Mentre m (3 resultados)

Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to, 32 cm, 304 pp, 252 ills (146 in colour). From the publisher's description: As the end of the first millennium drew near - a date when many expected the end of the world - the beleaguered Christian communities of Spain, still dominated by Islam, were experiencing a profound spiritual crisis. To make sense of their predicament, they turned to the Revelation of St John the Divine, in particular the commentary written three centuries before by the monk Beatus of Liebana, making of their illuminated manuscripts an art form of extraordinary expressive power. More than twenty of these manuscripts survive, dating from between 900 and 1100, all illuminated in a colourful style known as Mozarabic - a combination of Carolingian, Islamic, Byzantine and Visigothic art. The Beatus manuscripts are the largest, but not the only, body of such work; there are Bibles and a small number of other religious texts. All, however, share the same apocalyptic vision. Cut off from the rest of Europe and obsessed by the imminence of God's judgement, these artists invented a world peopled by angelic warriors, demons and beasts, exotic birds and serpents and luxuriant trees. This bizarre, psychologically fascinating world is revealed here in superb colour plates and finely detailed black and white illustrations. Mireille Mentre explores the context of the illuminations and explains their dense theological meaning without dissipating their magic." Contents: Foreword, by Pierre Riche; I. Context and characteristics of Mozarabic painting; II. Foundations and development of a distinctive style; III. The role and function of painting and illumination; IV. Design and pictorial treatment; V. Painting and spirituality; Conclusion; List of Principal Mozarabic and pre-Mozarabic illuminated manuscripts; Bibliography; Index. Tiny spot to front board otherwse Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper.…

Cloth, folio, 31 cm, xxiii, 229 pp,16 colour plates and 119 black-and-white plates. 242 entries. A pioneering detailed study of manuscript illumination in Spain and Portugal. From the introduction: "Les 169 premiers manuscrits décrits dans le présent volume forment un ensemble disparate qui a nécessité leur regroupement suivant un découpage chronologico-géographique complexe dont voici les articulations : I. Manuscrits en écriture onciale, VIIe VIIIe siècles (nos 1 et 2); II. Manuscrits en écriture visigothique (nos 3 à 34); III. Manuscrits catalans du XIe et de la première moitié du XIIe siècle (nos 35 à 57); IV. Manuscrits catalans, castillans et d'origine indéterminée de la deuxième moitié du XIIe au début du XIIIe siècle (nos 58 à 78); V. Manuscrits catalans et castillans du milieu du XIIIe au début du XIVe siècle (nos 79 à 104); VI. Manuscrits du XIVe siècle : Catalogne, Valence, Castille (nos 105 à 119); VII. Manuscrits du XVe siècle : Catalogne, Valence (nos 120 à 144); VIII. Manuscrits du XVe siècle : Aragon, Castille et origine indéterminée (nos 145 à 163); IX. Manuscrits portugais (nos 164 à 169); Ces manuscrits ont fait l'objet de notices détaillées du même type que celles mises au point pour le catalogue en cours sur les manuscrits enluminés d'origine italienne de la Bibliothèque nationale." Covers a little duststained and with a few small marks, otherwise Good.…

Jaquette avec de légères traces d'usage, couverture en très bon état, intérieur en très bon état.