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Short Notice
Even more about the Andrea Vendramin collection
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 941-45
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Shorter Notice by:
Murphy, Lauren (Murphy, Lauren)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Vendramin, Andrea, Venetian art collector, 1565-1629
museums and institutions:
British Library, Dept. of Manuscripts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Collections, Private / Manuscripts / Inventories
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Mula salvatica, fol.19r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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2. Capra di Cipro, fol.21r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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3. Frontispiece, fol.1r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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4. Granciporro dell’ Oceano, fol.49r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink and watercolour on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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5. Verga dell’ arbore, fol.38r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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6. Mano di mumia di Alessandria, fol.46r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink and watercolour on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
Book Review
Penned and Painted: The Art and Meaning of Books in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 349
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Reviewer:
Reynolds, Catherine (Reynolds, Catherine; R., C.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
British Library, Dept. of Manuscripts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Books / Illuminators
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Penned and Painted: The Art and Meaning of Books in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts By Lucy Freeman Sandler. 176 pp. incl. 89 col. ills. (British Library, London, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–0–7123–5436–3. | :
Exhibition Review
Gold
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 910-912
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Reviewer:
Wright, Alison (Wright, Alison)
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dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
British Library, Dept. of Manuscripts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Gold / Illuminated manuscripts / Documents / Scrolls (Rolls) / Bookbindings / Gilding
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gold British Library, London 20th May–2nd October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Qur’an of Sultan Uljaytu. 1310–11. Colour on gold leaf on parchment, 57 by 40 cm. (British Library, London, Or 4945, fol.1v–2r).
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8. Chapter 8 from the Lotus Sutra. Japan, 1636. Gold and silver ink on indigo-dyed paper, 27.5 by 57.5 cm. (British Library, London, Or 13926).
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9. Detail from the Carmina regia (‘Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou’), showing Robert of Anjou enthroned. Tuscany, c.1335–40. Colour and gold on parchment, 48 by 34 cm. (British Library, London, Royal MS 6 E.IX, fol.10v).
Book Review
Medieval Illumination: Manuscript Art from England and France, 700–1200
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 814-815
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Reviewer:
Sandler, Lucy Freeman (Sandler, Lucy Freeman; Sandler, L. F.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project
museums and institutions:
British Library, Dept. of Manuscripts, London, Great Britain / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits, Paris, France
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Anglo-Saxon School / French medieval art / Bookbindings / Medieval art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Medieval Illumination: Manuscript Art from England and France, 700–1200 By Kathleen Doyle and Charlotte Denoël. 176 pp. incl. 80 col. ills. (British Library, London, 2019), £10. ISBN 978–0–7123–5327–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Initial ‘B’ of the word beatus introducing the psalm ‘Blessed is the man’ (Psalm 1:1), from a Glossed Psalter. England, c.1150. (British Library, London; MS Additional 17392).
Publication Received
The Art of the Bible: Illuminated Manuscripts from the Medieval World. By Scott McKendrick and Kathleen Doyle
12/2017 | 1377 | 159
Pages: 1002
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
Subjects
media:
Illuminated manuscripts
museums and institutions:
British Library, Dept. of Manuscripts, London, Great Britain
styles:
Medieval art