Ultan the scribe

Author

Nees, Lawrence

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Age of migrating ideas : early medieval art in northern Britain and Ireland : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Insular Art held in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh, 3-6 January 1991

Author (monograph)

Spearman, R. Michael (Editor, Collective Author); Higgitt, John (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Age of migrating ideas : early medieval art in northern Britain and Ireland : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Insular Art held in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh, 3-6 January 1991. 1993, 104-105

Publisher

A. Sutton, Stroud (Glos, GBR)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Demonstrates that Aediluulf's poem, De abbatibus, in describing the otherwise unknown early 8th c. priest and scribe Ultan, provides no evidence that he practised elaborate painting with colors or had any role in the development of Insular book illumination.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- United Kingdom
• Ultan, 8th c.
• Manuscript illumination
• Insular art
• Aethelwulf, act.803-821
• De abbatibus

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- Royaume-Uni
• Enluminure
• Art insulaire
• Aethelwulf, act.803-821
• De abbatibus

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00338137

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