine of the slip-case broken, else fine fresh copy). The English edition was limited to 300 copies, this is no. 6 on strong vellum paper.

London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1923 4to (25.5 cm), brochure 16 pp and 50 plates. Cloth-backed boards portfolio (minor shelf-wear). Third edition. The 50 collotype plates are reproductions from a curated selection made by Sir George Warner in 1906 of the illuminated manuscripts that were on public display in the Grenville Library at the time. This series was meticulously designed to encompass a broad spectrum of the history of illumination.

Berlin: Union Verlag, 1966 4to (28.5 cm), 308 pp. Publisher's cloth & dust jacket (two closed tears at the top). 160 illustrations. In this book Dr Rothe has chosen one illuminated miniature from each of 160 manuscripts, all taken from the collections in German Democratic Republic. So rich and varied were the resources available, and so long (400-1600) the period covered, that her opening chapter is in effect a history of western illumination from it dawn to its effectual decline.

Moscow: Iskusstvo Art Publishers, 1977 4to (34 cm), front. printed in color, 22 pp, 52 plates with descriptions (some folding), [8] pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. In Russian and English.

Cambridge University Press, 1954 4to (31.5 cm), front., XV, 140 pp, 72 illustrations on 72 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj slightly frayed at extremities). From the blurb: "Medieval Canterbury, the centre of the English Church, was also the centre of England's greatest and most sustained achievement in art: the illumination of MSS. between AD 1000 and 1200. This book is the authoritative work on the subject. The narrative begins with the inception of the Anglo-Saxon impressionistic style; it traces the gradual development of Romanesque and Gothic and shows the important effects of Norman, French, Italian and Byzantine influences. Dr. Dodwell analyses the character and origin of Norman illumination, the problems of iconography and survivals of classical art. One of the bases of the study is a thorough knowledge of Canterbury scripts, which is most necessary for dating illumination. There are scholarly appendixes on illumination at Durham, Exeter and Winchester and a handlist… Read More

London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1982 4to (28 cm), 127 pp. Printed boards. Auction catalogue of a sale held at Sotheby's in London on 21 June 1982. List of etimates loosely inserted. Highlights include The Corbie Orosius (lathe 8th century), The Pontifical of Solomo III (ca. 890) and The Sacramentary of Augsburg Cathedral (ca. 1000-1030).

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1931 4to (30.5 cm), front. in color, [6], 157 pp, 36 half-tone plates. Publisher's boards (binding rubbed and slightly dusted, backstrip worn, endpapers toned). 530 entries. Items 1- 124 are original manuscripts; 125-161 miniatures and initials; 162-530 facsimile editions and paleography. Result of many years' careful purchases in what was already a scarce market. "The catalogue affords an opportunity to collectors such as is unlikely ever to occur again. The manuscripts range from the twelfth to the end of the seventeenth century; the countries of origin being almost equally divided between England, France and Italy, with a few manuscripts of German or Netherlandish work." (from the Introduction) Highlights include a Bible from the library of Waltham Abbey; a Breviary with the arms of John, Duke of Bedford; French finelly written and illuminated Bible; Voragine's Legenda Aurea, written and illuminated for Louis le Bâtard de Bourbon; a Horae… Read More

London: Sotheby & Co, 1974 4to (28 cm), 112 pp. Printed wrappers. Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalogue of the 8th part of the sale of fine library of English book collector Major John Roland Abbey (1894-1969). Lots 2905 -- 2938 including Minor Prophets in Latin with gloss (North-Eastern France, 3rd quarter of the 12th century); New Testament in Latin (France, 3rd quarter of the 12th century); Bible in Latin (Northern France, c. 1260-70); Psalter-Hours (Liège, 3rd quarter of the 13th century); Psalter in Latin (North-Eastern France or Flanders, c. 1300); Justinian, Codex (Bologna and Paris, c. 1300); Missal for the use of Trier (Trier, second quarter of 14th century); Hours of Jacques and Jeanne Cauchon (Reims, c. 1430); Martialis'Epigrammata (Italy, c. 1467); Hours written by Sigismondo de' Sigismondi and illuminated by Attavante (Florence, c. 1492).

London: Sotheby & Co, 1970 4to (28 cm), 98 pp. Printed wrappers. Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalogue of the 7th part of the sale of fine library of English book collector Major John Roland Abbey (1894-1969). Lots 2862 -- 2904 including Bible in Latin (North-Eastern France, first half of 13th century); Psalter illuminated by William de Brailes (England, middle of 13th century); The Ruskin Hours (North-Eastern France, c. 1312); Hours of th Virgin in Dutch (c. 1415); Giovanni Pontano' De Amore Conjugali (Naples, late 15th century).

TAiWPN Universitas, 2010 4to (30 cm), 164 pp. Laminated boards. The catalogue delves into a comprehensive exploration of a vital segment within one of Poland's most significant collections of illuminated manuscripts. Its sixteen entries are meticulously organized in chronological order, reflecting a division into the South Netherlands (Flanders) and the North Netherlands (Holland, Gelderland). Each entry provides essential details such as the manuscript's title, script, decoration, provenance, and historical background, including information about its patrons and users. Noteworthy bindings are succinctly outlined. Descriptions of the illuminations are methodically structured based on the distinctive features of each manuscript. Following the descriptive segment, the commentary on style offers a concise yet insightful analysis, including a characterization of the style, supporting evidence for dating and proposed authorship. Furthermore, it encompasses conclusive remarks and potential avenues… Read More