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The Murthly Hours: Devotion, Literacy, and Luxury in Paris, England, and the Gaelic West (British Library Studies in Medieval Culture) - Hardcover
362 pp; the Murthly Hours is a luxurious manuscript, fashionably illuminated by Parisian artists of the late thirteenth century. this book examines the text of the book of hours, the additions and the ilumination of both 0parts of the manuscript, amnd traces the history and use of the book form the thirteenth century to the present; profusely illustrated with b & w plates pl;us includes the unopened full-facsimile on CD-Rom in rear plastic pocket
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John Higgitt is Lecturer in Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh.
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- PublisherThe British Library
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0712346392
- ISBN 13 9780712346399
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The Murthly Hours consists of two parts: a book of hours of the end of the thirteenth century preceded by twenty-three slightly earlier miniatures of Old and New Testament scenes surviving from another book, probably a psalter. It is therefore one of the earliest books of hours, written before the greater standardization of text and decoration during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The book was a special commission and reflects the interests and devotions of its first owner, a lady apparently from the Worcester area whose portrait appears in one of the initials. The choice of feasts in the calendar and the choice of saints invoked in the litany reflects the owner's taste. They show how the book was used and can tell us something about secular devotions and literacy among the aristocracy in England and the West of Scotland in the later Middle Ages. The book also contains the second oldest surviving pieces of Gaelic which can be said with certainty to have been written in Scotland rather than in Ireland. They were written phonetically by someone not trained to write Gaelic and one piece has been identified as a form of charm. John Higgitt recounts the provenance of this magnificent work of medieval art and its recent rediscovery and purchase by the National Library of Scotland. He discusses the writing, decoration, and style of illumination and the particular influence of the Paris school on the manuscript artists. The author presents the first interpretive study which will be of interest to historians of art, liturgy, and medieval literacy. with CD. Seller Inventory # 61645
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Edition originale. The Murthly Hours.Devotion,Literacy,and Luxury in Paris,England and Gaelic West,by John Higgitt.London 2001 The British Library Publications.Pages 304 ills.8 colour and 100 black-and-white ills.+ C.D.Rom Quarto Hardback Euro 125,00.- Size: 246 x 176 mm. Seller Inventory # 001718
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