Miniature painting in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem

Buchthal, Hugo

AMS Press

<p>The publication of Professor Buchthal's work on Crusader miniature painting represented a landmark in medieval studies, and for nearly thirty years this book has remained the standard work of reference on the subject. For the first time the illuminated manuscripts produced in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem were assembled as a group, from the twelfth-century Melisende Psalter to the later manuscripts written in Acre, following the fall of Jerusalem itself. Professor Buchthal provides an exhaustive description of the individual manuscripts, with each miniature reproduced. The author's photographs have been used again for this reprint, to maintain the high quality of the original publication, and the format remains the same. Professor Buchthal's examination of the material remains unchallenged, and subsequent research has confirmed the links originally suggested with Byzantine, French and Italian illuminated manuscripts of the same period. The scope of this work, which includes a palaeographical and liturgical study of each of the manuscripts covered, set new standards for art-historical research, and it remains invaluable both as a detailed introduction to the manuscripts and as the most comprenensive study of Crusader miniature painting that has yet appeared. It has been almost unobtainable for a number of years, and this reprint will be welcomed by art-historians and manuscript specialists alike.</p>

Miniature Paintings in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Pindar Press

<p>Excerpt from the Preface: Colleagues and students of Hugo Buchthal have realized for years that a significant part of his work - numerous substantial articles scattered through a wide range of journals - has become relatively inaccessible. Convinced that the republication of these contributions would be of genuine service, we conceived the idea of preparing a collection of selected studies. Such a volume will serve the useful purpose of restoring or making more familiar to a wider readership the diverse facets of Buchthal's scholarly interests and the breadth of his learning over many years of productive research. We also hope that it will be a personal tribute, however modest, to this extraordinary and colorful man and scholar. Selection of suitable articles was the first responsibility of the editorial committee, a small group of his former students. Our criteria in choosing the seventeen papers reprinted here were that they should be contributions to the discipline and that they stand today independently and on their own merits.</p>

Art of the Mediterranean world, A.D. 100 to 1400 (Art history series)

Decatur House Press

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