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COURTIER AND COMMONER: TWO STYLES OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION

COURTIER AND COMMONER: TWO STYLES OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION 'Wiiiiiiiiiiiii~+~iiiiiiiiiiiiiii COURTIER AND COMMONER: TWO STYLES OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION Gloria K. Fiero University of Southwestern Louisiana If quantity were any criterion of the relative importance of an art form, then manuscript illumination would have to be considered the most significant genre of the late Middle Ages. The nu mb er of illuntinated manuscripts executed during the fifteenth century alone has never been calculated, but the thousands that are housed in libraries, museums, and private collections throughout the world attest to what must have been a widespread demand for illuminated manuscripts and enormous productivity among the artisans in this craft. Composed of parchment or vellum leaves, bound in leather or rich fabric, written and ornamented entirely by hand, these manuscripts constitute a remarkable collection of historical documents. They are ideal tools for an interdisciplinary understanding of the history of an age. Their texts represent the interests of the literate public, while their decorative portions and illustrations reflect the aesthetic and social values of the period from which they date. Social historians have long made use of the arts in the analysis of culture; I however they have barely begun to examine the potential of manuscript illumination, especially http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Explorations in Renaissance Culture Brill

COURTIER AND COMMONER: TWO STYLES OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION

Fiero, Gloria K.
Explorations in Renaissance Culture , Volume 2 (1): 15 – Dec 2, 1975
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© Copyright 1975 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0098-2474
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'Wiiiiiiiiiiiii~+~iiiiiiiiiiiiiii COURTIER AND COMMONER: TWO STYLES OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION Gloria K. Fiero University of Southwestern Louisiana If quantity were any criterion of the relative importance of an art form, then manuscript illumination would have to be considered the most significant genre of the late Middle Ages. The nu mb er of illuntinated manuscripts executed during the fifteenth century alone has never been calculated, but the thousands that are housed in libraries, museums, and private collections throughout the world attest to what must have been a widespread demand for illuminated manuscripts and enormous productivity among the artisans in this craft. Composed of parchment or vellum leaves, bound in leather or rich fabric, written and ornamented entirely by hand, these manuscripts constitute a remarkable collection of historical documents. They are ideal tools for an interdisciplinary understanding of the history of an age. Their texts represent the interests of the literate public, while their decorative portions and illustrations reflect the aesthetic and social values of the period from which they date. Social historians have long made use of the arts in the analysis of culture; I however they have barely begun to examine the potential of manuscript illumination, especially

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