

Loomis, 'A Phantom Tale of Female Ingratitude', Modern Philology, 14 (1916/1917), 751-55. Herbert, Illuminated Manuscripts (London: Methuen, 1911), p. Jusserand, English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (London, 1899), passim. Green, Short History of the English People (London, 1893), passim. 1v-3v) marginal decoration and scenes in the lower margins added by a different artist, probably on the request of John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield (his arms: see provenance) (see Bovey 20). Part II: the Calendarium illuminated and added on a separate quire at the beginning of the manuscript (ff. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Ĭatchwords and bifolium signatures numerous corrections. Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.įull digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at. 9v and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542 in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. The Augustinian priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St Bartholomew's (see Bovey 2002), probably illuminated for him: the Batayle arms (ff. The text dedicated to the University of Paris (f. Royal Library binding of brown leather with the arms of George II and a date of 1757. A + 314 (+ 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end f. Line-fillers in brown ink highlighted in yellow.įf. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Foliate initials in colours and gold at the ebginning of each book. 4) or partial borders decorated with foliate and interlace patterns, at the beginning of each book (ff.
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Last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th centuryĥ miniatures in colours and gold, with full (f. I found recordings of “Deus in Aujitorium” and listening to the recordings of the exemplar motet before and during preparation of the project, as well as making the recordings available during the Artisan Challenge sessions at events, enhanced the creative process.Edited by Raymund of Peñafort, with gloss of Bernard of Parmaĭecretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')Ĭalendarium, Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the Smithfield Decretals) While constantly consulting references listed as well as society Laurels and Grant-level award recipient, the following was taken into consideration: page layout, calligraphy hand, musical notation and layout, illuminated figures and other decoration (materials and pigments, techniques used for modeling and brushwork, the iconography (subject, composition, symbology) and style), as well as the relationship between text and images. After choosing an exemplar, a digital reproduction of high quality provided by the museum (University of Montpellier, France) holding the original was examined as closely as possible using a magnifying glass and making detailed notes. The “scroll” was prepared in the period style using period materials, methods and tools whenever feasible. For the Anno Societatis 50 Artisan’s Challenge I chose to prepare a later period medieval musical manuscript page (folio) with illumination and musical notation.
