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This book reproduces in color all fourteen images from a fifteenth-century manuscript, now part of the J. Paul Getty Museum collection. One of the finest illuminated secular manuscripts produced in the Netherlands during the period, the manuscript features miniatures that illustrate important episodes from the short life of the legendary Macedonian general. Titled Les fais d'Alexandre le grant, the manuscript is itself a translation of a text attributed to first-century Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus, whose Latin text is one of our principal literary sources for our knowledge of Alexander. McKendrick's authoritative text places the Getty's manuscript in its contexts as history and art and explains how the text and illuminations have much to tell us as well about the politics and aesthetics of the Burgundian Netherlands and the development of secular culture in Western Europe.
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Scot McKendrick is curator of manuscripts at the British Library and is a teacher of the history of books at London University. He is joint editor of the Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts and assistant editor of the Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts (New Series) 1976-1980. He has lectured and published extensively on late medieval illuminated manuscripts and tapestries.
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History of Alexander the Great
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. This book reproduces in color all fourteen images from a fifteenth-century manuscript, now part of the J. Paul Getty Museum collection. One of the finest illuminated secular manuscripts produced in the Netherlands during the period, the manuscript features miniatures that illustrate important episodes from the short life of the legendary Macedonian general. Titled Les fais d'Alexandre le grant, the manuscript is itself a translation of a text attributed to first-century Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus, whose Latin text is one of our principal literary sources for our knowledge of Alexander. McKendrick's authoritative text places the Getty's manuscript in its contexts as history and art and explains how the text and illuminations have much to tell us as well about the politics and aesthetics of the Burgundian Netherlands and the development of secular culture in Western Europe. Open copy with mild to noticeable wear along edges, light fading present on book and slipcase, clean pages with tight binding, cloth-covered slipcase has mild wear along edges. Seller Inventory # 321848
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The history of Alexander the Great : an illuminated manuscript of Vasco da Lucena's French translation of the ancient text by Quintus Curtius Rufus / Scot McKendrick
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First Edition. Near fine copy bound in quarter cloth over decorated cloth, with an equally find colour-printed slip-case. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Series; Getty Museum monographs on illuminated manuscripts. Physical description; xi, 105 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 45 cm. Notes; Issued in a case. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105). Summary; A lavishly produced monograph about a late 15th Century illuminated manuscript. The text is a translation into French, by Vasco da Lucena, of one of the primary sources for the life of Alexander. The illustrations portray the events of the story in contemporary costumes and settings. Now in the John Paul Getty collection, this publication discusses the history of the text and the manuscript itself, with full colour reproduction of each illustration. A beautiful book about a beautiful manuscript. Biography; Scot McKendrick is curator of manuscripts at the British Library and is a teacher of the history of books at London University. He is joint editor of the Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts and assistant editor of the Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts (New Series) (1976-1980). He has lectured and published extensively on late medieval illuminated manuscripts and tapestries. Subjects; Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historia Alexandri Magni Illustrations. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) Art. Lucena, Vasco Fernandes de. Livre des fais d'Alexandre le Grand Illustrations. Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C.) Art. Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historiae Alexandri Magni Illustrations. J. Paul Getty Museum. Livre des fais d'Alexandre le Grand Illustrations. Livre de fais d'Alexandre le grand Illustrations. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic Flanders. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Flemish. Illumination of books and manuscripts California Malibu. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic France Burgandy. Illumination of books and manuscripts, French France Burgandy. Illuminatio of books and manuscripts California Malibu. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic France. Illumination of books and manuscripts, French France Burgundy. Illuminated manuscripts Flemish Medieval 15th century. Illuminated manuscripts Public collections U.S.A. Illustration ; Decorative arts & crafts ; Biography & autobiography. History of art / art & design styles. Design / Book. Art / European. History / Ancient / Greece. Book and manuscript illustration ; History of art and art criticism ; Biography and autobiography. Genre; Bibliography. Illustrated. 2 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations. Seller Inventory # 271070
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The history of Alexander the Great : an illuminated manuscript of Vasco da Lucena's French translation of the ancient text by Quintus Curtius Rufus / Scot McKendrick
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First Edition. Near fine copy bound in quarter cloth over decorated cloth, with an equally find colour-printed slip-case. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Series; Getty Museum monographs on illuminated manuscripts. Physical description; xi, 105 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 45 cm. Notes; Issued in a case. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105). Summary; A lavishly produced monograph about a late 15th Century illuminated manuscript. The text is a translation into French, by Vasco da Lucena, of one of the primary sources for the life of Alexander. The illustrations portray the events of the story in contemporary costumes and settings. Now in the John Paul Getty collection, this publication discusses the history of the text and the manuscript itself, with full colour reproduction of each illustration. A beautiful book about a beautiful manuscript. Biography; Scot McKendrick is curator of manuscripts at the British Library and is a teacher of the history of books at London University. He is joint editor of the Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts and assistant editor of the Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts (New Series) (1976-1980). He has lectured and published extensively on late medieval illuminated manuscripts and tapestries. Subjects; Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historia Alexandri Magni Illustrations. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) Art. Lucena, Vasco Fernandes de. Livre des fais d'Alexandre le Grand Illustrations. Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C.) Art. Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historiae Alexandri Magni Illustrations. J. Paul Getty Museum. Livre des fais d'Alexandre le Grand Illustrations. Livre de fais d'Alexandre le grand Illustrations. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic Flanders. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Flemish. Illumination of books and manuscripts California Malibu. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic France Burgandy. Illumination of books and manuscripts, French France Burgandy. Illuminatio of books and manuscripts California Malibu. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic France. Illumination of books and manuscripts, French France Burgundy. Illuminated manuscripts Flemish Medieval 15th century. Illuminated manuscripts Public collections U.S.A. Illustration ; Decorative arts & crafts ; Biography & autobiography. History of art / art & design styles. Design / Book. Art / European. History / Ancient / Greece. Book and manuscript illustration ; History of art and art criticism ; Biography and autobiography. Genre; Bibliography. Illustrated. 2 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations. Seller Inventory # 271070
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The History of Alexander the Great : An Illuminated Manuscript of Vasco Da Lucena's French Translation of the Ancient Text by Quintus Curtius Rufus
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Front board quarter-cloth and patterned paper, spine and rear board cloth, folio, 44 cm, xi, 105, [1] pp. : ills (some colour), maps. From the publisher's description: "This book reproduces in colour all fourteen images from a fifteenth-century manuscript, now part of the J. Paul Getty Museum collection. One of the finest illuminated secular manuscripts produced in the Netherlands during the period, the manuscript features miniatures that illustrate important episodes from the short life of the legendary Macedonian general. Titled Les fais d'Alexandre le grant, the manuscript is itself a translation of a text attributed to first-century Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus, whose Latin text is one of our principal literary sources for our knowledge of Alexander. McKendrick's authoritative text places the Getty's manuscript in its contexts as history and art and explains how the text and illuminations have much to tell us as well about the politics and aesthetics of the Burgundian Netherlands and the development of secular culture in Western Europe." From the foreword: "Alexander's life abounded in lessons of personal virtue, prowess in battle, magnanimity in victory, and insatiable ambition. The anonymous painters of the Getty's sumptuous manuscript carefully visualized these fantastic scenes, yet clothed them in familiar contemporary costume and placed them in the midst of contemporary decor. This book provides colour reproductions of each of these captivating miniatures and several of the text pages, together with an informative commentary by Scot McKendrick, Curator of Manuscripts at the British Library." The contents comprise: Foreword, by John Walsh; Map of the world of Alexander the Great; Alexander the Great: history, legend, and Curtius's Historiae Alexandri magni; Map of the Burgundian Netherlands; Vasco da Lucena's Les fais d'Alexandre le grant; The Getty Manuscript; Final assessment: From Fabula to historia; Plates: the miniatures and their subjects; Appendix 1. Summary description of the Getty Manuscript; Appendix 2. Surviving manuscripts of Vasco's translation; Appendix 3. Subjects of the large miniatures in the Getty, Bodmer, Jena, and Paris manuscripts. Gilt spine-titling a little rubbed, upper fore-edge corner of rear board slightly faded and strip near spine on rear board a little marked, otherwise Very Good in the publisher's slightly marked and scuffed cloth slipcase. Seller Inventory # ABE-52105
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The History of Alexander the Great
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Tight, bright and unmarred. Cloth slipcase shows one small pressure dent, else clean and bright. Green cloth boards, front board appears quarterbound with decorative green pastedown, gilt lettering, black endpages; slipcase shows large, pictorial, pastedown label, gilt lettering. Fo. 153pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Appendix. Seller Inventory # 13836
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The History of Alexander the Great: An Illuminated Manuscript of Vasco da Lucena's French Translation of an Ancient Text by Quintus Curtius Rufus
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Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xi, [3] 105, [1] p. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. Suggestions for Further Reading Foreword by John Walsh. From Wikipedia: "Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian, probably of the 1st century, author of his only known and only surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni, "Histories of Alexander the Great, " or more fully Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, " Apart from his name on the manuscripts, nothing else certain is known of him. This fact alone has led philologists to believe that he had another historical identity, to which, due to the accidents of time, the link has been broken. Meanwhile the identity of Quintus Curtius Rufus, historian, is maintained separately." Very good. No slipcase present. Minor wear to cover (small edge dings). Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Seller Inventory # 70313