Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350–1550
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Christ Child
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Devotional Manuscripts
Edward III
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Faksimile Verlag
female manuscript ownership in Europe
Folio 29v
george
Holds
Hours
Hours Of Catherine Of Cleves
illuminated manuscripts
late
Late Middle Ages
Les Petites
Louis XI
Louis XII
Main Miniature
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
manuscript marginalia analysis
medieval
medieval book patronage
Noblewoman's Life
noblewomen's self-representation
owners
Pater Noster
Photography Courtesy
portrait
prayer
Prayer Cycle
Religious Manuscripts
Rosenwald Collection
royal library history
Thursday Hours
Valois court women
Valois Courts
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- ISBN 9781409450238
- Weight: 703g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jan 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Author Joni M. Hand sheds light on the reasons women of the Valois courts from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century commissioned devotional manuscripts. Visually interpreting the non-text elements-portraits, coats of arms, and marginalia-as well as the texts, Hand explores how the manuscripts were used to express the women’s religious, political, and/or genealogical concerns. This study is arranged thematically according to the method in which the owner is represented. Recognizing the considerable influence these women had on the appearance of their books, Hand interrogates how the manuscripts became a means of self-expression beyond the realm of devotional practice. She reveals how noblewomen used their private devotional manuscripts as vehicles for self-definition, to reflect familial, political, and social concerns, and to preserve the devotional and cultural traditions of their families. Drawing on documentation of women’s book collections that has been buried within the inventories of their fathers, husbands, or sons, Hand explores how these women contributed to the cultural and spiritual character of the courts, and played an integral role in the formation and evolution of the royal libraries in Northern Europe.
Joni M. Hand is an Assistant Professor of Art History at Southeast Missouri State University. She specializes in manuscripts produced in Northern Europe and gender in the late Middle Ages.
