• MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.

Want to continue reading? Get 1 month digital access for only .

Subscribe now
By using this website you agree to our Cookie policy
  • MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Search

content
A TO Z
clear all
15 articles
Book Review
Korean Treasures: Rare Books, Manuscripts and Artefacts in the Bodleian Libraries and Museums of Oxford University, vol.2
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 976-977
Buy / subscribe
related names
Reviewer:
Bolwell, Sarah (Bolwell, Sarah)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain / Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain / Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, Great Britain / University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, Great Britain
subjects:
Korean art / Collecting / Collections
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Korean Treasures: Rare Books, Manuscripts and Artefacts in the Bodleian Libraries and Museums of Oxford University, vol.2 By Minh Chung. 176 pp. incl. 120 col. ills. (Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2019), £35. ISBN 978–1–85124–526–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. A complete map of the old Hamgyŏng, Kangwŏn and P’yŏong’an provinces and Liaodong, attributed to An Chŏng-bok. 18th century. Ink and colour on paper, 28 by 71 cm. (© Bodleian Library, University of Oxford).
Publication Received
An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c.1380-c.1509: the Bodleian Library Fascicle II, MSS Dodsworth Marshall
01/2002 | 1186 | 144
Pages: 37
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Michael, Michael (Michael, Michael; Michael, Michael A.; Michael, M. A.)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1499
places:
England
subjects:
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain / Manuscripts / Miniatures (paintings) / Indexes
Reviewed Items
subjects:
An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c.1380-c.1509, The Bodleian Library Fascicle II, MSS Dodsworth Marshall | author: Dennison, Lynda , author: Driver, Martha W. , author: Nichols, Ann Eljenholm , author: Scott, Kathleen L.
Article
The Elizabethan Sheldon Tapestry Maps
06/1990 | 1047 | 132
Pages: 392-401
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Wells-Cole, Anthony (Wells-Cole, Anthony; Cole, Anthony Wells-)
Subjects
artists:
Sheldon, William, d. 1570
dates:
1550-1599
museums and institutions:
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries / Sheldon tapestries
subjects:
Maps
subjects:
Sheldon Tapestry Factory
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Fragments of Worcestershire. c. 1588. Sheldon Tapestry, approx. 373 by 487 cm. Overall. (Bodleian Library, Oxford; On Loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. Hercules and Diomedes, by Cornelis Cort after a Design by Frans Floris. Plate 3 from the Labour of Hercules, Antwerp, 1563. 23 by 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
11. Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, by Cornelis Cort, after a Design by Frans Floris. Plate 5 from the Labours of Hercules, Antwerp, 1563. 23 by 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
12. Hercules and Geryon, by Cornelis Cort, after a Design by Frans Floris. Plate 8 from the Labours of Hercules, Antwerp, 1563. 23 by 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
13. Design for a Fountain, by Jan Vredman de Vries. Plate 24 from an Untitled Suite of Designs. Antwerp 1573. 20 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. Title-Page from The Common Places...of Peter Martyr. London, 1574. 29.4 by 18.6 cm. (British Library, London).
Attributed works:
15. Armorial Tapestry Woven for Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Sheldon Tapestry, 1584-85. 284.4 by 475.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
16. Unnumbered Plate from Artis Perspectivae, by Jan Vredeman de Vries. 17.4 by 24.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
17. Title-Page from A Prognostication for M. D. LXXXII, by T. Buckmaster. London, 1582. 12.1 by 7.5 cm. (British Library, London).
Attributed works:
2. Fragments of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. c. 1588. Sheldon Tapestry, Largest Fragment approx. 231 by 519 cm. (Bodleian Library, Oxford; On Loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Panel from the Map of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. c. 1588. Sheldon Tapestry, 126 by 65 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Panel from the Map of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. c. 1588. Sheldon Tapestry, 126 by 65 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. Fragment of Gloucestershire. c. 1588. Sheldon Tapestry. 223 by 196 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
6. Warwickshire. Mid-Seventeenth Century. Tapestry, 396.5 by 526 cm. (Warwickshire Museum, Warwick).
Attributed works:
7. Plate IV from Clemens Perret, Exercitatio Alphabetica, the Cartouche Designed by Jan Vredeman de Vries. Antwerp, 1568. 21 by 28 cm. (Kunglign Biblioteket, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
8. Dedication Page from Christopher Saxton, Atlas. London, 1579. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
9. Plate 2 from the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, by Cornelis Cort, after Marten van Heemskerk. Engraving, 22.1 by 32.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Two East Anglian Picture Books. A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian MS. Ashmole 1504
06/1990 | 1047 | 132
Pages: 420-421
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Scheller, Robert W. (Scheller, Robert W.; Scheller, R. W.; Scheller, Robert)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1549
museums and institutions:
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Illuminated manuscripts / East Anglian (Style)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Two East Anglian Picture Books. A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian MS. Ashmole 1504 | author: Barker, Nicolas
Article
Four Miniatures from a Thirteenth Century Apocalypse: A Recent Discovery
02/1980 | 923 | 122
Pages: 97-106
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Henderson, George (Henderson, George; Henderson, G. D. S.)
Author:
Ivanchenko, Oxana (Ivanchenko, Oxana)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299
museums and institutions:
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
places:
England / Oxford
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Apocalypses (manuscripts)
subjects:
French painting / British painting / British painting / Anglo-French
subjects:
John the Evangelist, Saint
subjects:
Saints / Iconography
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
10. St John Preaching at Ephesus. c. 11.5 by 18 cm. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS Auct. D.4.17, f.1).
Western art unattributed:
11. St John in the Cauldron. c. 11.5 by 18 cm. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS Auct. D.4.17, f.2).
Western art unattributed:
12. St John Banished by Domitian. c. 11.5 by 18 cm. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS Auct. D.4.17, f.2vo).
Western art unattributed:
13. The Voyage to Patmos. c. 11.5 by 18 cm. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS Auct. D.4.17, f.2vo).
Western art unattributed:
14. St John Preaching at Ephesus. (Lambeth Palace Library, London. MS 209, f.40vo).
Western art unattributed:
15. St John Preaching at Ephesus. (British Library. Add. MS 38121, f.1).
Western art unattributed:
2. St John Preaching at Ephesus. (State Lenin Library, Moscow).
Western art unattributed:
3. he miracle before the Latin Gate. (St John in the Cauldron). (State Lenin Library, Moscow).
Western art unattributed:
4. St John Banished by Domitian. (State Lenin Library, Moscow).
Western art unattributed:
5. The Voyage to Patmos. (State Lenin Library, Moscow).
Western art unattributed:
6. St John Preaching at Ephesus. c. 12 by 18 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. MS Fr. 403. f.1).
Western art unattributed:
7. St John in the Cauldron. c. 12 by 18 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. MS Fr. 403. f.2).
Western art unattributed:
8. St John Banished by Domitian. c. 12 by 18 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. MS Fr. 403. f.2vo).
Western art unattributed:
9. The Voyage to Patmos. c. 12 by 18 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. MS Fr. 403. f.3).
Article
Cristoforo Cortese and an Important Antiphonary in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
09/1978 | 906 | 120
Pages: 584-591+593
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Land, Norman E. (Land, Norman E.)
Subjects
artists:
Cortese, Cristoforo
artists:
Master of Antiphonary Q
artists:
Vivarini, Antonio
artists:
Giovanni d'Alemagna
dates:
1400-1449
museums and institutions:
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain
places:
Italy / Venice
subjects:
Italian painting / Illuminated manuscripts / Attributions
subjects:
Antiphonaries
subjects:
Visual sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
46. Obsequies of St Francis. By Cristoforo Cortese. Signed. (Wildenstein Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
47. Madonna della Misericordia. By Cristoforo Cortese. 1422. (Wildenstein Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
48. A Bishop Saint. By Cristoforo Cortese. (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS. Douce a. 1., fol. 154 r. (i)).
Attributed works:
49. Christ Appearing to Two Apostles. By Cristoforo Cortese. (Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice).
Attributed works:
50. De natura deorum, Cicero. By Cristoforo Cortese. (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS. Rawl. G. 194 (14911), fol. 1r.).
Attributed works:
51. Book of Hours. By Cristoforo Cortese. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Canon. Liturg. 246 (19351), fol. 102r.).
Attributed works:
52. Ethics, Aristotle. By Cristoforo Cortese. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Canon. Misc. 251).
Attributed works:
53. Tragedies, Seneca. By Cristoforo Cortese. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Auct. F. I. 14 (S. C. 2481), fol. 1r.).
Attributed works:
54. Divine Comedy, Dante. By Cristoforo Cortese. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Canon. Ital. 105, fol. 2r.).
Attributed works:
55. Divine Comedy, Dante. By Cristoforo Cortese. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Canon. Ital. 107, fol. 2v.).
Attributed works:
56. A Female Saint. By Hand A (Master of Antiphonary Q). (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Douce a. 1., fol. 136v.).
Attributed works:
57. Male Saint. By Hand A (Master of Antiphonary Q). (Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice).
Attributed works:
58. Saint Martin Dividing His Cloak. By Hand A (Master of Antiphonary Q). (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Douce a. 1., fol. 127r.).
Attributed works:
59. Antiphonary. By Hand B. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Douce a. 1., fol. 69v.).
Western art unattributed:
60. Antiphonary. By Hand C. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Douce, a. 1., fol. 154r. (a)).
Western art unattributed:
61. St Michael. By Hand D. (Bodleian Library, Oxford. MS. Souce a. 1., fol. 155r. (c)).
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: 'Art and Its Images' at the Bodleian
06/1975 | 867 | 117
Pages: 421-422
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Byam Shaw, James (J. B. S) (Byam Shaw, James (J. B. S); Byam Shaw, J.; Shaw, James Byam; Shaw, J. Byam; S., J. B.)
Subjects
dates:
1970-1979
museums and institutions:
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
subjects:
England / Oxford
subjects:
Italian painting
Book Review
Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford Vol III: British, Irish, and Icelandic Schools
07/1974 | 856 | 116
Pages: 417-418
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Backhouse, Janet (Backhouse, Janet)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain
places:
England / Oxford
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Icelandic / Irish / British
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford Vol III: British, Irish, and Icelandic Schools | author: Alexander, Jonathan J. G. , author: Pächt, Otto
Book Review
Recent Literature on Illuminated Manuscripts
03/1973 | 840 | 115
Pages: 167-170
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Backhouse, Janet (Backhouse, Janet)
Subjects
artists:
Taccola, Mariano
buildings:
Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, Mont-Saint-Michel, France
collectors and dealers:
Abbey, J. R.
dates:
1300-1599
museums and institutions:
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain
patrons:
Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, 1443-1490
places:
France / Italy / Hungary
sources:
Dante Alighieri
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Reviews
subjects:
Italian painting
subjects:
French painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La miniature italienne du Xe au XVIe siecle - The Italian Manuscripts in the Library of Major J. R. Abbey - Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford - La Miniatura Veneta del Rinascimento, 1450-1500, Illuminated Manuscripts of the Divine Comedy - Bibliotheca Corviniana - Illuminated Manuscripts in Hungary - Norman Illumination at Mont Saint Michel - The Illustration of the Liturgical Homilies of Gregory Nazianzenus - Mariano di Jacopo detto Il Taccola: Libert tertius de ingeneis ac edifitiis non usitatis. | author: Alexander, Jonathan J. G. , author: Alexander, Jonathan J. G. , author: Alexander, Jonathan J. G. , author: Beck, James , author: Berkovits, Ilona , author: Brieger, Peter H. , author: Csapodi, Csaba , author: Csapodi-Gárdonyi, Klára , author: Daneu Lattanzi, Angela , author: De la Mare, Albinia Catherine , author: Debae, Marguerite , author: Galavaris, George , author: Mariani Canova, Giordana , author: Meiss, Millard , author: Pächt, Otto , author: Salmi, Mario , author: Singleton, Charles
Book Review
Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Vol.I - German, Dutch, Flemish, French and Spanish Schools
10/1968 | 787 | 110
Pages: 583
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Backhouse, Janet (Backhouse, Janet)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1499
museums and institutions:
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Great Britain
places:
Germany / Netherlands
places:
France / Spain
subjects:
German painting / Dutch painting
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / French painting / Spanish painting
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Vol.I - German, Dutch, Flemish, French and Spanish Schools | author: Alexander, Jonathan J. G. , author: Pächt, Otto
next
load more