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Exhibition Review
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 389-393
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Reviewer:
Dutta, Parshati (Dutta, Parshati)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Mughal / Paintings / Architecture / Tankards / Textiles / Metalwork / Textile pages manuscripts) / Illuminated manuscripts / Ivory / Metalwork
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence Victoria and Albert Museum, London 9th November 2024–5th May 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Dagger and scabbard, by Mughal court workshops. c.1620. Hilt: gold over iron, set with rubies, diamonds, emeralds, glass, ivory and agate; blade: watered steel; scabbard: gold over wood, set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, 35.2 by 11.7 by 2.7 cm. (dagger); 25 by 5.6 by 2.7 cm. (scabbard). (Al- Sabah Collection, Kuwait; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. Dagger and scabbard, by Mughal court workshops. c.1620. Hilt: gold over iron, set with rubies, diamonds, emeralds, glass, ivory and agate; blade: watered steel; scabbard: gold over wood, set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, 35.2 by 11.7 by 2.7 cm. (dagger); 25 by 5.6 by 2.7 cm. (scabbard). (Al- Sabah Collection, Kuwait; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. Squirrels in a plane tree, by Abu’l-Hasan and Mansur. c.1605–10. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 47 by 32.2 cm. (British Library, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
8. Wine cup made for Emperor Shah Jahan, by Mughal court workshops. 1657. White nephrite jade, 18.7 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Medieval Women: In Their Own Words
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 270–73
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Reviewer:
Antille, Diane (Antille, Diane)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Medieval / Social history / Visual culture / Women / Literature / Illuminated manuscripts / Documents
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subjects:
Medieval Women: In Their Own Words British Library, London 25th October 2024–2nd March 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Building the City of Ladies, from Livre de la Cité des Dames, by Christine de Pizan. 1410–c.1414. Ink and pigment on parchment, 36.5 by 28.5 cm. (British Library, London, Harley MS 4431/2, f.290r).
Attributed works:
8. Birthing girdle. England, early 15th century. Ink and pigment on two pieces of parchment stitched together, 122 by 8.5 cm. (British Library, London, Harley Roll T.11).
Attributed works:
9. Bas-de-page illustration of women bringing in the harvest, from the Luttrell Psalter. Lincolnshire, 1325–40. Ink and pigment on parchment, 35 by 24.5 cm. (British Library, London, Add MS 42130, f.172v).
Article
Cristoforo de Predis at the Sforza Court
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 206–11
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Author:
Schrader, Jeffrey (Schrader, Jeffrey)
Subjects
artists:
Predis, Cristoforo de / Pedius, Quintus
dates:
1470-1479
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1444-1476
sources:
Pliny, the Elder, 23-79 AD
subjects:
Illuminators / Illuminated manuscripts / Inscriptions / Italian art / Renaissance art / Sforza family / Courts (social groups) / Disabled / Miniaturists
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Marriage of the Virgin, from the Borromeo Book of Hours, by Cristoforo de Predis. 1478 or 1486. Gouache on vellum, 10.3 by 7.6 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, S.P.42, fol.15v; Mondadori Portfolio; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Initial ‘A’ with Galeazzo Maria Sforza in prayer, by Cristoforo de Predis. Probably 1477. Gouache on vellum, 22.4 by 18.9 cm. (Wallace Collection, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Arms and imprese of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, from the Book of Gioacchino and Anna, by Cristoforo de Predis. 1476. Gouache on parchment, 27.3 by 19.1 cm. (Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Codice Varia 124, fol.2v; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. St Martin with the poor and Annunciation, from the Ingressarium of Fabrizio Marliani, by Cristoforo de Predis. 1476. Illumination on parchment, 57.2 by 41.2 cm. (Museo Baroffio e del Santuario del Sacro Monte sopra Varese, inv.1000, fol.1r).
Attributed works:
5. Melanthus Cycionius, Apelles, Protogenes Caunius, Quintus Pedius, Praxiteles Graecus, Mecenas, by Joachim von Sandrart. 1683. Engraving. (From J. von Sandrart and P. Killian: L’Academia todesca della architectura, scultura & pittura, oder, Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Nuremberg 1683, second part, first book, plate E; New York Public Library).
Attributed works:
6. Details of Figs.4, 3, 2 and 1, showing the various signatures of Cristoforo de Predis.
Book Review
The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 190–191
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Reviewer:
Law-Turner, Frederica C.E. (Law-Turner, Frederica C.E.)
Subjects
subjects:
Bible / Illuminated manuscripts / Books / Jewish / Iberian
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art Edited by Katrin Kogman-Appel, Javier del Barco and María Teresa Ortega-Monasterio. 272 pp. incl. 190 col. ills. (Bodleian Library Publishing, Oxford, 2023), £50. ISBN 978–1–85124–600–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Colophon of the artist, by Joseph ibn Hayyim. 1447. Kennicott Bible. (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Kennicott 1, fol.447r).
Exhibition Review
Welterbe des Mittelalters: 1300 Jahre Klosterinsel Reichenau
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1059–62
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Reviewer:
Cohen, Adam S. (Cohen, Adam S.)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz, Germany
places:
Reichenau
subjects:
Abbeys / German art / German architecture / Monks / Benedictines / Medieval art / Illuminated manuscripts / Churches
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Welterbe des Mittelalters: 1300 Jahre Klosterinsel Reichenau Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. St George, Reichenau. Nave, 9th–10th century; wall paintings, 10th century (photograph Theo Keller).
Attributed works:
5. St John the Evangelist, from the Gero Codex. c.969. Tempera and gold on parchment, 29.7 by 22.2 cm. (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Cod. 1948, fol.5v; exh. Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden- Württemberg, Konstanz).
Attributed works:
6. The scribe Ruodprecht presents the book to Bishop Egbert, from the Egbert Psalter. c.980. Tempera and gold on parchment, each folio 23.8 by 18.8 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cividale del Friuli, Cod.136, fols.16v–17r; exh. Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden- Württemberg, Konstanz).
Article
Renaissance exhibitions in Paris
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 612–619
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Author:
Herman, Nicholas (Herman, Nicholas)
Subjects
artists:
Pisanello / Fouquet, Jean, ca. 1415-1481 / Quarton, Enguerrand / Eyck, Barthélemy d' / Perugino, Pietro / Zoppo, Marco
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France / Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
subjects:
Renaissance art / Humanism / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Bookbindings / Books / Prints / Coins / Medals / Portraits / Paintings / Bronzes / Sculpture / Collections / Charles VII, King of France, 1403-1461
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Invention of the Renaissance: the Humanist, the Prince and the Artist, Bibliothèque national de France, 20 February16 June 2024. Les arts en France sous Charles VII, Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge, 12 March–16 June 2024. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Jacopo Antonio Marcello, attributed to Jacopo Bellini. 1453. Tempera on parchment, 18.7 by 13 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS 940, fol.38v).
Attributed works:
2. Frontispiece. (From Giovanni Michele Nagonio: De laudibus Galliae, Rome c.1500.) Ink and tempera on parchment, 27 by 16 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 8132, fols.8v–9r).
Attributed works:
3. St John on Patmos from the Hours of Frederick III, by Jean Bourdichon, Giovanni Todeschino and the Master of Claude de France. 1501–02. Tempera on parchment, 24.5 by 15.5 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 10532, p.62).
Attributed works:
4. Manuscript binding, by Étienne Roffet. c.1542–43. Gilt-tooled leather, 33.5 by 23 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 6866, upper cover).
Attributed works:
5. So-called dais of Charles VII, perhaps after a design by Jacob de Littemont. c.1430–40. Wool and silk, 292 by 285 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
6. Supplicant in prayer, excised leaf of the Collins Hours, by the Master of the Collins Hours. c.1445–50. Tempera and ink on parchment, 18.5 by 12.5 cm. (Musée de Cluny–Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris, MS Cl.23945).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of the central panel of the Aix Triptych showing the books on the Virgin’s lectern, by Barthélemy d’Eyck. 1443–44. Oil on panel. (Sainte-Madeleine, Aix-en-Provence; photograph the author).
Book Review
Mitteleuropäische Schulen VII (c.1400–1500): Böhmen – Mähren –Schlesien – Ungarn (Die Illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, 17)
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 423–425
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Reviewer:
Rischpler, Susanne (Rischpler, Susanne)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
places:
Bohemia / Moravia / Silesia / Poland
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Incunabula
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mitteleuropäische Schulen VII (c.1400–1500): Böhmen – Mähren – Schlesien – Ungarn (Die Illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, 17) By Maria Theisen with Irina von Morzé, and contributions by Ulrike Jenni, Kristina Klebel, Milada Studničková, Maria Stieglecker and Edina Zsupán. 2 vols, 987 pp. incl. 780 col. + 107 b. & w. ills. (Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, 2022), €290. ISBN 978–3–7001–8861–2. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Page from the missal of Archbishop Sbinko Zajic von Hasenburg. Prague, 1409. Parchment, 23.9 by 16.1 cm. (Austrian National Library, Vienna; MS 1844; fol.11r).
Article
Two music theory manuscripts reunited: book illumination in the circle of Matteo Giovannetti
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 16–29
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Author:
Manzari, Francesca (Manzari, Francesca)
Author:
Stoessel, Jason (Stoessel, Jason)
Subjects
artists:
Giovannetti, Matteo / circle of
dates:
1300-1349
places:
Avignon
sources:
Marchetto of Padua (fl. 1305 – 1319)
subjects:
Music / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Patrons / Dating / Attribution / Workshops (Organisations) / Franciscans / Cardinals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.52r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Attributed works:
18. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Attributed works:
20. Detail of Sacrifice of Zacharias, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Attributed works:
21. Angel of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
Attributed works:
Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.49r).
Western art unattributed:
1. Leaves from the Naples manuscript, showing Lady Music and God in Majesty. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fols.46v–47r).
Western art unattributed:
10. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.21v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
11. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.31r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
12. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.88r).
Western art unattributed:
14. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
15. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
16. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.110v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
17. Leaf from the Liber Regulae. (Archivio di Stato, Rome, MS 3193, fol.202v; MIC).
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
2. Leaf from the Naples manuscript, showing a seated lion holding in its paws the head of an ox. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.48r).
Western art unattributed:
22. Our Lady of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing one of the lions supporting the throne of Lady Music. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.47r).
Western art unattributed:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lion as a symbol for the Evangelist Mark. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.46v).
Western art unattributed:
5. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.1r).
Western art unattributed:
7. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
8. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
9. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.18v).
Book Review
Frankish Manuscripts: The Seventh to the Tenth Century
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1366–1368
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Reviewer:
Meehan, Bernard (Meehan, Bernard)
Subjects
styles:
Merovingian / Frankish
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Frankish Manuscripts: The Seventh to the Tenth Century By Lawrence Nees. 2 vols, 708 pp. incl. 302 col. + 29 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2022), €295. ISBN 978–1–872501–25–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Crucified Christ and Hrabanus Maurus’s poem in honour of the Cross. Probably Fulda, c.831. Ink and pigments on parchment, 36.7 by 29.4 cm. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Reg.lat.124, fol.8v).
Exhibition Review
The Lost Mirror: Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1345–1348
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Reviewer:
Castano Martinez, Mireia (Castano Martinez, Mireia)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
subjects:
Judaism / Christianity / Spanish art / Cultural history / Illuminated manuscripts / Altarpieces / Christian iconography / Religion / Religious art / Medieval art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lost Mirror: Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 10th October 2023– 14th January 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Detail of the Altarpiece of the Eucharist, by Llorenç Saragossà (?). c.1370–80. Tempera on panel, 255 by 234 cm. (Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Villahermosa del Río, Castellón; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
14. The desecrated image of the Virgin (Cantiga 34) from the Cantigas de Santa María. 1270–80. Illuminated parchment, 49 by 32.6 cm. (Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial, MS T-I-1, fol.50r; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
15. Domingo de Guzmán presiding over an autoda- fé, by Pedro Berruguete. c.1491–99. Oil on panel, 154 by 92 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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