The Psalter of Robert de Lisle in the British LibraryOne of the major examples of 14th-century English illumination, the Psalter of Robert de Lisle is among the outstanding treasures in the British Library. The new paperback edition includes the complete illustration cycle reproduced in colour, each miniature being accompanied by the same detailed introductory text as in the original edition. The illustrations are preceded by a compre- hensive introduction treating the style and iconography of the miniatures in the context of contemporary English painting, analysing the pictorial and textual components of the unusual and elaborate moral and theological dia- grams, and offering conclusions about patronage, date and provenance. An appendix provides a handlist of more than thirty manuscripts containing the same group of diagrams, known as the Speculum theologie, with a group of additional copies research since the first edition. This edition also has a new preface and postscript which evaluate recent research bearing on the manuscript, as well as an updated bibliography. 'The Psalter is one of the masterpieces of English Gothic Illumination from the first half of the four- teenth century ... Sandler's book is a welcome contribution to the Literature.' |
Contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition | 7 |
Postscript | 32 |
Notes to Text and Descriptions | 99 |
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14th century Ages Articles of Faith artist Arundel Ascension Bibl Bibliothèque British Library calendar Cambridge Catalogue Cherub Christ in Majesty colour Commandments composition containing Crucifixion Eight Beatitudes examples figures Folio fourteenth century frame gestures Gothic Handlist in Appendix Hours of Jeanne Howard Psalter Illuminated Manuscripts illustration inscriptions Jean Pucelle Johannes Metensis John Peckham l'Arsenal Lisle Psalter London Lord Madonna and Child Madonna Master Majesty Master medallions medieval miniatures Miscellany motifs narrative cycle Nationale Ormesby Psalter Oxford Painting Paris Passion Pentecost Peter of Poitiers Peterborough Psalter pictorial Pilate Plate Psalter of Robert Queen Mary Psalter Resurrection Robert de Lisle Sandler Saxl Sedilia Seven Acts Speculum theologie Sphere Table Ten Commandments theological diagrams Three Dead Three Living Tower of Wisdom treatise Tree of Vices Tree of Virtues Tree of Wisdom Twelve Articles verso Virgin Westminster Abbey Wheel of Opposites Wheel of Sevens