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The Taymouth Hours is one of the most fascinating illuminated manuscripts of late medieval England, but the circumstances of its commission have remained elusive for more than a century. In this first comprehensive study of the Taymouth Hours, Kathryn A. Smith traces the manuscript’s origin to Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III, and Edward’s sister, the thirteen-year-old Eleanor of Woodstock.
Smith provides a detailed analysis of the manuscript’s program, particularly the relationships between its marginal imagery and the devotional texts these images border, and embeds the Taymouth Hours within the historical, political, religious, and artistic contexts of early fourteenth-century England and northern Europe. Generously illustrated, the book also comes with a digitized edition of the entire manuscript. This feature allows readers to examine high-quality images of each folio while following along with Smith’s text.
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‘Excellent book.’ (Julian Luxford Times Literary Supplement, October 19,2012)
‘The Taymouth Hours is a formidable work of scholarship... Smith presents the riches of the Taymouth hours against the background of late medieval English culture and the educated and devotional interest of a royal woman of the period.’ (Margaret M. Manion Studies in Iconography vol 35:2014)
Kathryn A. Smith is an assistant professor in the Department of Fine Arts at New York University.
Review:
‘This study of a single manuscript contributes a great deal, in form as well as in content, to our understanding of ways in which late medieval devotional trends could be incarnated in objects that were, in so many ways, physical embodiments of spiritual actions.’
(Anne Rudolff Stanton The Medieval Review; April 2013)‘Excellent book.’ (Julian Luxford Times Literary Supplement, October 19,2012)
‘The Taymouth Hours is a formidable work of scholarship... Smith presents the riches of the Taymouth hours against the background of late medieval English culture and the educated and devotional interest of a royal woman of the period.’ (Margaret M. Manion Studies in Iconography vol 35:2014)
‘As enjoyable as it is erudite, this is a book that invites and repays through reading.... Smith offers a wide ranging dissuasion of contemporary politics, religion, literature, and art.’
(S. Panayotova The English Historical Review 27 November 2014)‘Marvelous analyses of the book’s multilayered imagery... No one scholar could plumb all the mysteries of the Taymouth Hours imagery, but Smith is a persuasive guide to the many ways that it provided open-ended fodder for fourteenth century Christian devotion – and for contemporary interpretation.’
(Adam Cohen Common Knowledge vol 21:01:2015)‘As enjoyable as it is erudite, this is a book that invites and repays thorough reading.’
(S. Panayotova English Historical Review, vol 129: December 2014)"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1442644362
- ISBN 13 9781442644366
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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