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. |
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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).
74. Detail of the head of the Crozier of St Germain of Moutier-Grandval. Second half of the seventh century (Musée jurassien d'Art et d'Histoire, Delémont; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris)
Western art unattributed:
75. Chasuble of St Bathilde from Chelles. Second half of the seventh century (Musée Alfred-Bonno, Chelles; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris)
Western art unattributed:
76. The Letter and Sermons of St Augustine. Luxeuil. Late seventh-early eighth centuries (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Lat. 11641, fol.8v.; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris)
Short Notice
French Illuminated MSS. at the Bibliothèque Nationale