Chapter 56
ILLUMINATION SINCE THE INVENTION OF PRINTING
The invention of printing--Its very slight effect on illuminating--Preference by rich patrons for written books--Work produced in various cities in the sixteenth century--Examples in German, Italian, and other cities, and in various public libraries up to the present time.
The art of printing, as the reading world has been frequently informed, was invented in the fifteenth century, and undoubtedly had, to a considerable extent, a destructive effect upon the craft of professional copyists. But in the fifteenth century the art of the writer and that of the illuminator had long been separate professions. There was no particular reason, therefore, why the invention of printing should interfere with the illuminator. As a matter of fact, it made little difference. Nor, indeed, did printing entirely put a stop to the professional career of the scribe. It was prophesied, before practical experience of facts proved the contrary, that the invention of the railway engine would abolish the horse. The printing-press did not abolish the penman, but it certainly spoiled his trade. We have seen in the course of the preceding chapters that it did not spoil the trade of the illuminator. Nor was it quite owing to the fact that many printed books were so adorned as to appear like illuminated MSS. More than one wealthy patron absolutely declined to have anything to do with printed books. The matter was too vulgar and too cheap. The last Duke of Urbino was a prince of this lofty way of thinking, and scarcely a court in Europe but continued to have MSS. produced as if no such thing as the printing-press were known. How they were multiplied in Spain and France we have seen in detail. We will now proceed to take a farewell look at the German and Italian libraries, in order to see how the illustrious presses of Mainz, Strassburg, Augsburg, Köln, Munich, Vienna, Venice, Milan, Florence, and Rome affected the ateliers of the great schools of illumination established in most of these cities. What do we find? In point of fact, some of the richest, most magnificent books ever produced by the illuminator, not only whilst the press was still a novelty, but long after it had become perfectly familiar to everybody. For several of the cities aforesaid we have the means of proof: thus for Mainz, at the end of the superb copy of the Mazarine Bible, now at Paris, is the following inscription: "Iste liber illuminatus, legatus and completus est henricum Cremer vicari? ecclesie collegiate Sancti Stephani Moguntini sub anno dni Melesimo quatring entesimo quinquagesimo Sexto, festo assumptiois gloriose Virginis Marie. Deo gratias alleluya." This was in 1456, the year before the first press was set up. In 1524 we have two most splendidly illuminated MSS.--a Missal and a Prayer-book--executed by order of Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz. Two richer examples of the German Renaissance cannot easily be imagined. We cannot dilate upon them. We may, however, truly say that together with very many other examples of illuminated work, both in manuscripts and printed books, they show the art of the illuminator to be no less splendid or elaborate after the invention of printing than it was before.
On the last page of the Missal is written: "Ich Niklas Glockendon zu Nurenberg hab dieses Bhuch illuminiert ond vollent im jar 1524."
The Prayer-book is similarly adorned with miniatures and brightly coloured borders. On the cover is a copy of the Archbishop's portrait, painted by Dürer, and on folio 1 is written by the Archbishop himself: "Anno domini MDXXXI completum est presens opus, Sabbato post 'Invocavit.' Albertus Cardinalis moguntinus manu propria scripsit."
Other Glockendon books exist in other libraries. Then there is the Beham Prayer-book at Aschaffenburg and a Bible in the library at Wolfenbüttel in two thick 4° volumes--a work well worth examination. At Nuremberg is the Service-book executed by Conrad Frankendorfer, of Nuremberg, in 1498.
In the British Museum is the fine German MS.--the Splendor Sous, a sixteenth century MS. (Harl. 3469).
In the National Library at Paris is the Prayer-book of William of Baden (10567-8) executed at Strassburg by Frederic Brentel in 1647.
Augsburg was producing illuminated Service-books ten years after Günther Zainer had set up the press in that city.
Munich, also, with the Penitential Psalms, etc., by Hans Mielich. Vienna, too, can show a magnificent Missal by Georg Hoefnagel, bearing the dates 1582 to 1590. Venice is represented in the work of Benedetto Bordone and the Ducali. Florence in the splendid Missals, etc., of Attavante and his contemporaries.
Milan shows the gorgeous Graduals of the Brera belonging to the sixteenth century and the Sforziadas of London and Paris. So we might pass from city to city almost all over Western Europe. The great Spanish choir-books were almost all produced under Philip II. Several Papal Service-books are represented in the fifteenth-and sixteenth-century examples of the scrap-book 21412 of the British Museum; and the works of Clovio, the most noted of Italian illuminators, all belong to the sixteenth century.
These instances are amply sufficient to prove that in every city in Europe where printing was in full practice the art of the illuminator continued to flourish until the progress of modern inventions and various processes, added to the general cheapening of books, led to its disuse. Its present application seems to be almost solely to diplomas and testimonials, and in point of quality, usually as poor and spiritless as the incapacity of most of its professors can make it.
There seems, however, no reason why the artistic skill and elaborate methods of reproduction of the present day should not produce magnificent books--indeed the "Imitation" of Thomas à Kempis, and other continental examples prove that this is amply possible.
The next few years will probably show that readers are still desirous of possessing beautiful books, and that artists are still found capable of producing them.
MANUSCRIPTS THAT MAY BE CONSULTED AS EXAMPLES
(Partly taken by permission from the Victoria and Albert Museum Handbook)
CLASSICAL AND EARLY CHRISTIAN
--+------------- +-------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Vergil |...... |Vatican Lib.,|3rd or |Doubtful which is the |(fragment) | |Rome, Cod. |4th cent.|older | | |Vat. 3225 | | | | | | | 2|Vergil |...... |Vat. Lib. |4th cent.|" | | |3867 | | | | | | | 3|Rom. |...... |Imp. Lib., |" | |Calend.(f.) | |Vienna | | | | | | | 4|Genesis (f.) |...... |" |5th cent.|Gold and silver text | | | | |on purple vellum; 88 | | | | |miniatures. | | | | | 5|Genesis (f.) |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Much burnt in 1731. | | |Cott. Oth. B.| | | | |6 | | | | | | | 6|Iliad (f.) |...... |Ambros. Lib.,|" |Fine handwriting and | | |Milan | |clever pictures. | | | | | 7|Joshua (f. of|...... |Vat. Lib., |...... |15 leaves, 32 ft. |Roll) | |Rome | |long, 11 in. wide. | | | | |Contains from ch. | | | | |222 to 1018, brush | | | | |outlines to | | | | |miniatures. Rivers, | | | | |etc., personified in | | | | |Byzantine manner. | | | | | 8|Dioscorides, |...... |Imp. Lib., |_c._ |Personifications of |etc. | |Vienna |500-5 |abstract qualities. | | | | | 9|Bible of |...... |Laurent. |_c._ 540 |Valuable as a |Montamiata | |Lib., | |theological document, | | |Florence | |but poor work, and in | | | | |bad condition. | | | | | 10|Syriac |Monastery of|" |_c._ 586 |Brought to Florence |Gospels |Zagba, in | | |in 1497. Remarkable | |Mesopotamia | | |Crucifixion, see | | | | |_Byzantine_, 1. | | | | | 11|Terence |...... |Nat. Lib., |9th cent.|Copy of a 5th-cent. | | |Paris | |MS. pen-drawings. | | | | | 12|Pentateuch |Tours |Nat. Lib., |7th cent.|Called the Ashburnham | | |Paris, Nouv. | |Pentateuch; 19 large | | |acq. 2334 | |miniatures.
BYZANTINE
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Syriac |Zagba, in |Laur. Lib., |_c._ 586 |Shows Byzantine |Gospels |Mesopotamia |Florence | |influence. | | | | | 2|Gospel-book |Byzantium |Brit. Mus., |6th cent.|Lettering, etc., on |(f.) | |Add. 5111 | |gold ground. | | | | | 3|Menologium |" |Vat. Lib., |9th cent.|A typical Byzantine | | |Gr. 1613 | |MS. | | | | | 4|Gregory of |Byzantium |Nat. Lib., |9th cent.|Fine antique design |Nazianzum | |Paris, Gr. | |and composition. | | |510 | | | | | | | 5|" |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Good small figures. | | |Paris, Gr. | | | | |543 | | | | | | | 6|" |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Good small figures | | |Paris, Gr. | |and headings. | | |550 | | | | | | | 7|Evangeliary |...... |Brit. Mus., |" | | | |Arund. 547 | | | | | | | 8|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |" | | | |Burney 19, | | | | |20. | | | | | | | 9|Lectionary |...... |Brit. Mus., |10th |Fine initials. | | |Harl. 5598 |cent., | | | | |end | | | | | | 10|Chrysostom |...... |Nat. Lib., |10th |Remarkable initials. | | |Paris, Gr. |cent. | | | |654 | | | | | | | 11|Simeon |...... |Brit. Mus., |11th |Fine ornaments. |Metaphrastes | |Add. 11870 |cent. | | | | | | 12|Evangeliary |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Beautiful headings. | | |Add. 11838 | | | | | | | 13|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |12th |Executed for | | |Add. Egert. |cent. |Melisenda, daughter | | |1139 | |of King of Jerusalem.
IRISH OR CELTIC
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Gospels of |...... |Trin. Coll., |7th cent.| |St. Columba | |Dublin | | | | | | | 2|Gospels of |St. Arnoul's|Nuremberg |" | |St. Arnoul, |Abbey, Metz |Museum | | |of Metz | | | | | | | | | 3|Book of St. |...... |Roy. Lib., |" | |Columbanus | |Naples | | | | | | | 4|Bible of St. |...... |Cath. Lib., |8th cent.|Curious Crucifixion. |Kilian | |Wurzburg | | | | | | | 5|Gospels of |Monastery of|Pub. Lib., |" |Signed "Thomas |"Thomas" |Hanow |Trèves | |scribsit." | | | | | 6|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Anglo-Irish, with | | |Cott. Vesp. | |arched frame-border. | | |a. 1 | | | | | | | 7|Gospels of |...... |Bodl. Lib., |9th cent.|_See_ Westwood, |MacRegol | |Oxford | |_Palæographia Sacra | | | | |Pict._, pl. 16. | | | | | 8|Book of |...... |Roy. Irish |" |P. 103. Remarkable. |Armagh | |Acad., Dublin| | | | | | | 9|St. Chad's |...... |Lichfield |" |Fine Anglo-Irish. |Gospels | |Cath. Lib. | | | | | | | 10|Lindisfarne |Lindisfarne |Brit. Mus., |7th cent.|Anglo-Celtic--a very |Gospels |Monastery |Cott, Nero D.| |fine example. | | |4 | |
CAROLINGIAN
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Sacramentary |Abbey of |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 750 |Symbolism. Given by | |Gellone |Paris, MS. | |Ct. William of | | |Lat. 12048 | |Toulouse. | | | | | 2|Ada-Codex |Abbey of St.|Municip. |_c._ 775 |Written for Ada, | |Mesmin, of |Lib., Trèves | |sister of | |Trèves | | |Charlemagne, Abbess | | | | |of St. Mesmin. | | | | | 3|Psalter of |..... |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 780 |Written for Queen |Dagolfus | |Vienna Theol.| |Hildegardis, wife of | | |Lat. 1861 | |Charlemagne. | | | | | 4|Evangeliarium|Abbey of St.|Nat. Lib., |" |Written for |of Godescale |Sernin, of |Paris, nouv. | |Charlemagne and | |Toulouse |acq. 1203 | |Hildegardis. Has gold | | | | |and silver letters on | | | | |purple vellum. | | | | | 5|Sacramentary |Abbey of St.|Abb. St. |" |Franco-Saxon. |of Gelasius |Gall |Gall, No. 348| | | | | | | 6|Evangeliarium|Abbey of St.|Town Lib., |_c._ 793 |On purple vellum. |of St. |Riquier |Abbeville | | |Angilbert | | | | | | | | | 7|Alcuin Bible |Abbey of |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 800 |Coronation gift to | |Tours |Add. 10546 | |Charlemagne. Very | | | | |fine example. | | | | | 8|Bible |Tours |Cantonal |" |Like 7. | | |Lib., Zurich | | | | | | | 9|" |" |Bamberg Roy. |" |Said to be an exact | | |Lib | |copy of 7. | | | | | 10|Gospels of |" |Imp. Lib., |" |Found by Emperor Otho |Charles the | |Vienna | |III. in tomb of |Great | | | |Charlemagne. |(Charlemagne)| | | | | | | | | 11|Sacramentary |Abbey of |Nat. Lib. |_c._ 814 |The gift of |of Drogo, |Metz, or |Paris, Theol.| |Charlemagne to his |Abp. of Metz |Tours |Lat. 9428 | |natural son Drogo. | | | | | 12|Golden |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 835 |A splendid example. |Gospels of | |Harl. 2788 | | |Athelstan | | | | | | | | | 13|Golden |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 850 |Ditto, written in |Gospels of | |Munich | |gold letters. |Charles the | | | | |Bald | | | | | | | | | 14|Evangeliary |Abbey of St.|Nat. Lib., |" |Remarkably beautiful. |of Lothaire |Martin's, |Paris, Theol.| | | |Tours |Lat. 266 | | | | | | | 15|Golden |Abbey of St.|Nat. Lib., |" |One of most beautiful |Gospels |Médard, of |Paris, Theol.| |Carol. MSS. known. | |Soissons |Lat 8850 | | | | | | | 16|Bible of |Abbey of St.|Nat. Lib., |" |Presented to Charles |Count Vivien |Martin, of |Paris, Theol.| |the Bald in 850. | |Tours |Lat 1 | |Miniature of | | | | |presentation. | | | | | 17|Bible of St. |...... |Monastery of |_c._ 860 |Written for Charles |Paul's | |St. Calixtus,| |the Bald by Ingobert. | | |Rome | | | | | | | 18|Prayer-book |...... |Nat Lib., |_c._ 866 |Written by Ingobert |(or Hours) of| |Paris | |and presented to |Charles the | | | |Charles the Bald in |Bald | | | |866. | | | | | 19|Golden |Abbey of St.|Lib. at St. |_c._ 870 |Written for Abbot |Gospels of |Gall |Gall, No. 22 | |Grimwold, or Hartmut. |St. Gall | | | | | | | | | 20|Psalter of |" |Lib. at St. |" |Written for Abbot |Folchard | |Gall, No. 23 | |Hartmut. Gold and | | | | |silver initials. | | | | | 21|Evangeliarium|St. Gall |Lib., St. |_c._ 920 |Written by Sintramn |Longum | |Gall | |of the "Wondrous | | | | |Hand." Profile 22|Evangeliary |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 925 |foliages in gold and | | |Brussels, No.| |silver. | | |16383 | | | | | | | 23|" |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 940 |Large 4°, written | | |Paris | |entirely in gold | | | | |letters; 5 miniatures | | | | |and 12 porticoes. | | | | | 24|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 995 |Transition to the | | |Harl. 2904 | |style of the | | | | |Benedictionals.
WINCHESTER WORK AND SIMILAR
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|King Edgar's |Hyde Abbey, |Brit. Mus., |966 |Style of the |Charter |Winchester |Cott. Vesp. | |Benedictionals of | | |A. 8 | |Æthelwold and Robert. | | | | | 2|Breviarium |Monte |Mazarine |...... |Tendency to same |Cassinense |Cassino? |Lib., Paris, | |style colouring as in | | |759 | |school of Metz. | | | | | 3|Æthelwold's |Hyde Abbey, |Lib. of Duke |_c._ 970 |Best example known. |Benedictional|Winchester |of Devonshire| | | | | | | 4|Benedictional|" |Pub. Lib., |_c._ 980 |Drawing bold, but |of Abp. | |Rouen | |colouring unequal to |Robert | | | |3. | | | | | 5|Gospels |...... |Trin. Coll., |_c._ 900 |Borders like | | |Camb | |Winchester work. | | | | | 6|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |...... |Fol. frames similar. | | |Harl. 2904 | | | | | | | 7|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1000|Init. D on f. 115. | | |Tib. C. 7 | | | | | | | 8|" |Winchester |Brit. Mus., |" | | | |Arund. 60 | | | | | | | 9|" |" |Brit. Mus., |" | | | |Arund. 155 | | | | | | | 10|Cnut's |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1017|Fine example. |Gospels | |Roy. 1 D. 9 | | | | | | | 11|Leofric |...... |Bodl. Lib., |10th |Byzantine influence. |Missal | |Oxford No. |cent. | | | |579 | |
MONASTIC STYLES
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Weissobrun |Weissobrun |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 814 |Netherlandish. |Prayer-book | |Munich | | | | | | | 2|Gospels |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 975 |Medallions of | | |Paris, 8851 | |Emperors Henry I. and | | | | |Otho I and II. | | | | | 3|Egbert Codex |Reichenau |Pub. Lib. |977-93 |Beautiful initials. | | |Trèves, No. | | | | |24 | | | | | | | 4|Gospels |Echternach |Gotha Museum |_c._ 990 |Portrait of Otho III. | | | | |and Theophanu. | | | | |Jewelled covers. | | | | | 5|Otho Codex |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 998 |See p. 91. | | |Munich Cimel.| | | | |58 | | | | | | | 6|Gospels |...... |Brit. Mus., |10th |Branch-work initials. | | |Egert. 608 |cent. | | | | | | 7|Bernward's |Hildesheim |Cath. Lib., |993-1022 | |Gospels | |Hildesheim | | | | | | | 8|Ellinger's |Tegernsee |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1056| |Gospels | |Munich No. 31| | | | | | | 9|Hortus |Landsberg |Formerly at |_c._ |Burnt in 1670. |Deliciarum | |Strassburg |1175-80 | | | | | | 10|Life of |Tegernsee |Roy. Lib., |1173-1200|Written, etc., for |Virgin | |Berlin | |the Emperor Frederick | | | | |I. by Werinher. | | | | | 11|Plenarium |Quedlinburg |Town Lib., |1184-1203|Written for Abbess | | |Quedlinburg | |Agnes. | | | | | 12|Passionale |Arnstein, |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1194| | |near Trèves |Harl. 2800-2 | | | | | | | 13|Bible |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1190| | | |Harl. 2803 | | | | | | | 14|" |Floreffe |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1253|Chronological tables | | |Add. 17737-8 | |in coloured inks. | | | | | 15|Missal |St. Bavon of|Brit. Mus., |1150-1175| | |Ghent |Add. 16949 | | | | | | | 16|Chronicle of |...... |Roy. Lib., |...... |Fine miniatures-- |Jerusalem | |Brussels, No.| |costumes. | | |11142 | | | | | | | 17|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |12th |Transition from | | |Arund. 157 |cent. |Winchester to | | | | |Othonian. 18|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |" | | | |Lansd. 420 | | | | | | | 19|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |" | | | |Lansd. 431 | | | | | | | 20|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |" | | | |Roy. I D.X. | | | | | | | 21|Bible |St. |Brit. Mus., |" |Typical 12th cent. | |Nicholas, of|Harl. 2798 | |MS. | |Arnstein | | | | | | | | 22|Vauclere |...... |Pub. Lib., |...... |A perfect type of |Psalter | |Laon, No. 29 | |12th cent. | | | | |illumination. | | | | | 23|Mater |Scheyern |Roy. Lib., |...... |By Conrad of |Verborum | |Munich | |Scheyern, with all | | | | |manner of diagrams, | | | | |etc.
FRENCH AND ANGLO-FRENCH GOTHIC
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Psalter of |..... |Musée Condé, |1193-1236|27 large miniatures |Queen | |Ghantilly | |Transitional to |Ingeburga | | | |Gothic | | | | | 2|Psalter of |..... |Arsenal Lib.,|_c._ 1220|Hieratic, and |Queen | |Paris, Theol.| |transitional to |Blanche, | |Lat. 165 B. | |Gothic. |mother of | | | | |Louis IX. | | | | | | | | | 3|Psalter of |..... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1250|Transitional to |St. Louis | |Paris, No. | |Gothic. 78 delicate |(IX.) | |10525 | |miniatures. | | | | | 4|Joinville's |..... |Nat. Lib., |1287 |Gothic portrait of |Credo | |Paris | |St. Louis. | | | | | 5|Alfonso |Blackfriar's|Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1284|See article in _Fine |Psalter |London |Add. 24686 | |Arts Qu. Rev._, i. |(Tenison) | | | |77, and | | | | |_Bibliographica_, pt. | | | | |4. | | | | | 6|Bible |..... |Brit. Mus., |1225-52 |Richly illuminated. | | |Burney 3 | | | | | | | 7|Somme le Roy |..... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1300|9 large | | |Add. 28162 | |illuminations. | | | | | 8|Life of St. |..... |Nat. Lib., |1316-22 |Contains view of |Denis | |Paris, fds. | |Paris, and portrait | | |fr. 2090-2 | |of Philip V. | | | | |Drolleries, coloured | | | | |shading of draperies. | | | | | 9|Bible |..... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Typical work, | | |Roy. 1 D. 1 |1310-15 |English. | | | | | 10|Ormsby |Norwich |Bodl. Lib., |_c._ 1295|English work. |Psalter | |Oxford, Douce| | | | |366 | | | | | | | 11|Bible |..... |Brit. Mus, |Late 13th|A typical MS. | | |Add. 17341 |cent. | | | | | | 12|Psalter |..... |Brit. Mus., |Early |Drolleries and | | |Roy. 2 B. 7 |14th |interesting scenes. | | | |cent. | | | | | | 13|Miroir |..... |Arsen. Lib., |_c._ 1356|Large folio richly |Historiale | |Paris | |illuminated. | | | | | 14|Louterell |..... |Lulworth |_c._ 1340|Fine diapered |Psalter | |Castle | |backgrounds. | | | | | 15|Missal |..... |Westreenen |1366 |"Gouache" painting in | | |Mus., The | |miniatures. | | |Hague | | | | | | | 16|Chronicle of |..... |Nat. Lib., |1375-80 |Miniature in gold and |St. Denis | |Paris, 8395 | |grey. | | | | | 17|Hours of |..... |Roy. Lib., |Finished |Illuminated by André |John, Duke of| |Brussels, |1380 |Beauneveu and |Berry | |11060 | |Jacquemart de Hesdin. | | | | | 18|Epistle to |Paris |Brit. Mus., |1370-80 |Fine ivy-branch |Richard II. | |Roy. 20 B. 6 | |style. | | | | | 19|Offices |..... |Brit. Mus., |..... |Prayer-book of |B.M.V. | |Harl. 2897 | |Margaret of Bavaria. | | | | |A typical MS. | | | | | 20|Little Hours |..... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1400|113 beautiful |of Berry | |Paris, 18014 | |miniatures. | | | | | 21|Psalter of |Paris |Nat. Lib., |1401 |Contains 24 fine |the Duke of | |Paris, No. | |miniatures by André |Berry | |13091 | |Beauneveu. | | | | | 22|Grandes |" |Nat. Lib., |1409 |By Jacquemart de |Heures de | |Paris, fds. | |Hesdin, André |Berry | |Lat. 919 | |Beauneveu, and Pol de | | | | |Limbourg. | | | | | 23|Heures de |" |Musée Dondé, |1410 |Considered the finest |Berry | |Chantilly | |example known. | | | | | 24|Poems of |...... |Brit. Mus., |1400-6 |Fine miniatures-- |Christine de | |Harl. 4431 | |costumes and |Pisan | | | |portraits. | | | | | 25|Talbot |...... |Brit. Mus., |1400 |Curious miniatures, |Romances | |Roy. 15 E. 6 | |portraits of Henry | | | | |VI., etc. | | | | | 26|Bedford |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1435|Richly illuminated. |Offices | |Add. 18850 | |Contains French, | | | | |English, and | | | | |Netherlandish work. | | | | | 27|Bedford |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1430|Contains English and |Breviary | |Paris, fds. | |French work. | | |Lat. 17294 | | | | | | | 28|Pontifical |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1450|Fine borders. | | |Add. 16610 | | | | | | | 29|Valerius |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Northern French and |Maximus | |Harl. 4375 | |Netherlandish. | | | | | 30|Girart de |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1470|Netherlandish-- |Nevers | |Paris, fds. | |costumes, etc. | | |fr. 4092 | |
GERMAN AND BOHEMIAN
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Minnelieder |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1300|Hunting scenes, | | |Paris, fds. | |costumes. | | |fr. 7266 | | | | | | | 2|Wilhelm von |...... |Pub. Lib., |1334 |Written for Henry |Oranse | |Cassel | |Landgrave of Hesse. | | | | |French influence. 3|Picture Bible|...... |Lib. of |_c._ 1300| | | |Prince | | | | |Lobkowitz, | | | | |Prag | | | | | | | 4|Passionale of|Prag |Univ. Lib., |1312 |Transparent |Abbess | |Prag, xiv. A.| |water-colour. No |Cunigunda | |17 | |French influence. | | | | | 5|Weltchronik |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1350|Old Cologne school. |of Rudolf v. | |Stuttgart | | |Hohen-Ems | | | | | | | | | 6|Liber |Prag |Bohem. Mus., |_c._ 1360|Written for John v. |Viaticus | |Prag | |Neumarkt, Bishop of | | | | |Leitomischl. | | | | | 7|Mariale |" |Bohem. Mus., |_c._ 1345|Written for Arnestus | | |Prag | |v. Pardubitz, | | | | |Archbishop of Prag | | | | |(1344-64). Bohemian | | | | |school. | | | | | 8|Orationale |" |Bohem. Mus., |_c._ 1345|Written for same | | |Prag | |prelate, in French | | | | |Gothic style. | | | | | 9|Bible of |" |Imp. Lib., |...... |Executed by order of |Emperor | |Vienna, No. | |Martin Rotlöw for |Wenzel | |2759 | |presentation to the | | | | |Emperor. | | | | | 10|Gospels of |" |Imp. Lib., |1368 |Beautiful penmanship |John of | |Vienna | |and ornaments. |Oppavia | | | | | | | | | 11|Wilhelm von |" |Ambras |1387 |Fine diapered |Oranse | |Museum, | |backgrounds, | | |Vienna, No. 7| |costumes, and armour. | | | | | 12|Salzburg |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1350|In 5 fol. vols. |Missal | |Munich, Lat. | |Splendid colouring. | | |15710 | | | | | | | 13|Weltchronik |...... |15710 Pub. |_c._ 1383|Large folio. |of Rudolf v. | |Lib., | |Westphalian school. |Hohen-Ems | |Stuttgart | | | | | | | 14|Durandus |...... |Imp. Lib., |1384 |Written for Albert | | |Vienna, No. | |III., Duke of | | |2765 | |Austria. Illuminated | | | | |in later Bohemian. | | | | | 15|Golden Bull |Prag |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 1399|Rich soft-leaved |of Charles | |Vienna, jus. | |foliages. Ornament |IV. | |c. 338 | |superior to | | | | |miniatures. | | | | | 16|Wurzburg |...... |Brit. Mus., |After |Large foliages, fine |Bible | |Arund. 106 |1400 |initials, bright | | | | |colours. | | | | | 17|Missal of |...... |Imp. Lib., |1448 |German work. |Emperor | |Vienna | | |Frederick | | | | |III. | | | | | | | | | 18|Gospels |...... |Pub. Lib., |1498 |43 miniatures and | | |Nuremberg | |splendid borders, | | | | |etc., by Conrad | | | | |Frankendorfer. | | | | | 19|Choir-book of|Abbey of St.|Lib., |1489 |Written by L. Wagner, |SS. Ulrich |Ulrich, |Augsburg | |and illuminated by G. |and Afra, |Augsburg | | |Beck. |Augsburg | | | | | | | | | 20|Miniature of |Augsburg |Vict. and |_c._ 1489|Taken from 19. |presentation | |Alb. Mus., | | |of 19 | |South | | | | |Kensington | | | | | | | 21|Offices |Upper |Brit. Mus., |1513 | |B.M.V. |Carinthia |Add. 15711 | | | | | | | 22|Prayer-book |Nuremberg |Aschaffenburg|1524 |Illuminated by A. |of Albert of | |Castle | |Glockendon. |Brandenburg | |Library | | | | | | | 23|Prayer-book |" |Imp. Lib., |1535 |Illuminated by Albert |of William | |Vienna, No. | |Glockendon. |IV. of | |1880 | | |Bavaria | | | | | | | | | 24|Prayer-book |" |Brit. Mus., |1584 |School of Glockendon. | | |Add. 17525 | | | | | | | 25|Splendor |...... |Harl. 3469 |Late 16th|Astrological |Solis | | |cent. |diagrams, etc., | | | | |scenes. | | | | | 26|Penitential |Munich |Roy. Lib., |1570 |Painted by Hans |Psalms | |Munich, | |Mielich. | | |Cimel. Saal | | | | | | | 27|Horæ |...... |Brit. Mus., |Late 16th|Fine foliages and | | |Egert. 1146 |cent. |initials. | | | | | 28|Prayer-book |Strassburg |Nat. Lib., |1647 |2 vols., 8°. |of William of| |Paris, Nos. | |Renaissance by |Baden | |10567-8 | |Frederic Brentel.
SICILIAN AND ITALIAN
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|De arte |Palermo |Vat. Lib., |_c._ 1225|Composed by Emperor |venandi cum | |Rome, palat. | |Frederick II. |avibus | |1071 | |(1212-50). Paintings | | | | |of birds and hunting | | | | |scenes. | | | | | 2|Offices, |Gubbio |Acad. Lib., |...... |Attributed to |"ordo offic. | |Siena | |Oderigi. |Senensis" | | | | | | | | | 3|Legends |Florence? |Canon. Lib., |_c._ |Attributed to Giotto. | | | |1327-43 | | | | | | 4|Vergil |Florence? |Rome Ambros. |_c._ 1310|Attributed to Simone | | |Lib., Milan | |Martini. | | | | | 5|Durandus |Siena? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1330|Fine work. | | |Add. 31032 | | | | | | | 6|Aristotle |Bologna? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1335|Like the "Avignon" | | |Harl. 6331 | |Decretals. | | | | | 7|Stefaneschi |Rome? |Canon. Lib., |1327-43 |In same vol. with 3, |Missal | |Rome | |and attributed to | | | | |Giotto. | | | | | 8|Poems of |Naples? |Brit. Mus., |1309-43 |Bold "gouache" |Convenevole | |Roy. 6 E. 9 | |painting. Executed |da Prato[66] | | | |for King Robert of | | | | |Naples. | | | | | 9|Breviarium |Florence? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1400|Fine initials. |Romanum | |Harl. 2903 | | | | | | | 10|Concordantiæ |Bologna? |Nat. Mus., |_c._ 1350|Allegorical figures |Canonicæ | |Naples | |and "gouache" | | | | |painting. | | | | | 11|Statuts de |Naples |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1354|Executed for Louis |l'Ordre do | |Paris, fds. | |I., of House of |St. Esprit | |fr. 4274 | |Anjou, King of Sicily | | | | |and Jerusalem. | | | | | 12|Romance of |Avignon? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1355|Executed for Louis |Meliadus | |Add. 12228 | |II. of Naples. | | | | | 13|Triumphs of |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1370|Small miniatures and |Fr. Petrarch | |Harl. 3109 | |initials in older | | | | |style. | | | | | 14|" |...... |Nat. Lib., |...... |Miniatures of | | |Paris | |triumphs. | | | | | 15|Joannes |...... |Abp. of St. |_c._ 1370|Fine Bolognese |Andreae, Lib.| |Florian | |miniatures. |VI. | | | | |Decretalium | | | | | | | | | 16|Glossa |Bologna? |Laon, No. 382|_c._ |Very finely |Joannis | | |1330-43 |illuminated. |Andreae in | | | | |Clementinas | | | | | | | | | 17|Rubrics on |" |Laon, No. 357|1332 |Many grotesque |the Decretals| | | |figures. | | | | | 18|Decretum |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1375|Exquisitely |Gratiani | |Add. 15274, | |illuminated. | | |15275 | | | | | | | 19|Missale |" |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1374|By Nicolaus de |Romanum | |Munich, Lat. | |Bononia. | | |10072 | | | | | | | 20|" |" |St. Mark's, |_c._ 1370|" | | |Venice, cl. | | | | |iii. xcvii. | | | | | | | 21|" |Florence? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Fine pen work diapers | | |Add. 21973 |1380-1400|and initials. | | | | | 22|Latin Bible |Bologna? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Sweet colouring and | | |Add. 18720 |1375-1400|fine foliages. | | | | | 23|Hymnarium |Sienese? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1400|Fine initials. |Heremitarum | |Add. 30014 | | | | | | | 24|Questions on |Naples |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Written by Hippolytus |4 Books of | |Add. 15270-3 |1458-94 |Lunensis for |Sentences by | | | |Ferdinand I., King of |Job. Scot, | | | |Naples, and finely |Franciscan | | | |illuminated. | | | | | 25|Platonis |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1470|Written for Ferdinand |Opera | |Harl. 3481 | |I., King of Naples. | | | | |Finely illuminated. | | | | | 26|Cæsar | |Brit. Mus., |1462 |White stem-work. | | |Add. 16982 | | | | | | | 27|" |Rome? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1460|Executed for Pius II. | | |Harl. 2683 | |Roman Renaissance | | | | |(1458-64). | | | | | 28|Petrarch |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1465|White stem-work. |Sonnets, etc.| |Harl. 3411 | |Written by J. And. | | | | |Mussolini. | | | | | 29|Offices |Milan? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1475|A pretty little | | |Add. 19417 | |volume of Milanese | | | | |work. | | | | | 30|Missale |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Like MSS. executed |Romanum | |Add. 15260 | |for the Dukes of | | | | |Ferrara. Very fine. | | | | | 31|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1480|Of Florentine type. | | |Harl. 2875 | | | | | | | 32|Officium |Florence |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1475|A small volume, but |B.M.V. | |Add. 15528 | |rich initials. | | | | | 33|Missale |Bologna |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1495|Like 32, but finer. |Romanum | |Add. 15814 | |Written by Jo. de | | | | |Lyvonia for one of | | | | |the Visconti. | | | | | 34|Josephus |Rome |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1490|Roman Renaissance. | | |Harl. 3699 | | | | | | | 35|Herodean |Florence |Brit. Mus., |1487 |Written by Alexander | | |Add. 23773 | |Verazzanus. | | | | | 36|Scrapbook of |Rome and |Brit. Mus., |1480-1500|A very interesting |cutting's |Florence |Add. 21412 | |collection. Roman and | | | | |Florentine. | | | | | 37|Grant of |Milan |Brit. Mus., |1494 |Illuminated by |Ludovico | |Add. 21413 | |Antonio da Monza. |Sforza (il | | | | |Moro) | | | | | | | | | 38|Offices |Naples |Brit. Mus., |1500 |Written and | | |Add. 21591 | |illuminated for | | | | |Frederick of Aragon, | | | | |King of Naples. | | | | | 39|Prayer-book |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1455|Finest Neapolitan |of Alfonso I.| |Add. 28962 | |work. Portraits | | | | |(1416-58). | | | | | 40|Orations of |" |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 1490|Executed for |Cicero | |Vienna | |Ferdinand I., King of | | | | |Naples (1458-94). | | | | |Very fine.
[66] Petrarch's tutor.
RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATION
ITALIAN
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Life of |Florence |Brit. Mus., |1506 |Neat in execution. |Manetti | |Add. 9770 | | | | | | | 2|Life of St. |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1505|Very fine |Francis | |Harl. 3229 | |illumination. | | | | | 3|Eusebius |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1515| | | |Harl. 3308 | | | | | | | 4|Life of |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1525| |Manetti | |Lansd. 842 | | | | | | | 5|Eusebius |Milan |Brit. Mus., |" | | | |Roy | | | | | | | 6|Missale |Venice |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1530|Attributed to | | |Add. 15813 | |Benedetto Bordone. | | | | | 7|Ethics of |Naples or |Imp. Lib., |_c._ |Fine Renaissance |Aristotle |Calabria |Vienna |1490-1510|work. Elaborately | | | | |designed frames, and | | | | |fine miniatures | | | | |painted in a strong | | | | |"gouache," by Rinaldo | | | | |Piramo, for And. | | | | |Matt. Acquavira, 8th | | | | |Duke of Atri. | | | | | 8|St. Jerome on|Florence |Imp. Lib., |_c._ |Illuminated by |Ezechiel | |Vienna, No. |1490-1520|Attavante for Matt. | | |654 | |Corvinus, King of | | | | |Hungary (1443-90). | | | | | 9|Philostratus |" |Imp. Lib., |" |Illuminated probably |(Latin) | |Vienna, No. | |by Attavante for | | |25 | |Matt. Corvinus. | | | | | 10|Missale |" |Roy. Lib., |" |Illuminated by |Romanum of | |Brussels | |Attavante for |Corvinus | | | |Corvinus. Used for | | | | |admission oaths of | | | | |Governors of | | | | |Netherlands. | | | | | 11|Augustine: |" |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 1495|Illuminated by |Epistles | |Vienna | |Attavante for Matt. | | | | |Corvinus. Signed | | | | |"Attavantes pinsit." | | | | | 12|Martianus |" |Lib. St. |_c._ 1500|Illuminated by |Capella | |Mark's, | |Attavante for Matt. | | |Venice | |Corvinus. Signed. | | | | |Written by Al, | | | | |Verazzanus | | | | | 13|Psalter |" |Ducal Lib., |" |Illuminated by | | |Wolfenbüttel | |Attavante. | | | | | 14|Diurnale |" |Laurent. |" |Illuminated by | | |Lib., | |Attavante or | | |Florence | |Gherardo. | | | | | 15|Missal of Bp.|" |Pub. Lib., |" |Illuminated by |of Dôle | |Lyons | |Attavante. | | | | | 16|St. Gregory |" |Estense Lib.,|" |Illuminated by |on Ezechiel | |Modena | |Attavante. Signed. | | | | | 17|Dionysii Opp.|" |Pub. Lib., |" |" | | |Besançon | | | | | | | 18|"Gran" |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Probably illuminated |Breviary | |Paris, MS. | |by Boccardino il | | |Lat. 8879 | |Vecchio, though | | | | |attributed to | | | | |Attavante. | | | | | 19|Hieronymi |" |Nat. Lib., |1488-1500|Written for Matt. |Breviar. in | |Paris, MS. | |Corvinus by Anton |psalmos | |Lat. 16839 | |Sinibaldi, and | | | | |illuminated by | | | | |Attavante. | | | | | 20|Poems of |Rome |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 1536|Illuminated by Giulio |Eurialo | |Vienna | |Clovio (1498-1578). |d'Ascoli | | | | | | | | | 21|"Rothesay" |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1546|Illuminated by |Offices | |Add. 20927 | |Clovio. | | | | | 22|Commentary on|" |Soane Mus., |_c._ 1536|Executed for Cardinal |St. Paul's | |London | |Grimani by Clovio. |Epistles | | | | | | | | | 23|Psalter of |" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1542|Illuminated by |Paul III. | |Paris, MS. | |Vincenzio Raimondi. | | |Lat. 702. | | | | | | | 24|Papal |" |Lenox Lib., |_c._ 1546|By Clovio and his |Lectionary | |New York | |assistants. |(Towneley | | | | |Clovio) | | | | | | | | | 25|Dante |" |Vat. Lib., |_c._ 1555|Illuminated in part | | |No. 365 | |by Clovio. | | | | | 26|Investiture |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1560|Very fine ornament. |from Duke of | |Add. 22660 | | |Urbino | | | | | | | | | 27|Triumphs of |" |Lib. of Capt.|_c._ 1550|Fine miniatures. |Petrarch | |Holford, | | | | |London | | | | | | | 28|Missal of |" |Rylands Lib.,|_c._ 1520|Fine miniatures. |Card. Colonna| |Manchester | |Attributed, but | | | | |without authority, to | | | | |Raffaelle. | | | | | 29|Prayer-book |Rome, or |Barberini |_c._ 1500|Many fine miniatures. | |Florence |Lib., Rome, | | | | |No. 324 | | | | | | | 30|Missal of |Rome |Chigi Lib., |_c._ |Executed for Pius II. |Pius II. | |Rome |1460-70 | | | | | | 31|Missal of |" |Corsini Lib.,|_c._ 1530|Fine framed |Card. Corsini| |Rome, No. | |miniatures. | | |1015 | | | | | | | 32|Missal of |" |Minerva Lib.,|_c._ 1520|Fine miniatures. |Card. Cornaro| |Rome | | | | | | | 33|"Pavia" |Milan |Brera Lib., |1530-80 |By several artists, |Graduals | |Milan | |especially G. | | | | |Berretta. Enormous | | | | |folios. | | | | | 34|Prayer-book |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1574|Finest Roman |of Albert IV.| |Munich, Cim. | |Renaissance, but |of Bavaria | |Saal. 42 | |written by Hans | | | | |Lenker, of Munich | | | | |(not a Clovio). | | | | | 35|Apologia di |Rome |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1510|Executed for Henry |Colenuccio | |Roy. 12, c. | |VIII. of England. | | |viii. | | | | | | | 36|Prayer-book |Milan |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1450|Illuminated by |Bianca Maria | |Munich, No. | |Giovanni da Como. |of Milan | |99A | |Contains Visconti and | | | | |Sforza arms. | | | | | 37|Hours of Bona|" |Brit Mus., |_c._ 1490|Finest Milanese |Sforza of | |Add. 34294 | |Renaissance, with |Milan | | | |some Flemish | | | | |additions.
FRENCH
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|The |Tours |Nat. Lib., |...... |Attributed to Jehan |"Versailles" | |Paris, 6907 | |Fouquet of Tours. |Livy | | | | | | | | | 2|The |" |Nat. Lib., |...... |Attributed to Jehan |"Sorbonne" | |Paris, fds. | |Fouquet of Tours. |Livy | |Sorb. 297 | | | | | | | 3|Antiquities |" |Nat. Lib., |...... |Fouquet's |of the Jews | |Paris, Resew.| |masterpiece. | | |6891 | | | | | | | 4|Boccacio |" |Roy. Lib., |...... |Executed for Etienne | | |Munich | |Chevalier. | | | | | 5|Trésor des |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1490|Fine aërial |Histoires | |Cott. Aug. v.| |perspective and | | | | |landscape. | | | | | 6|Valerius |Paris |Brit. Mus., |" |A very fine MS. |Maximus | |Harl. 4374-5 | | | | | | | 7|Hours of Anne|" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1508|A magnificent |of Brittany | |Paris | |example, eclectic in | | | | |style, with natural | | | | |flowers and insects | | | | |in borders, and fine | | | | |figure-painting. | | | | | 8|Hours of |" |Vicomte de |_c._ 1550|Attributed to Jean |Claude | |Janzé | |Cousin. Influence of |Gouffier | | | |glass-painting. | | | | | 9|Offices |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1530|Probably executed for | | |Add. 18853 | |Francis I. of France. | | | | |Excellent work, | | | | |eclectic in style. | | | | | 9a|Hours of |" |Libr. of |1549 |Same style as 8 and |Montmorency | |Count of | |9, and probably by J. | | |Haussonville | |Cousin, | | | | | 10|Offices |Tours? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1525|Architectural details | | |Add. 18854 | |of School of Tours. | | | | |Written for Fr. de | | | | |Dinteville, Bp. of | | | | |Auxerre. | | | | | 11|" |" |Brit. Mus., |" |Architectural frames | | |Add. 18855 | |to miniatures as in | | | | | 12|" |Paris |Nat. Lib., |1531 |10, but larger and | | |Paris, Lat. | |more fanciful | | |10563 | |details, somewhat | | | | |like 7 in portions. | | | | | 13|Epistres |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1500|Executed for Louise |d'Ovide | |Paris, fds. | |de Savoie, mother of | | |fr. 875 | |Francis I. | | | | | 14|Boece |Paris |Nat. Lib., |" |Fine miniatures with | | |Paris, u. | |Renaissance | | |fds. Lat. | |architectural | | |6643 | |details. | | | | | 15|Epistres |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Translated by | | |Paris, 6877 | |Octavien de d'Ovide | | | | |St. Gelay. Beautiful | | | | |miniatures. | | | | | 16|Petrarch's |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1520|Very fine miniatures |Triumphs | |Paris, f. fr.| |of triumphs. Italian | | |7079 | |influence. | | | | | 17|Chants royaux|...... |Nat. Lib., |" |Fine miniatures. | | |Paris, 6987 | | | | | | | 18|Chants Royaux|Paris |Nat. Lib., |" |Magnificent | | |Paris, f. fr.| |miniatures under | | |379 | |Italian influence of | | | | |Andrea del Sarto. | | | | | 19|Petrarch |" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1503|Miniature of | | |Paris, f. fr.| |presentation to Louis | | |225 | |XII. Many full-page | | | | |miniatures. | | | | | 20|Fleur des |" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1505|Executed for Cardinal |Histoires | |Paris, f. fr.| |d'Amboise. | | |54 | | | | | | | 21|Chron. de |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Three large folio |Monstrelet | |Paris, | |vols. Vol. i. | | |20360-2 | |contains five | | | | |equestrian portraits | | | | |of Louis XII. | | | | | 22|Les Echecs |" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1500|Executed for use of |amoreux | |Paris, f. fr.| |Francis, d. of | | |143 | |Angoulème, and his | | | | |sister Marguerite. | | | | | 23|Boccace de |" |Nat. Lib., |" |By same illuminator |claris et | |Paris, f. fr.| |as 22. Executed for |nobilibus | |599 | |Louise de Savoie. |mulieribus | | | | | | | | | 24|Reception de |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1514|"Avec belles |Marie | |Vesp. B. 2 | |peintures." |d'Angleterre | | | | |à Paris | | | | | | | | | 25|Chants Royaux|" |Nat. Lib., |1515 |Presented in 1515 to | | |Paris, f. fr.| |Louise de Savoie by | | |145 | |the City of Amiens. | | | | |The miniatures | | | | |painted in grisaille | | | | |by J. Plastel, and | | | | |coloured by J. | | | | |Pinchon. Contains | | | | |portrait of Louise. | | | | | 26|Commentaires |" |Brit. Mus. |_c._ 1519|Attributed to |de César, | | | |Geoffroy Tory. Part |Vol. i. | | | |grisaille. Written in | | | | |Roman text. See | | | | |_Dict. Miniat._ iii. | | | | |312. | | | | | |Commentaires |" |Nat. Lib., |" |" |de César, | |Paris, 13429 | | |Vol. ii. | | | | | | | | | |Commentaires |" |Lib. of Duc |" |" |de César, | |d'Aumale | | |Vol. iii. | | | | | | | | | 27|Dutillet, |...... |Nat. Lib., |...... |Presented to Charles |French Kings,| |Paris, 2848 | |IX. |etc. | | | | | | | | | 28|Hours of |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1595|Peculiar style and |Henry IV. | |Paris, Lat. | |colouring. | | |1171 | | | | | | | 29|Gospel of St.|Boisleduc |Brit. Mus., |...... |Finely written, but |John | |Roy., E. 5 | |not illuminated by | | | | |Pet. Meghen. | | | | | 30|"Sol |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1682|Painted by Pierre |Gallicus" | |Add. 23745 | |Mignard. | | | | | 31|Psalter |London |Brit. Mus., |1565 |Written by Petrucco | | |Roy. 2 B. 9 | |Ubaldini, a | | | | |Florentine. | | | | | 32|Book of |English? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1600|Very elegant borders. |Sentences for|London? |Roy. 17 A. 23| | |Lady Sumley | | | |
ENGLISH ILLUMINATION
FROM THE THIRTEENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Offices and |Westminster |Brit. Mus., |1240 |Imitation of stained |Prayers | |Roy. 2 A. 22 | |glass. Typical MS. | | | | | 2|Bible in |Canterbury |Brit. Mus., |1245 | |Latin | |Burney 3 | | | | | | | 3|" |Salisbury |Brit. Mus., |1254 |Written by Will de | | |Roy. 1 B. 12 | |Hales. | | | | | 4|Tenison |London |Brit. Mus., |1294 |Written and |Psalter | |Add. 24686 | |illuminated by order | | | | |of Edward I. | | | | | 5|Bible in |...... |Brit. Mus., |13th |Written by Will of |Latin | |Roy. 1 D 1 |cent. |Devon. | | | | | 6|Apocalypse in|...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1330|See _Bibliographica_, |French | |Roy. 19 B. 15| |pt. v. pl. 1. | | | | | 7|Arundel |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |See _Bibliographica_, |Psalter | |Arund. 83 | |pt. v. pl. 2 | | | | | 8|Psalter of |...... |Brit. Mus., |1380 |Transition from |Joan of Kent | |Roy. 2 B. 8 | |French Gothic to | | | | |Lancastrian. | | | | | 9|Pontifical |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1400|Early Lancastrian. | | |Lansd. 451 | | | | | | | 10|Bible in |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Large folio. See |Latin | |Roy. 1 E. ix.| |_Bibliographica_, pt. | | | | |v. pl. 4. | | | | | 11|Breviary |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Something like 7. | | |Harl. 2975 | | | | | | | 12|Offices |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ | | | |Add. 16968 |1390-1400| | | | | | 13|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1410|Executed for Anne | | |Add. 16998 | |Mauleverer. | | | | | 14|Liber Albus |London |Guildhall |" |Bracket borders. | | |Lib., London | | | | | | | 15|Liber de Hyda|Winchester |Shirburn |" |Richly illuminated | | |Castle Lib. | |borders, some | | | | |unfinished. See Rolls | | | | |Series. 1866. | | | | | 16|Offices |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Early Lancastrian. | | |Roy. 2 B. 1 |1400-1410| | | | | | 17|Grandison |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1410|Fine initials with |Offices | |Roy. 2 A. 18 | |Lancastrian brackets. | | | | |See _Bibliographica_, | | | | |v. pl. 5. | | | | | 18|Occleve de |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1415|Traceried backgrounds |Regim. | |Ar. 38 | |in Bohemian manner. |Principum | | | |Cf. Will. v. Orange | | | | |MS. | | | | | 19|Ormonde |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1420|Similar to 17. Called |Offices | |Roy. 2 B. 15 | |by Humphreys (_Books | | | | |of Middle Ages_) | | | | |_Queen Mary's | | | | |Breviary_. | | | | | 20|Gower's |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Lancastrian style. |Confessio | |Harl. 3490 | | |Amantis | | | | | | | | | 21|Psalter of |St. Alban's |Brit. Mus., |1460 |Fine English work. |Queen Mary | |Roy. 2 B. 7 | |Presented in 1553 to | | | | |Queen Mary | | | | | 22|Horæ |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1460|Many mediocre | | |Harl. 2884 | |illuminations. | | | | | 23|Gospels and |London |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1508|Given by Stephen and |Epistles, | |Roy. 2 B. 12,| |Margaret Jenyns to |etc. | |13 | |the church at | | | | |Aldermanbury, London. | | | | | 24|Bourchier |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1458|Contains Bourchier |Psalter | |Roy. 2 B. 14 | |obituaries. | | | | | 25|Psalter and |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1470|Good text and many |Canticles, | |Harl. 1719 | |illuminated letters |etc. | | | |and borders.
SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+--------------------- No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks. | | Produced. | | | --+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+--------------------- 1|Hours, etc., |...... |Brit. Mus., |...... |Netherlandish |Lat. and | |Add. 18193 | |influence. |Catalan. | | | | | | | | | 2|Offices |...... |Brit. Mus., |...... |Italian influence. |B.M.V. | |Add. 28271 | | | | | | | 3|Hidalguia |...... |Brit. Mus., |1604 |In Genoese manner. | | |Add. 12214 | | | | | | | 4|Diploma of |...... |Brit. Mus., |17th |" |Philip III. | |Roy. Claud. |cent. | | | |B. x. | | | | | | | 5|Patent to |...... |Brit. Mus., |1797 |Allegorical designs. |Princ. de la | |Add. 1706 | | |Paz | | | | | | | | | 6|Ordo Miss. |...... |Brit. Mus., |17th |Roman text, good |Pontificales | |Add. 30857 |cent. |initials. | | | | | 7|Portuguese |...... |Brit. Mus., |...... |Written for John |Missal | |Stowe 597 | |III., King of | | | | |Portugal. | | | | | 8|Hidalguia de |Spain |Brit. Mus., |1578 |Granted by Philip |Gonsalo de | |Add. 22143 | |II., with his |Castro Cepeda| | | |portrait.
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