Delaissé Léon Marie Joseph Marrow (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 4to (31.5 cm), 608 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). The illuminated manuscripts at Waddesdon Manor, largely undiscovered and unpublished, constitute only a third of the magnificent collection initiated by Baron James Mayer de Rothschild (d. 1868) and expanded by his son Baron Edmond (1845-1934). Many of these manuscripts represent the finest works of significant publishing houses and workshops from the later Middle Ages, with some valued for their texts and others for the opulence of their illumination. This catalogue signifies a reorientation in the study of manuscripts, presenting descriptions organized to emphasize the history of the medieval book. The components of the manuscripts - technical elements, texts, and their illustrations - are analyzed in the sequence in which they were produced. The commentaries accompanying each description seek to interpret the manuscripts, introducing the less specialized reader to this often-overlooked aspect of artistic production and social life in the Middle Ages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 4to (31.5 cm), 608 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). The illuminated manuscripts housed at Waddesdon Manor, a collection that has remained largely unknown and unpublished, constitute only a third of the splendid assortment initiated by Baron James Mayer de Rothschild (d. 1868) and expanded by his son Baron Edmond (1845-1934). Many of these manuscripts stand as exemplary products from significant publishing houses and workshops of the later Middle Ages, valued for both their texts and the opulence of their illumination. This catalogue marks a reorientation in the study of manuscripts, organizing descriptions in a manner that accentuates the history of the medieval book. The components of the manuscripts, including technical elements, texts, and illustrations, are analyzed in the sequence of their production. Accompanying commentaries after each description seek to interpret the manuscripts, aiming to introduce the less specialized reader to this relatively obscure facet of artistic production and social life in the Middle Ages.

Couverture rigide. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edition originale. # 1 - 2 Delaisse , L. M. J. ; Marrow, James H.; De Wit, J. ; National Trust ; Waddesdon Manor. Illuminated Manuscripts. The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor. Catalog of the manuscripts inherited by James A. de Rothschild from his father Baron Edmond de Rothschild, now the property of the National Trust for places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (of Great Britain) Published for the National Trust by Office du livre, Fribourg, first edition, 1977. - Cloth, large 8vo, gilt device on front board, 32 cm, slipcased, 608 pp, 46 colour plates (some mounted), numerous black and white illustrations. A splendid catalogue of a superb collection, but more than this since the catalogue was intended also to explainand illustrate Delaisse 's method of examining and interpreting manuscripts. The earliest manuscripts in the collection "are a thirteenth century Italian Bible, which is decorated but not illustrated, and a Liturgical Psalter, which was probaby written between 1326 and 1328 and which was decorated and illustrated in the workshop of Jean Pucelle. The remaining manuscripts are all fifteenth or sixteenth century, and, with the exception of two Italian Books of Hours, they are French or Netherlandish. The quality of the collection is rather uneven. The outstanding manuscripts are two Books of Hours illuminated respectively by Jean Bourdichon and by Simon Bening."-from a contemporary review. From the introduction: "The material description of each manuscript in this catalogue .describes in succession: I. The material and its size. II. The construction of the book in quires or gatherings. III. The preparation of the bifolio, by pricking and ruling. IV. The text, of which contents and script are examined separately, V. The decorations, in the order of their importance in relation to the text: initials, paragraph signs, line endings, and borders. VI. The illustration of the text with miniatures, of which the subjects and techniques are distingui. - language : english text Size: 240 X320 mm. Quarto.