Sound in pictured silence : the significance of writing in the illustration of the Douce Apocalypse

Author

Wright, Rosemary Muir

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Word & image. 1991, Num. 3, Vol. 7, 239-274, 25 ill.

ISSN

0266-6286

Abstract (en)

Studies the relationship of text to illustration in the Douce Apocalypse (Oxford, Bodleian Library), in particular the role of verbal inscriptions within the miniatures, and considers the links between written and pictured narrative in the context of literacy and reading practices of the 13th c.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- United Kingdom
• Manuscript illumination
• Manuscripts
• Oxford University, Bodleian Library||Oxford (GBR)
• MS Douce 180 (Douce Apocalypse)
• Illustration
• Text
• Relations
• Reading
• Great Britain
• 1200-1300
• Bible, N.T., Revelation
• Christian iconography
• Iconography
• Apocalypse
• Douce Apocalypse

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- Royaume-Uni
• Enluminure
• Manuscrits
• Oxford University, Bodleian Library||Oxford (GBR)
• MS Douce 180 (Apocalypse Douce)
• Illustration
• Texte
• Relations
• Lecture
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1200-1300
• Bible, N.T., Apocalypse
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Iconographie
• Apocalypse
• Apocalypse Douce

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19921001-00432423

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