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* [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-p62.jpg|p. 62 QUÒ TENDIS? Where are you going? | |||
Image:SM815-p67.jpg|p. 67 IN UTRUNQUE PARATUS. Ready to both. | |||
Image:SM815-p80.jpg|p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar. | |||
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Revision as of 03:13, 1 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
- Highly stylized.
- Stories from the Gospels.
- Some livestock, pigs, architecture.
- Eadwine Psalter picture reference (Photo Station)
- Leaf from Eadwine Psalter source (Morgan Library)
Winchester Bible — MS M.619, c. 1160-80, Winchester, England
- Highly rendered.
- Stylized trees
- David & Goliath
- Knights, horses w/saddles & bridles
- Clouds
- Scenes from the Life of David, Leaf from the Winchester Bible (Morgan Library)
Morgan Bible — MS M.638, 1240's, Paris, France
- aka The Crusader Bible
- Highly rendered
- Scenes from Genesis
- Strange stylized trees
- Harvesting
- Creation
- Adam and Eve
- Animals (Noah's ark)
- Morgan Bible picture reference (Photo Station)
- Morgan Bible source (Morgan Library)
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MS M.638 f. 1r detail
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MS M.638 f. 2v detail
Chronicle of John of Worcester — MS. 157, c. 1140, England
- highly stylized
- 2 pages
- laborers, kings, clergy
- boats, water
- King Henry I's dream
- Crucifixion of Christ
- Worcester Chronicle picture reference (Photo Station)
- Worcester World Chronicle source (Oxford University)
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p. 77b Crucifixion of Christ
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p. 383 King Henry I's dream
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)
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f. 17r monster, maiden, and knight
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f. 80r rabbits in a field
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f. 98r wild boar
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f. 105v mouth of hell
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f. 114r couple
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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
- Devises Heroïques picture reference (Photo Station)
- Devises Heroïques source (Glasgow University)
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p. 62 QUÒ TENDIS? Where are you going?
-
p. 67 IN UTRUNQUE PARATUS. Ready to both.
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p. 80 VEL IN ARA. And that on the holy altar.
