An elephant in the litany : further thoughts on an English Book of Hours in the Walters Art Gallery (W.102)

Author

Randall, Lilian M. C.

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

Beasts and birds of the Middle Ages : the bestiary and its legacy

Author (monograph)

Clark, Willene B. (Editor, Collective Author); McMunn, Meradith T. (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Beasts and birds of the Middle Ages : the bestiary and its legacy. 1989, p. 106-133, 9 ill.

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Offers an interpretation of a series of 11 large designs which includes an elephant, Adam, a nimbed male head, a chess game, Romulus and Remus, and an ape riding a bear. Argues that this unusual imagery alludes to specific international events related to the jubilee year declared by Pope Boniface VIII in 1300.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- United Kingdom
• Books of hours
• Manuscript illumination
• Great Britain
• 1200-1300
• Walters Art Museum||Baltimore (MD, USA)
• Manuscripts
• MS W.102 (Book of hours)
• Iconography
• Christian iconography
• Boniface VIII, pope, 1235-1303
• Elephants
• Adam
• Heads
• Chess
• Romulus
• Remus
• Apes
• Bears

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- Royaume-Uni
• Heures
• Enluminure
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1200-1300
• Walters Art Museum||Baltimore (MD, USA)
• Manuscrits
• MS W.102 (Livre d'heures)
• Iconographie
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Boniface VIII, pape, 1235-1303
• Eléphant
• Adam
• Tête
• Echecs
• Romulus
• Rémus
• Singe [ape]
• Ours

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910401-00452785

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