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Alfonso X of Castile-León: Royal Patronage, Self-Promotion and Manuscripts in Thirteenth-Century Spain

07/2020 | 1408 | 162

Pages: 625-626

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related names

Reviewer:

Jackson, Deirdre (Jackson, Deirdre)

Subjects

dates:

1250-1299

patrons:

Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284

subjects:

Patronage / Spanish art / Illuminated manuscripts / Treatises / Chronicles

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Alfonso X of Castile-León: Royal Patronage, Self-Promotion and Manuscripts in Thirteenth- Century Spain By Kirstin Kennedy. 228 pp. incl. 4 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2019), £90. ISBN 978–94–6298–897–2. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

2. Alfonso X as the planet-god Jupiter with disciples, detail from Libro de las formas & ymagenes (Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid; Escorial MS h.I.16, fol.1r).

Article

Spanish Embroideries (Conclusion)

11/1916 | 164 | 29

Pages: 326+330-331+333-334

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Author:

Saville, George (Saville, George)

Subjects

dates:

1200-1299 / 1300-1399

patrons:

Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284

places:

Spain / Galicia (region)

subjects:

Textiles / Embroidery / Needlework / Chasubles / Copes

subjects:

Ecclesiastical / Garments / Iconography / Saints

subjects:

Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Mary, Virgin: and Child

Illustrations

Western art unattributed:

Plate I. (A) "Pillar" of Chasuble with Gallician Inscriptions (Author's Property). Spanish Embroiderise

Western art unattributed:

Plate I. (B) Centre Medallion of (A) On a Larger Scale. Spanish Embroideries

Western art unattributed:

Plate I. (C) Crucifix of Chasuble (Musée de Lyon). Spanish Embroideries

Western art unattributed:

Plate II. Embroidery of a Chasuble in the Victoria and Albert Museum. (D) The "Pillar" of the Front Representing the Virgin and Child, and S. Barbara (?) (E) The Crucifix of the Back with the Virgin and S. John. Spanish Embroideries

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