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Author Leo, Domenic

Title Images, texts, and marginalia in a "Vows of the peacock" manuscript (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS G24) : with a complete concordance and catalogue of peacock manuscripts / by Domenic Leo
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 28. The manuscript world ; volume 5
Library of the written word ; volume 28.
Contents The Glazier Peacock : texts, authors, and patrons -- The Glazier Peacock : artists -- The Glazier Peacock : miniatures -- The Glazier Peacock : marginalia -- The Glazier Peacock : festivities -- The Glazier Peacock : texts, images, and heresy -- The Glazier Peacock : conclusion -- Peacock cycle manuscripts : a concordance of miniatures -- Catalogue of manuscripts -- Appendix 1. Concordance of tituli -- Appendix 2. Arse-generated humor proverbial phrases -- Appendix 3. Pierart dou Tielt -- Appendix 4. Comparison table for proverbs in the marginalia -- Appendix 5. Comparison table for obscenae in the marginalia -- Bibliography -- Index of marginalia -- Color plates
Summary The ""Vows of the Peacock"" was composed in 1312 in France. One of the extant manuscripts stands out for its beautiful miniatures and scurrilous marginalia (PML, MS G24). It includes a catalogue and concordance of all Peacock manuscripts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Jacques, de Longuyon, active 1290-1312. Voeux du paon.
Brisebare, -approximately 1340. Restor du paon.
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Romances -- History and criticism
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Romances -- Illustrations
SUBJECT Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast
Subject Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. G.24.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. G.24 -- Illustrations
SUBJECT Restor du paon (Brisebare) fast
Voeux du paon (Jacques, de Longuyon) fast
Subject Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
Marginal illustrations.
Manuscripts, French -- New York (State) -- New York
marginal illustrations.
POETRY -- Continental European.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, French
Marginal illustrations
Romances
New York (State) -- New York
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Illustrated works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004250833
9004250832