SynopsisThe Copenhagen Bohun Manuscripts provides a detailed analysis of the components of two exquisitely illuminated fourteenth-century English manuscripts, the Hours of the Virgin and the Lives of the Virgin Mary, St. Margaret, and Mary Magdalene. Based on pictorial as well as documentary evidence, Marina Vidas offers a detailed assessment of the manuscripts' patronage, provenance, imagery, and texts. The result is a fascinating insight into the remarkable production of English illuminated manuscripts of this period., The Copenhagen Bohun Manuscripts: Women, Representation and Reception in Fourteenth-Century England provides a detailed analysis of the components of two exquisitely illuminated fourteenth-century English manuscripts, the Hours of the Virgin (Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 547, 4°) and the Lives of the Virgin Mary, St. Margaret and Mary Magdalene (Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 517, 4°), executed for the Bohun family. Based on pictorial as well as documentary evidence and in light of the dynastic and devotional concerns of the family matriarch, the author draws new conclusions about the manuscripts' patronage, provenance, imagery, and texts.
LC Classification NumberND3128.V54 2019