The forgotten early Romanesque illustrations of Terence in Vat. lat. 3305

Author

Wright, David H.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte. 1993, Num. 2, Vol. 56, 183-206, 15 ill.

ISSN

0044-2992

Abstract (en)

Detailed study of the miniatures in the manuscript (Rome, Vatican, Biblioteca apostolica), here ascribed to a French scriptorium active ca.1100, which worked in a southern style. Provides a codicological description of the manuscript, a report on its condition and provenance back to ca.1600, and an assessment of the possible sources of the text. Then examines the remaining illustrations with regard to style, iconography, and their relationship to Carolingian illustrations of Terence. Concludes that the illuminator of this manuscript should be credited with an imaginative approach to the depiction of the scenes, and with having read the text perceptively enough to invent new ways of interpreting it in his miniatures.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- France
• Manuscript illumination
• France
• 1100-1200
• MS Vat. lat. 3305 (Terence)
• Vaticano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana||Roma (ITA)
• Writings
• Illustration
• Manuscripts

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- France
• Enluminure
• France
• 1100-1200
• MS Vat. lat. 3305 (Térence)
• Vaticano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana||Roma (ITA)
• Ecrits
• Illustration
• Manuscrits

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00345009

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