Gender, Piety, and Production in Fourteenth-Century English Apocalypse Manuscripts

Neuauflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4724-5911-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 519 g

Gender, Piety, and Production in Fourteenth-Century English Apocalypse Manuscripts is the first in-depth study of three textually and iconographically diverse Apocalypses illustrated in England in the first half of the fourteenth century by a single group of artists. It offers a close look at a group of illuminators previously on the fringe of art historical scholarship, challenging the commonly-held perception of them as mere craftsmen at a time when both audiences and methods of production were becoming increasingly varied. Analyzing the manuscripts’ codicological features, visual and textual programmes, and social contexts, it explores the mechanisms of a fourteenth-century commercial workshop and traces the customization of these books of the same genre to the needs and expectations of varied readers, revealing the crucial influence of their female audience. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of English medieval art, medieval manuscripts, and the medieval Apocalypse, as well as medievalists interested in late medieval spirituality and theology, medieval religious and intellectual culture, book patronage and ownership, and female patronage and ownership.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bartal, Renana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen: Religiöse Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A Fourteenth-Century Group of English Apocalypse Illuminators

Workshop Practice and the Question of Authorship

Compilation and Readership

Chapter 1. Seeing with Spiritual Eyes: The Pepys Apocalypse

A Workshop Model

Seeing with ‘Spiritual Eyes’

Eucharistic Devotion and Bridal Mysticism

‘Le bon prelat’

The Pepys Apocalypse and the Cura Monialium

Conclusion

Chapter 2. A Book Designed for a Lady: The Selden Apocalypse

The Owner of the Book

A Book for Teaching

The Illuminator as Compiler

A Literal Apocalypse

Tying Évangile to Apocalypse: Alpha and Omega

Conclusion

Chapter 3. Knowledge and Ascent: The Brussels Apocalypse

The Lumere as lais

Knowledge and Ascent

‘Seint Pol le apostre’ and the Moral Emphasis

Close Relations

The Brussels Apocalypse as an Exemplar and Mental Substitute for a Lost Image

More Images in the Margins

Conclusion

Chapter 4. Concluding Remarks: The Care of Souls and the Artist as Author

Diverse Readers and the Care of Souls

Customized Practices and Questions of Authorship

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Renana Bartal is Senior Lecturer in the Art History department at Tel Aviv University, Israel.