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* Alchemical, mystical, surreal vibe
* Alchemical, mystical, surreal vibe
* Dates later than medieval times
* Dates later than medieval times
==== Links ====
* [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f436c61756465205061726164696e202d20446576697365732048c3a9726fc3af71756573205b313535315d#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f436c61756465205061726164696e202d20446576697365732048c3a9726fc3af71756573205b313535315d Devises Heroïques picture reference] (Photo Station)  
* [http://dbarchowsky.quickconnect.to/photo/?t=Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f436c61756465205061726164696e202d20446576697365732048c3a9726fc3af71756573205b313535315d#Albums/album_70696374757265207265666572656e6365/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f617274/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e7573637269707473/album_70696374757265207265666572656e63652f6172742f6d6564696576616c206d616e75736372697074732f436c61756465205061726164696e202d20446576697365732048c3a9726fc3af71756573205b313535315d Devises Heroïques picture reference] (Photo Station)  
* [http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/french/books.php?id=FPAa Devises Heroïques source] (Glasgow University)
* [http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/french/books.php?id=FPAa Devises Heroïques source] (Glasgow University)
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Image:SM815-p80.jpg|p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar.
Image:SM815-p80.jpg|p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar.
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=== Heidelberger Totentanz <small>GW M47257, 1488, Germany</small> ===
* Woodcuts (incunabulum)
* ''Danse Macabre''
* Skeletons interacting with living people
* All social classes represented
* Early Renaissance; later than the period of interest
==== Links ====
* TK: Link:picture reference (Photo Station)
* [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/totentanz1488 source] Heidelberg University library
* [http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2006/07/heidelberger-totentanz.html info & source] BibliOdyssey

Revision as of 13:12, 13 March 2015

Overview

Sources for visual reference for medieval times and for the visual style of medieval manuscripts.

Sources

Eadwine Psalter — MS M.521, c. 1155-60, Canterbury, England

MS M.521v

Winchester Bible — MS M.619, c. 1160-80, Winchester, England

Morgan Bible — MS M.638, 1240's, Paris, France

  • MS M.638 f. 1r detail

    MS M.638 f. 1r detail

  • MS M.638 f. 2v detail

    MS M.638 f. 2v detail

Chronicle of John of Worcester — MS. 157, c. 1140, England

  • p. 77b Crucifixion of Christ

    p. 77b Crucifixion of Christ

  • p. 383 King Henry I's dream

    p. 383 King Henry I's dream


Codex Manesse — Cod. Pal. germ. 848, 1300-1340, Zurich

  • Between stylized and rendered
  • Secular illustrations of poets arranged by rank: kings, dukes, counts, down to commoners
  • Curly hair, head gear: fillets, barbettes, crowns, and some fancy hats
  • Animals, birds, horses
  • Hunting: hounds, stags, boars, bears
  • Boats
  • Not a whole lot of trees or plants, but there are repeated decorative scrolling floral motifs

Links

  • f. 14v

    f. 14v

  • f. 73r

    f. 73r

  • f. 113v

    f. 113v

  • f. 228r

    f. 228r

  • f. 342v

    f. 342v

  • f. 395r

    f. 395r

Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel — Cod. Pal. germ. 164, c. 1295-1371, Germany

  • Highly stylized/naive
  • Saxon law, (literaly "Saxon Mirror", or roughly "Survey of Saxon Law")
  • Secular themes
  • Commoners, livestock, crops, labor

Links

  • f. 1v

    f. 1v

  • f. 2r

    f. 2r

  • f. 5v

    f. 5v

  • f. 5v

    f. 5v

  • f. 6r

    f. 6r

  • f. 8r

    f. 8r

  • f. 8r

    f. 8r

Dresden Sachsenspiegel — Mscr. Dresden M.32, 1295-1371, Germany

  • Quality is a little more murky than the Heidelberg manuscript.
  • More refined drawings.

Links

  • f. 5r

    f. 5r

  • f. 6r

    f. 6r

  • f. 6r

    f. 6r

  • f. 86r

    f. 86r

Épître d'Othéa — Cod. Bodmer 49, 1460, Bourgogne/Burgundy, France

  • Highly rendered
  • aka The Book of Hector, The Book of Knighthood
  • Costumes
  • Nobility, royalty, knights fighting in suits of armor
  • Romantic couples
  • Monsters, demons, gates of hell
  • Animals, birds, some hunting, wild boars, stags
  • Landscapes, architecture, interiors and exteriors, castles, walled cities
  • Épître d'Othéa picture reference (Photo Station)
  • Épître d'Othéa source (E-Codices)
  • f. 17r monster, maiden, and knight

    f. 17r monster, maiden, and knight

  • f. 80r rabbits in a field

    f. 80r rabbits in a field

  • f. 98r wild boar

    f. 98r wild boar

  • f. 105v mouth of hell

    f. 105v mouth of hell

  • f. 114r couple

    f. 114r couple

  • f. 137v battle

    f. 137v battle

Paradin, Claude: Devises Heroïques — SM815, 1551, Lyons, France

Earliest example of a collection of the devices worn by French aristocracy, a practice started in the late 15th Century.

  • Woodcuts
  • Alchemical, mystical, surreal vibe
  • Dates later than medieval times

Links

  • p. 62 QUÒ TENDIS? Where are you going?

    p. 62 QUÒ TENDIS? Where are you going?

  • p. 67 IN UTRUNQUE PARATUS. Ready to both.

    p. 67 IN UTRUNQUE PARATUS. Ready to both.

  • p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar.

    p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar.

Heidelberger Totentanz GW M47257, 1488, Germany

  • Woodcuts (incunabulum)
  • Danse Macabre
  • Skeletons interacting with living people
  • All social classes represented
  • Early Renaissance; later than the period of interest

Links

  • TK: Link:picture reference (Photo Station)
  • source Heidelberg University library
  • info & source BibliOdyssey
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