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Author Grasso, Maria R., author.

Title Illuminating sanctity : the body, soul and glorification of Saint Amand in the miniature cycle in Valenciennes, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 500 / by Maria R. Grasso
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 169 pages)
Series Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 71
The manuscript world ; volume 11
Library of the written word ; v. 45.
Library of the written word; The manuscript world ; v. 11
Contents Intro; Illuminating Sanctity: The Body, Soul and Glorification of Saint Amand in the Miniature Cycle in Valenciennes, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 500; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Figures and Diagrams; Abbreviations; Glossary; 1 An Introduction to Valenciennes, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 500; 1.1 Saint Amand; 1.2 The Vita as a Genre; 1.3 The Three Illustrated Vitae of Saint-Amand; 2 MS 500: Its Date and Structure; 2.1 Dating Evidence; 2.1.1 Dating the MS 500 Vita of Saint Amand; 2.1.2 Dating the Cycle of Miniatures of Saint Amand
2.2 The Incorrect Binding of Gatherings in MS 5002.2.1 Current and Corrected Arrangement of the Leaves; 2.3 The Miniatures and the Preliminary Drawings; 2.4 The Purpose of the Preliminary Drawings; 2.4.1 Preliminary Drawings I; 2.4.2 Preliminary Drawings II; 2.5 Aldegonde's Vision of Amand and the Miniature of Amand's Soul with Christ; 2.5.1 Aldegonde and the Vision of Amand; 2.5.2 Aldegonde's Vision and the Missing Leaf; 2.6 Planning Overview; 2.7 Conclusion; 3 The Artists and Techniques in the Miniature Cycle in MS 500; 3.1 The Abbey of Saint-Amand as a Creative Centre
3.2 Transmission and Possible Sources3.3 Comparisons of the Miniatures; 3.3.1 Gathering Y+Z, f. 62v. Amand's Entombment and Soul, and f. 68r His Glorification (Appx. A.20, A.29); 3.3.2 Gathering X, ff. 53r, 54v (Appx. A.1, A.4); 3.3.3 Gathering X, ff. 58v, 55r (Appx. A.5-A.12); 3.3.4 Gathering X, ff. 56v, 57r (Appx. A.8, A.9); 3.3.5 Gathering Y+Z, ff. 59r-66v, All Folia (Appx. A.13-A.28); 3.3.6 Gathering Y+Z, ff. 59r-66v, All Folia, Facial Features (Appx. A.13-A.28); 3.3.7 Gathering Y+Z, All Folia, and f. 68r. Scrollwork; 3.3.8 Gathering Y+Z, All Folia, and f. 68r. Summary
3.3.9 Gatherings X, Y+Z, All Folia, and f. 68r. Decorative Frames3.4 Summary of Transmission and Comparison of Miniatures; 3.5 Comparison with Contemporary Manuscripts; 3.5.1 Comparison with Vitae; 3.5.2 Comparison with Psalters; 4 Exegesis and Message Reinforcement in Depictions of Amand in the Miniature Cycle; 4.1 Themes on Facing Pages of the Preliminary Drawings; 4.1.1 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 59v, 60r (Appx. A.14, A.15 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.2 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings ff. 63v, 64r (Appx. A.22, A.23 and Appx. G.2)
4.1.3 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 65v, 66r (Appx. A.26, A.27 and Appx. G.2)4.1.4 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 61v, 62r (Appx. A.18, A.19 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.5 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 53v, 54r (Appx. A.2, A.3 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.6 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 55v, 56r (Appx. A.6, A.7 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.7 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 57v, 58r (Appx. A.10, A.11 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.8 Missing Preliminary Drawings for Miniatures, ff. 61r, 62v (Appx. A.17, A.20 and Appx. G.2)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 20, 2020)
Subject Amand, Saint, approximately 584-approximately 676 -- Art
SUBJECT Amand, Saint, approximately 584-approximately 676 fast
Subject Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes. Manuscript. 500 -- Illustrations
Soul in art.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, French -- 12th century
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Romanesque -- France
Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Medieval, 500-1500
Artists' preparatory studies -- France -- History -- 12th century
Underdrawing.
underdrawings.
ART -- Folk & Outsider Art.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Folkcrafts.
Artists' preparatory studies
Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval
Illumination of books and manuscripts, French
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Romanesque
Soul in art
Underdrawing
France
Genre/Form Art
History
Illustrated works
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019009618
ISBN 9004381996
9789004381995