IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 503: English and Scottish Art Patronage in Late Medieval France: Book Illumination in Times of War
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Julia Crispin, Historisches Seminar, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Matthew Champion, School of History, Queen Mary, University of London |
| Paper 503-a | The 'English' Illuminated Copies of Le Régime du Corps: Matters of Patronage and Provenance (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 503-b | Continuity and Change in Illuminated Altar Books in France in and after Lancastrian France, c. 1410-1460 (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 503-c | French Treasures for an English Prince: John of Bedford, Regent of France, and His French Illuminated Books (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life |
| Abstract | Late Medieval book production was characterised by a high degree of cultural and artistic exchange between England, Scotland, and the Continent, due to numerous military conflicts as well as economic, dynastic, and diplomatic links. Patrons and artists travelled a great deal across the Channel, contributing to the transfer of ideas, style, and content, as well as devotional and liturgical practice. Illuminated books served diverse purposes, from diplomatic gifts and the representation of political ideas, to means of private devotion and liturgy. The proposed session will focus on the production and use of these books as well as their makers and patrons. Special attention will be given to the reciprocal transfer of stylistic, iconographic, and liturgical orientation and influences, in the political context. |