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The Prayer book of Charles the Bold : a study of a Flemish masterpiece from the Burgundian Court
Gebetbuch Karls des Kühnen. English
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"In January of 1469 the accounts of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy record a payment to the scribe Nicolas Spierinc "for having written ... some prayers for my lord." Seven months later the same ...
"In January of 1469 the accounts of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy record a payment to the scribe Nicolas Spierinc "for having written ... some prayers for my lord." Seven months later the same accounts record a payment to the illuminator Lievin van Lathem for twenty-five miniatures plus borders and decorated initials in the same manuscript. In this thorough study, the late professor Antoine de Schryver presents a carefully reasoned argument that the documents refer to the exquisite prayer book of Charles the Bold now in the J. Paul Getty Museum. De Schryver's in-depth research opens a window onto the careers of the beloved van Lathem, who served three rulers of the Burgundian Netherlands over forty years, and of Nicolas Spierinc, the most inventive and brilliant scribe of Charles's court. This volume reproduces all of the book's miniatures and some of its elegant calligraphic pages."--Jacket.
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- Creator
- Antoine de Schryver ; English translation by Jessica Berenbeim
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- English
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- Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2008]
- ©2008
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- 310 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780892369430, 0892369434
- OCLC
- ocn216938539
- A study of the illuminated manuscript J. Paul Getty Museum MS 37.
- Antoine de Schryver wrote this commentary in French for inclusion in the facsimile edition of the manuscript published by Faksimile Verlag Luzern in 2007; it appeared there in German translation under the title: Gebetbuch Karls des Kühnen.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-310).
- Translated from the German.
- Preface / Thomas Kren -- Getty MS 37: a prayer book created for Charles the Bold -- Four phases of the prayer book's production -- Lieven van Lathem's biography -- Nicolas Spierinc's biography -- Graphical decoration of the text pages -- Miniatures in the documented core and the devotional diptychs -- Style of Lieven van Lathem's miniatures -- Full borders of the documented core -- Illumination of the Little Hours of the Cross -- Spierinc and van Lathem's production process for the documented core -- Excerpts from the accounts of the treasurer of the Duke of Burgundy for the year 1469 -- Codicological description and analysis of the Prayer Book of Charles the Bold -- Supplement added for a later owner of the manuscript -- Binding -- History of the manuscript
Subjects
- Gebetbuch Karls des Kühnen -- Illustrations.
- Lathem, Lievin van, active 1454-1493.
- Spierinck, Nicolas, active 1455-1499.
- Charles, Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 -- Art patronage.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Flemish -- 15th century.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Flanders.
- Prayer books -- Illustrations.
- Prayer books -- France -- Burgundy -- Illustrations.