Spotlight ACloser Look at Costumes IN FINE MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATION

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‘A closer look at costumes’ offers a retrospective tour of hidden gems and an overview of the distinctive dress styles of individuals or groups that reflect class, gender, profession or activity in time.

While each of our manuscripts has its own unique character reflecting the diversity of the Middle Ages, there is one thing that all of them have in common: the exceptionally high standard of quality.

Then as now, the question of what is appropriate is subject to fashion and local cultural norms. Will it give rosy cheeks and reason to gossip?

Biblical figures as dressed in Paris, c. 1220-1230 Biblical figures as dressed in Paris, c. 1220-1230

Biblia Latina illuminated in the workshop of the Bible Moralisée. France, Paris, c. 1220-1230. 292 x 197 mm, 385 leaves, vellum, 81 historiated initials. Patrons praying, Paris, c. 1250

Dyson-Perrins Psalter - Hours, illuminated by the workshop of the Bible Moralisée. France, Paris, c. 1250-1260. 152 x 105 mm, 230 leaves, vellum, 10 historiated initials and 24 calendar illustrations. Damsels in England, 1328

Beauchamp-Corbet Book of Hours, illuminated by the ‘Milemete’ work- shop. England, London, dated 1328.

165 x 110 mm, 195 leaves, vellum, 39 historiated initials and most pages with border decoration. Holy men in Avignon 1380-1390

Roman Missal of St. Barnard’s church at Romans-sur-Isère. Illuminated in the workshop of Jean de Toulouse. France, Avignon, 1380-1390.

320 x 250 mm, 83 leaves, vellum 12 large historiated initials and 1 full-page miniature. Hooded common folk negotiate with king while scribes take notes.

Courtier with a red chaperon (hooded cap) and a falcon, Spain, c. 1425

Compendium made for Juan II, King of Castile and Leon. Spain, c. 1425.

185 x 140 mm, 63 leaves, vellum, 7 full-page miniatures, 1 large historiated initial, 1 historiated border More hats, here from the region of Lake Constance, 1478

Breviary, diocese of Constance, dated 1478

315 x 220 mm, 437 leaves, paper. With 20 historiated and numerous initials painted in pen- and-wash and gold. Hats and fine costumes of the nobility in Flanders, c. 1486

Droits d’armes de noblesse compiled by Gilles Gobet and illuminated in the workshop of the Bruges Master of 1482. Flanders, Bruges, c. 1486.

360 x 250 mm, 208 leaves, vellum. 12 miniatures and 63 coats of arms.

Sold Elegance published in the same codex. Flanders, c. 1486

Droits d’armes de noblesse compiled by Gilles Gobet and illuminated in the workshop of the Bruges Master of 1482. Flanders, Bruges, c. 1486.

Sold More showing off from Flanders, c. 1486

Droits d’armes de noblesse .... by Gilles Gobet , illuminated in the workshop of the Bruges Master of 1482. Flanders, Bruges, c. 1486.

Sold A queen and a pauper, a princess, soldiers, and a farmer, 1496-1498.

Jean Bouchet, Life of St. Radegund, in French and Latin. Illuminated by the Master of St. Radegund for King Charles VIII and Anne de Bretagne. France, Poitiers, c. 1496-1498.

260 x 180 mm, 66 leaves, vellum, with 11 large miniatures. Royal servants c1498

Courtiers in Bouchet’s, Life of St. Radegund. Illuminated in Poitiers for King Charles VIII and Anne de Bretagne, 1496-1498. Common folk at work in a vineyard, c. 1506-1508 Common folk gathering manna, after c. 1506

Ludolphus Carthusiensis, Vita Christi, in in French- Book of Hours illuminated by the Master of Philippa of Guelders. France, Paris, after 1506. illuminated by the Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse. France, Paris 1506-1508. 178 × 115 mm, 160 leaves, vellum. With 21 large and 355 x 250 mm, 333 leaves, vellum. With 83 miniatures. 17 small miniatures, and 24 calendar illustrations. Fashionable in the days of Albrecht Dürer, Nuremberg, 1513- 1514

Hofmann Prayer book, manuscript illuminated by Nikolaus Glockendon. South Germany, Nuremberg, 1513-1514.

118 x 87 mm, 299 leaves, vellum. With 10 large miniatures, 31 historiated and 89 illuminated initials. Shepherds and common women, Flanders, c. 1520

in a Book of Hours illuminated in the circle of Simon Bening. Flanders, Bruges, c. 1520.

171 x 110 mm, 88 leaves (incompl.), vellum. With 10 small miniatures, 5 full-page decorated borders, 2 historiated initials, 2 coats of arms. Learned author, 1510s - before 1519

The ‘Lalaing’ Martin Le Franc, Livre de L’estrif de Fortune et de Vertu, in French, illuminated in the Southern Netherlands, Valenciennes/ Cambrai?, 1510s. 336 x 230 mm, 193 leaves, vellum. With 3 large miniatures. Noble lady, 1510s - before 1519

The ‘Lalaing’ Martin Le Franc, Livre de L’estrif de Fortune et de Vertu, in French, illuminated in the Southern Netherlands, Valenciennes/ Cambrai?, 1510s.

336 x 230 mm, 193 leaves, vellum, 3 large miniatures. Noble ladies, 1510s - before 1519

The ‘Lalaing’ Martin Le Franc, Livre de L’estrif de Fortune et de Vertu, in French, illuminated in the Southern Netherlands, Valenciennes/ Cambrai?, 1510s.

336 x 230 mm, 193 leaves, vellum, 3 large miniatures. Noble councillor, 1510s - before 1519

The ‘Lalaing’ Martin Le Franc, Livre de L’estrif de Fortune et de Vertu, in French, illuminated before 1519. Southern Netherlands, Valenciennes/ Cambrai?, 1510s.

336 x 230 mm, 193 leaves, vellum, 3 large miniatures. Spotlight A Closer Look at Costumes

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