University of Warwick institutional repository: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/wrap A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of PhD at the University of Warwick http://go.warwick.ac.uk/wrap/36433 This thesis is made available online and is protected by original copyright. Please scroll down to view the document itself. Please refer to the repository record for this item for information to help you to cite it. Our policy information is available from the repository home page. A LOMBARD MANUSCRIPT, PARIS B.N. LATIN 757, ASSOCIATED MANUSCRIPTS AND THE CONTEXT OF THEIR ILLUMINATION one volume and microfilm Kay Sutton A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History of Art, University of Warwick, November, 1984. ii CONTENTS List of Illustrations vi Acknowledgements xiv Summary x V INThODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1. Latin 757: Structure, Contents and Patron 2-30 Alterations and additions to the first state 3 Earliest components 5 Writing and text 8 Painting and illustration 14 The first owner 26 Notes to Chapter 1 31 CHAPTER 2. Latin 757: Style 46-69 Decoration 46 Illustration 52 Collaboration in the style of Latin 757 64 Notes to Chapter 2 70 CHAPTER 3. Other manuscripts painted in the style of Latin 757 76-131 Paris, Bib1iothque Nationale, Smith Lesouf 22 77 Writing and text 83 Decoration and illustration 85 First and subsequent owners 94 Modena, Biblioteca Estense, mss.2.31 (Latin 862) 95 iii Paris, Bib1iothque Nationale, 101 Tranais 343 Paris Bib1iothque Nationale, nouveiles acquisitions latines 1673 110 Paris, Bib1iothque Nationale, Latin 8045 113 Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Latin 23215 116 Writing and text 120 Decoration and illustration 122 Notes to Chapter 3 132 CHAPTER 4. The chronology and evolution of the style of Latin 757 150-182 Internal evidence 150 Stylistic comparisons 157 Fashionable dress in late fourteenth century Lombard painting 171 Sequence and dating of the manuscripts associated with Latin 757 180 Notes to Chapter 4 183 CHAPTER 5. Techniques and organisation of production 199 -24 3 Division of the work 200 Paris, B.N. franais 343 200 Modena, Bibl. Estense Latin 862 207 Paris, B.N. Smith-Lesouf 22 209 Comparisons 219 Patterns of collaboration 222 iv Planning and supervision 224 Planning of the illustrative programme 224 The co-ordination of production 228 Approach to composition in the style of Latin 757 233 Notes to Chapter 5 244 CHAPTER 6. Context of production 264 -298 The book-trade in Pavia 264 Surviving Pavian manuscripts 269 Visconti patronage of illuminated manuscripts 278 1) The Visconti in Pavia: Galeazzo II and descendants 280 ii) The Visconti in Milan: Bernab? and descendants 286 Books at the Lombard courts 291 Notes to Chapter 6 299 CONCLUSION 329 -333 Appendix I. The Arnbrosianae for the Cathedral of Milan 334 -34 7 Appendix II. Illustrations to the Hours of the Virgin in Lombard Books of Hours 348-3 50 Appendix III. Catalogue of manuscripts associated with the style of Latin 757 3 51-4 11 London, B.L. Harley 2532 352 Modena, Bibi. Estense, c,CS.2.31 (Latin 862) 355 Munich, Staa tsbibl. Latin 23215 360 Sr Oxford, Bodi. Lib. Can. Class. Lat.68 366 Paris, B.N. fr.343 370 Latin 757 374 Latin 7323 383 Latin 8042 386 Latin 8043 389 Latin 8045 393 n.a. fr. 5243 397 ma. lat. 1673 402 Smith-Lesouëf 22 405 B i bi io graph y 412 Offprint. K. Sutton,'The Original Patron of the Lombard manuscript Latin 757 in the Bib1iothque Nationale, Paris' Burlington Magazine, 124 (1982), pp.88-94 vi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Paris, B.N. Latin 757 f.24 2. Vt it TV TV Vt f.38v. (detail) 3. VT Vt VT TV Vt f.41 4. TV TV It VT Vt f.46 Vt 5. TV VT It Vt f.49 TI 6. Vt Vt VT VT f. 53 7. Vt Vt TV TV Vt f.55 (detail) 8. TI VT Vt TV TV f. 57v. 9. Vt VT Ti TV Vt 1. 58 10. it VT VT it Vt f. 72v. 11. Vi Vt Vt TV Vt f. 76 12. Vi TI Vt Vt II f. 79 13. TV VI TI TV VT f.82 14. Vt VT TI Vt VI 15. TV ii it VT VT f. 109v. 16. TV it TV Vt it f. 114v. 17. TV Vt TV Vt TV f. 155 18. VT Vt VT it VT f. 162 19. Vi Vt Vt it ii f. 216v. 20. it TV Ti Vt Ti f.224v. 21. it TV Vt TV Vt f. 229v. 22. tr Vi Vi Vt It f.237 23. it • Vt it IV VI f. 23 7v. 24. VT Vt Ti Vt Vt f.241v. 25. 11 VT IV TV . U f.245v. Vt 26. Vt TI VI Vt 1.254 V. 27. TV VT ii TV VT f. 255 28. VT TV TV Vt VT f258 vii 29. Paris, B.N. Latin 757 f.262v. 30. VT VT TV VT VT f.276v. 31. Ti VT TV TI VT f.283v. 32. TI VT VT VT TT f.286v. 33. VT VT TV TV Vt f.291v. 34. IT TV TI IT VT f.293v. 35. Vt TI TV VT VT f.296v. 36. TV Vt VT TI Vt f.298 37. Vt TT TI VT TV f.302v. 38. TI TV Vt TI TV f. 337v. 39. TV TI TV VT TV f. 343v. 40. II IT TT IV VT :f.349 41. TT TI IV VT VT f. 351v. 42. TT VT TV VT TV f. 357v. 43. Vt IT VT TI VV f.360v. 44. VT VT TV VT TV f.362v. 45. TI TV TV VI TI f.364 46. Vt VT VT TV VT £. 377 47. Ti VT VT VI TV f.380 48. TV Vt Vt VT Vt f. 383v. 49. TI IT Vt Vt VV f.406v. 50. VT TV VT VT Vt f .91 51. IT TI VT TI It f.250v. 52. TI Vt VT TV Vt f. 305v. 53. VT TV TV TV TI f.309 54. Ti TI TI Vt TI f. 315v. 55. TI Vt TV VT II f. 318v. 56. VI VT TI VT II f.322 57. Vt TV TI Vt Vt f.325 viii 58. Paris, B.N. Latin 757 1.329 59. f.331v. It IV Vt Vt Vt f 334, 60. TV Vt Vt Vt Vt f 347 61. I, Vt IV Vt Vt f 355 62. Vt It Vt 364v 63. I Vt U Vt It TV 64. I . 367 It It H IT It f 439v 65. 66. Paris, B.N. Smith-Lesouef 22 1.15 Vt Vt U f.15v. 67. Vt Vt Vt U f.24 68. U U f.34v. 69. Vt tt II U I . 38v 70. VI Vt tI Vt Vt 1.39 71. IV TI Vt Vt TV f 4 lv 72. VI It Vt Vt Vt 1.42 73. II tV TI tV It 145 74. VT tt II Vt f.48v. 75. TV VV Vt f.84 76. Vt VI VI VI Il 1104 77. It Vt Vt TV tV I . 213 78. VI VI Vt Vt VI f . 224 79. Vt VI ¶1 VI f285v. 80. TV tt Vt II It 1. 296 81. 82. Paris, B.N. Latin 11727 1.1 83. Modena Bibi. Estense Latin 862 1.1 TI VI f.21v. and 22 84. Vt IV VI It It 1. 21v . 85. Vt Vt It VI IV I . 22 86. ix 87. Modena, Bibi. Estense Latin 862 £.23 TV 88. TV VS f.29 It Vt 89. VT VT TI f 3 7v Ii VT 90. TI TI Vt f.38 TI TV 91. VT TI VT f43 II it 92. TI VT VT I . 72 TV VT 93. VT TI TV f . 108 94. Paris, B.N. fr.343 I.4v. (detail) 95. VT Vt f . 1DV 96. ii it IT VT I. 1lv. 97. Vi TV TV TV fl5v 98. IT Ti IV 1.19 (detail) 99. VT 1.21 (detail) 100. Vt VT VI TI 1.24 (detail) 101. VT IT VT VT f.25v. (detail) 102. Ti IT VT f.27v. (detail) 103. TI ii TV VT f33 (detail) 104. IT TV VT VT f47 (detail) 105. II TV I . 62v 106. TI TV VT VI f . 103 107. Ti IT IT £ . 107 108. Ti II il VT f . 109. it ii Ti Tt 1. 112 110. Paris, B.N. n.a.lat.1673 1.65 Vt 111. TI VT VT Vt I . 67 112. Paris, B.N. Latin 8045 1.2 113. Munich, Staatsbibl. Latin 23215 f.4v. VI II 114. VT Ti I. 8v. VT VT 115. Ii VT 1.9 x 116. Munich, Staatsbibl. Latin 23215 f. 11 117. Vt VT VT VT f. 16v. 118. TV Vt VT • TV f.26v. 119. VT TV TV VT f.27 120. TV VT TV VT f. 33v. 121. VT VT VT VT f. 34 122. VT VT VT Vt f. 37v. 123. TV VT VT VI f. 39v. 124. VT VT TT VT f . 44v. 125. VT VT TV VT f.53 126. VT VT VT VT f.61 127. VT TV VT TV f. 65v. 128. Vt TV VV VT f. 72v. 129. VT Vt TV TV f. 75v. 130. VT VT VV Vt f.88v. 131. TV Vt VT TV f. lOOv. 132. TV VT VT TV f. 103v. 133. VT Vt TV Vt f.