Tributes to Jonathan J.G. Alexander: The Making and Meaning of Illuminated Medie

Description: Tributes to Jonathan J.G. Alexander by Gerald B. Guest, Susan L'Engle A collection of essays by colleagues and pupils of Jonathan Alexander, the eminent Professor of Fine Arts at the New York Institute of Fine Arts who is regarded as a leading expert on the illuminated manuscripts. A bibliography of Alexanders own work is included showing the extent of his output. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Table of Contents Part One: Artists and Scribes Lilian Armstrong, A North Italian Drawing of Hercules and Antaeus in a German Incunable: Marco Zoppo(?) and Drawings in Renaissance Books ; Benjamin David, Sites of Confluence: The Master of the Yates Thompson Divine Comedy ; Albinia C. de la Mare with Xavier van Binnebeke, A List of Books from the Florentine Braccio Martelli ; Susan LEngle, Outside the Canon: Graphic and Pictorial Digressions by Artists and Scribes ; Lawrence Nees, The Jonathan Gospels (Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Cod. Pal. lat. 46) ; Kathleen L. Scott, The Decorated Letters of Two Cotton Manuscripts ; Federica Toniolo and Gennaro Toscano, Per lattivita giovanile di Girolamo da Cremona Part Two: Methods of Work and Production Francois Avril, Les copies a repetition. A propos de la circulation et de la dissimenation des modeles ; Bezalel Narkiss, Scribes and Artists of the Ashburnham Pentateuch ; Margot McIlwain Nishimura, The Grey Gospels: A Frankish Curiosity in Cape Town ; Myra Dickman Orth, The English Great Bible of 1539 and the French Connection ; Jane Rosenthal and Patrick McGurk, Author, Symbol and Word: The Inspired Evangelists in Judith of Flanderss Anglo-Saxon Gospelbooks ; Marina Vidas, Norways French Connection: The Intended Reader and Subsequent Owners of the Christina Psalter Part Three: Marginalia Madeline H. Caviness, Unnatural Spectacles, Aristotelian Precepts and the Construction of Gender around 1300 ; Ruth Mellinkoff, Break a Leg! Lilian M.C. Randall, Frontal Heads in the Borders of Parisian and South Netherlandish Books of Hours, ca. 1415-60 ; Lucy Freeman Sandler, Bared: The Writing Bear in the British Library Bohun Psalter Part Four: Text and Image Walter Cahn, An Illuminated Manuscript of Caesarius of Heisterbachs Dialogus miraculorum ; C. M. Kauffmann, The Iconography of the Judgement of Solomon in the Middle Ages ; Giordana Mariana Canova, Lantico nella miniatura padovana del Rinascimento: Un Plutarco alla Stiftsbibliothek di Linkoping ; Nigel Morgan, Pictured Sermons in Thirteenth-Century England ; Nancy Freeman Regalado, Picturing the Story of Chivalry in Jacques Bretels Tournoi de Chauvency (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 308) ; Kathryn A. Smith, Accident, Play and Invention: Three Infancy Miracles in the Holkham Bible Picture Book ; Alison Stones, The Terrier de lEveque and Some Reflections of Daily Life in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century Part Five: Cultural Context Paul Binski, John the Smiths Grave ; Martha Easton, The Wound of Christ, the Mouth of Hell: Appropriations and Inversions of Female Anatomy in the Later Middle Ages ; Desiree Koslin, Under the Influence: Copying the Revelationes of St. Birgitta of Sweden ; Mary and Richard Rouse, A Cat Can Look at a King: an Illustrated Episode in the Grandes Chroniques ; Evelyn Birge Vitz, Liturgical versus Biblical Citation in Medieval Vernacular Literature ; William M. Voelkle, Liberale da Veronas North Wind Unraveled Part Six: Afterlives - Receptions Janet Backhouse, The Case of Queen Melisendes Psalter: An Historical Investigation ; Paul Crossley, Anglia Perdita. English Medieval Architecture and Neo-Romanticism ; Karen Eileen Overbey, Locating the Book: The Domnach Airgid Shrine in Medieval Ireland ; Roger S. Wieck, Papal Fragments at Rosenbach Bibliography of J.J.G. Alexander - Indexes - Photographic Credits. Long Description In this volume honoring the well-known scholar of illuminated manuscripts, 38 senior scholars have contributed essays of their research, with b/w plates of the highest quality included for their illustration. There are essays on marginalia, the interaction of text and image, cultural context, and workshop methods. Seven essays are included on artists and scribes (one is in Italian), with contributions by Lilian Armstrong (Wellesley College, Massachusetts), Benjamin David (Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon), and Lawrence Nees (U. of Delaware). Indexes are included of manuscripts, printed books, artists, scribes and painters, owners, and patrons. A complete bibliography of Alexander (Institute of Fine Arts, New York U.) is also provided. Details ISBN1872501478 Short Title TRIBUTES TO JONATHAN J Language English ISBN-10 1872501478 ISBN-13 9781872501475 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes Year 2006 Series Tributes DOI 10.1604/9781872501475 Series Number 1 Imprint Harvey Miller Publishers Place of Publication New York Country of Publication Belgium Author Susan LEngle Pages 541 Publisher Brepols N.V. Publication Date 2006-10-26 Subtitle The Making and Meaning of Illuminated Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts, Art & Architecture Edited by Susan LEngle DEWEY 745.670902 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137349431;

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