Sutton, Kay Ann (1984) A Lombard manuscript, Paris B.N. Latin 757 : associated manuscripts and the context of their illumination. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

The basis of this study is a close examination
of the manuscripts which, in their decoration and
illustration, form a stylistic group around the Book
of Hours/Missal, Paris, B.N. Latin 757. Those
painted in the same style are fr.343, Smith-Lesouef
22, n.a.lat.1673, Latin 8045, all in the Biblioth'que
Nationale, and.s.2.3l (Latin 862) in the Biblioteca
Estense, Modena. Two other manuscripts which are
less closely related to this central group, Paris,
B.N. n.a.fr .5243 and Munich Staatsbibliothek Latin
23215, are also discussed.
Details of the decoration have made possible
the identification of the original owner of two of
the Books of Hours, Latin 757 and Smith-Lesouf 22,
as Bertrando de' Rossi, conte di San Secondo
(c.1346-1396), and of the romance Guiron le Courtois,
n.a.fr .5243, as Bernab Visconti.
Some aspects both of the finished painting and
of the distribution of work in the unfinished
manuscripts indicate that these books were the product
of collaboration between more than one painter. The
division of work however, is usually by process and
not by unit and the essential characteristics of the
style seem to be dependent upon one artist.
Previously the manuscripts in the style of
Latin 757 have all been dated to c.1380. Here the
sequence in which they were decorated between c.1383
to c.1395 is established.
These books are the earliest group of Lombard
manuscrits-de-luxe to have survived. This style seems
to have evolved in response to the demand for luxury
books from the Milanese court. It is suggested here
that the interest in illuminated books of Bernab?
Visconti and his court may have been more influential
than the later and, as far as it is known, restricted
patronage of his nephew Giangaleazzo and that,
correspondingly, Milan had ascendancy over Pavia as a
centre for book-production at the end of the fourteenth
century.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > ND Painting Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Illumination of books and manuscripts, Manuscripts, Lombard -- Criticism and interpretation
Official Date:	November 1984
Dates:	Date Event November 1984 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of History of Art
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Gardner, Julian
Sponsors:	Great Britain. Dept. of Education and Science (DES) ; France ; Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)
Extent:	xv, 424 leaves
Language:	eng

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