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Author Grasso, Maria R., author.

Title Illuminating sanctity : the body, soul and glorification of Saint Amand in the miniature cycle in Valenciennes, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 500 / by Maria R. Grasso.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 169 pages).
Art language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 71.
The manuscript world ; volume 11
Library of the written word ; v. 45.
Library of the written word. The manuscript world ; v. 11.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Intro; Illuminating Sanctity: The Body, Soul and Glorification of Saint Amand in the Miniature Cycle in Valenciennes, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 500; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Figures and Diagrams; Abbreviations; Glossary; 1 An Introduction to Valenciennes, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 500; 1.1 Saint Amand; 1.2 The Vita as a Genre; 1.3 The Three Illustrated Vitae of Saint-Amand; 2 MS 500: Its Date and Structure; 2.1 Dating Evidence; 2.1.1 Dating the MS 500 Vita of Saint Amand; 2.1.2 Dating the Cycle of Miniatures of Saint Amand
2.2 The Incorrect Binding of Gatherings in MS 5002.2.1 Current and Corrected Arrangement of the Leaves; 2.3 The Miniatures and the Preliminary Drawings; 2.4 The Purpose of the Preliminary Drawings; 2.4.1 Preliminary Drawings I; 2.4.2 Preliminary Drawings II; 2.5 Aldegonde's Vision of Amand and the Miniature of Amand's Soul with Christ; 2.5.1 Aldegonde and the Vision of Amand; 2.5.2 Aldegonde's Vision and the Missing Leaf; 2.6 Planning Overview; 2.7 Conclusion; 3 The Artists and Techniques in the Miniature Cycle in MS 500; 3.1 The Abbey of Saint-Amand as a Creative Centre
3.2 Transmission and Possible Sources3.3 Comparisons of the Miniatures; 3.3.1 Gathering Y+Z, f. 62v. Amand's Entombment and Soul, and f. 68r His Glorification (Appx. A.20, A.29); 3.3.2 Gathering X, ff. 53r, 54v (Appx. A.1, A.4); 3.3.3 Gathering X, ff. 58v, 55r (Appx. A.5-A.12); 3.3.4 Gathering X, ff. 56v, 57r (Appx. A.8, A.9); 3.3.5 Gathering Y+Z, ff. 59r-66v, All Folia (Appx. A.13-A.28); 3.3.6 Gathering Y+Z, ff. 59r-66v, All Folia, Facial Features (Appx. A.13-A.28); 3.3.7 Gathering Y+Z, All Folia, and f. 68r. Scrollwork; 3.3.8 Gathering Y+Z, All Folia, and f. 68r. Summary
3.3.9 Gatherings X, Y+Z, All Folia, and f. 68r. Decorative Frames3.4 Summary of Transmission and Comparison of Miniatures; 3.5 Comparison with Contemporary Manuscripts; 3.5.1 Comparison with Vitae; 3.5.2 Comparison with Psalters; 4 Exegesis and Message Reinforcement in Depictions of Amand in the Miniature Cycle; 4.1 Themes on Facing Pages of the Preliminary Drawings; 4.1.1 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 59v, 60r (Appx. A.14, A.15 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.2 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings ff. 63v, 64r (Appx. A.22, A.23 and Appx. G.2)
4.1.3 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 65v, 66r (Appx. A.26, A.27 and Appx. G.2)4.1.4 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 61v, 62r (Appx. A.18, A.19 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.5 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 53v, 54r (Appx. A.2, A.3 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.6 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 55v, 56r (Appx. A.6, A.7 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.7 The Facing Pages of Preliminary Drawings, ff. 57v, 58r (Appx. A.10, A.11 and Appx. G.2); 4.1.8 Missing Preliminary Drawings for Miniatures, ff. 61r, 62v (Appx. A.17, A.20 and Appx. G.2)
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Subject Amand, Saint, approximately 584-approximately 676 -- Art.
Amand, Saint, approximately 584-approximately 676.
Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes. Manuscript. 500 -- Illustrations.
Soul in art.
Soul in art.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, French -- 12th century.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, French.
Chronological Term 12th century
Subject Illumination of books and manuscripts, Romanesque -- France.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Romanesque.
France.
Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Artists' preparatory studies -- France -- History -- 12th century.
Underdrawing.
Artists' preparatory studies.
History.
ART -- Folk & Outsider Art.
Underdrawing.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Folkcrafts.
Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval.
Chronological Term 500-1500
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Art.
History.
Illustrated works.
Art.
Pictures.
Pictures.
Other Form: Print version: Grasso, Maria R. Illuminating sanctity. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019 9789004381971 (DLC) 2019004270
ISBN 9004381996 electronic book
9789004381995 electronic book
9789004381971 hardcover
900438197X hardcover