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The Macclesfield psalter

[edited by] Stella Panayotova
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. The History and Creation of the Macclesfield Psalter
  • 1. A Web of Interpretations
  • A. Colourful Fabric of Life and Thought
  • Emotion
  • Italianism and Classicism
  • The East Anglian School of Illumination
  • 2. The Making of the Macclesfield Psalter
  • Parchment and Structure
  • Page Design, the Script and the Scribe
  • 3. The Texts
  • The Calendar and Litany
  • The Prayer Suscipere dignare
  • The Psalms
  • The Canticles
  • The Office of the Dead
  • The Confession Prayer, Confiteor tibi domine, and Other Prayers
  • 4. The Owners of the Macclesfield Psalter
  • The Original Owner and his Confessor
  • Later Provenance
  • 5. The Decoration
  • Order and Hierarchy
  • The Artists
  • 6. Moving Pictures
  • Traditional Iconography
  • The Omnivorous Marginalia
  • Literary Conceits
  • The Dynamics of Reading
  • Topical Images
  • Classicizing Motifs
  • Pt. 2. The Macclesfield Psalter
  • Reproduction of the Manuscript
  • 1. Description of the Macclesfield Psalter
  • 2. Comparative Table of Calendars in the Stowe Breviary and the Gorleston, Douai and Macclesfield Psalters
  • 3. The Psalms and Canticles
  • 4. The Pigments of the Macclesfield Psalter by Spike Bucklow
  • 5. The Conservation of the Macclesfield Psalter by Robert Proctor.
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Contributors:
Panayotova, Stella
Fitzwilliam Museum
Languages:
English
Latin
Language Notes:
Text in English and Latin.
Subjects:
Macclesfield psalter
Illumination of books and manuscripts, English
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval — England
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
England
General Notes:
"With a complete reproduction at the original size of the 14th-century prayer book in the collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and 95 colour details."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-351) and index.
Physical Description:
352 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Physical Characteristics:
illustration
Call Numbers:
BX2033.A35 M33 2008
ISBNs:
9780500238523 (hbk.)
0500238529 (hbk.)
OCLC Numbers:
227016435