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The Nativity
Simone CamaldoleseFlorence, [ca. 1410]Don Simone Camaldolese (Florence, c. 1410) Nativity. (375 x 295 mm) Don Simone was a leader of the school of manuscript illumination at the Monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli that also included Lorenzo Monaco and Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci. This miniature depicts the scene of the Nativity within an initial H, which introduces the Antiphon “Hodie Christus natus est” (Today Christ is born) sung on Christmas day. The miniature appears to come from an Antiphonary in the church of Santa Croce in Florence that Boskovitz attributes to the peak of Don Simone’s development, calling it comparable to the paintings of Lorenzo Monaco.
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Beyond words : new research on manuscripts in Boston collections
Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2021]"This abundantly illustrated volume, a companion to the exhibition Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections and its accompanying catalogue, aims to provide a broad overview of patterns of patronage and book production over the course of the High and late Middle Ages based on the eclectic holdings of Boston-area institutions. The essays, all relating to the history of the book, cover a wide range of topics, and the approaches adopted by the contributors are as varied as the materials they study. The result is not simply a wealth of fascinating insights into individual illuminated books, their makers, and their readers, but also an indication of how much remains to be learned about the materials to which the exhibition served as no more than an introduction."--
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The Burke Collection of Italian manuscript paintings
London : Ad Ilissum, [2021]The outstanding Burke Collection of Italian miniatures, which is housed in Special Collections in the the Stanford University Libraries, has been built over more than twenty years and includes manuscript leaves, cuttings, and codices by many of the greatest Italian artists of the medieval and Renaissance periods. Works in the collection range in date from the 12th through the 16th centuries, and in them we see masterfully painted initials, borders, and miniatures that enhance our appreciation of the great skill that John Ruskin called writing made beautiful. Comprised of over 40 miniatures from 35 different artists representing 13 different regions of Italy, the collection is characterized by its astonishingly high quality. It includes works produced by the most renowned Italian illuminators, who are often also documented as painters. Artists from Florence and Siena are certainly the best represented in the Burke collection. These include masterpieces by Don Simone Camaldolese and Lorenzo Monaco of Florence, and Giovanni di Paolo and Pellegrino di Mariano of Siena. The collection equally underlines the range of styles achieved by Italian illuminators active in Emilia-Romana, where great interpreters of Giotto were active, such as Neri da Rimini, Tommaso da Modena, and Nicolò di Giacomo, as well as masterpieces of the Venetian school, such as works by Cristoforo Cortese and the Master of the Murano Gradual. Lombardy is represented by one of the notable specialists of late Gothic painting, the Olivetan Master. Among the many highlights, there is the incomparable and world-class Crucifixion of the Master of Saint Francis of Assisi
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