Glorious works of art as well as documents of bygone eras, painted an illuminated manuscripts supply perhaps the greatest and by far the best-preserved evidence of daily life during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This Tiny Folio draws on one of the greatest collections in the world to illustrate the angels, demons, and everyday denizens of the medieval world.

Illuminated Manuscripts: Treasures of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (Tiny Folio, 14)

Voelkle, William M.

L'Engle, Susan

History

Abbeville Press

A product for the royal court of France, the "Hours of Henry VIII," created around 1500 by Jean Poyet, is one of the most splendid Books of Hours from this period. This magnificently illustrated lay book of daily devotions and prayers contains fifty-five exquisitely hand-painted images all reproduced here together and in color for the first time. The previously little-known Poyet (active ca. 1483-1503) enjoyed the patronage of the courts of three French kings. Not only an illuminator of manuscripts of the highest quality, Poyet also created panel paintings, elaborate drawings, and designed theatrical spectacles, all in a style that links Fouquet to Poussin. Author Roger S. Wieck provides a thorough explanation of the importance both of this grand manuscript within its art historical context and of Poyet's artistic achievements, which fluidly merged the cool, late Gothic aesthetic of his native northern France with the avant-garde Renaissance style of northern Italy. All known works by Poyet are discussed and illustrated. The volume is rounded out by detailed commentaries by William M. Voelkle and K. Michelle Hearne on each section of the Book of Hours, and an analysis of the fascinating history of the manuscript (tradition holds that it was once in the collection of Henry VIII, hence its name today). 66 color illustrations, 35 b/w illustrations.

The Hours of Henry VIII: A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet

Arts & Photography

Wieck, Roger S.

Hearne, K. Michelle

Poyet, Jean

History & Criticism

George Braziller

A product for the royal court of France, The Hours of Henry VIII created around 1500 by Jean Poyet, is one of the most splendid Books of Hours from this period. This magnificently illustrated lay book of daily devotions and prayers contains fifty-seven exquisitely hand-painted images all reproduced here together and in colour for the first time. The previously little-known Poyet (active c.1483-1503) enjoyed patronage at the courts of three French Kings. Not only an illuminator of manuscripts of the highest quality, Poyet also created panel paintings, elaborate drawings, and designed theatrical spectacles, all in a style that links Fouquet to Poussin. Author Roger S. Wieck provides a thorough examination of the importance both of this grand manuscript within its art historical context and of Poyet's artistic achievements, which fluidly merged the cool, late Gothic aesthetic of his native northern France with the avant-garde Renaissance style of northern Italy. All known works by Poyet are discussed and illustrated. The volume is enriched with detailed commentaries by William M. Voelkle and K. Michelle Hearne on each section of the Book of Hours and an analysis of the fascinating history of the manuscript (tradition holds that it was once in the collection of Henry VIII, hence its name today).

Hearne, Michelle

Individual Artists

A catalogue for an exhibition of illuminated manuscript leaves from the world-famous collection of Bernard H. Breslauer. Each leaf is described in relation to its original function, so that in addition to the description of the leaf per se, the kind of book from which it came, and its precise textual and liturgical context are given. With an introduction by the Mr. Breslauer. Lavishly illustrated, with forty-eight pages in full color. Indices of artists and scribes, iconography, provenance, and manuscripts cited. 253 pages. paper wrappers..

The Bernard H. Breslauer Collection of Manuscript Illuminations

Politics & Social Sciences

Saffiotti, Maria Francesca

Social Sciences

Pierpont Morgan Library

For the first time since Pierpont Morgan purchased his first richly illuminated manuscript in 1899 - an Indian Ragamala - this part of the collection has been catalogued. Included are the late thirteenth-century Manafi-i hayavan of Ibn Bakhtishu, regarded by Richard Ettinghausen as one of the ten greatest Persian manuscripts, and several albums with fifty-seven miniatures that once belonged to Sir Charles Hercules Read. The Islamic and Indian holdings comprise over one thousand miniature paintings from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries and nearly two hundred Quran leaves from the ninth to the eleventh centuries. Many of these manuscripts and paintings - all of which are fully described - are reproduced here for the first time. Consisting of six sections: Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Albums, Provincial Mughal, and Indian, this catalogue contains numerous indices, including an iconographic index of miniatures.

Islamic and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings in the Pierpont Morgan Library

PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY

Thackston, W.M.

Schmitz, Barbara

PAL, Pratapaditya

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

The Farnese Hours, executed in Rome for Alessandro Cardinal Farnese (Pope Paul III), were decorated by the illuminator Giulio Clovio from 1537 to 1546. The scribe was Francesco Monterchi. Includes bibliographical references. Manuscript in Latin ; commentary in English. Subject: Clovio, Giulio, 1498-1578. Catholic Church. - Prayer-books and devotions. Latin. Pierpont Morgan Library. M.69. Farnese hours. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance - Italy - Rome. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian - Italy - Rome - 16th century.

Farnese Book of Hours: Ms M. 69 of the Pierpont Morgan Library New York

Golub, Ivan

AKADEMISCHE DRUCK

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Voelkle, William M.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Voelkle, William M.