At the edge of the law : an illustrated register of writs in the Pierpont Morgan Library

Author

Camille, Michael

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

England in the fourteenth century : proceedings of the 1991 Harlaxton Symposium

Author (monograph)

Rogers, Nicholas (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

England in the fourteenth century : proceedings of the 1991 Harlaxton Symposium. 1993, 1-14, 12 ill.

Publisher

P. Watkins, Stamford (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Considers the marginal art and its function in a legal manuscript (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.812 (Registrum brevium). Argues that the images provided a mode of classification which helped the owner find specific types of writ contained in the book.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- United Kingdom
• Morgan Library & Museum||New York (NY, USA)
• Manuscripts
• Manuscript illumination
• MS M.812 (Registrum brevium)
• Great Britain
• 1300-1400
• Legal manuscripts
• Registrum brevium
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- Royaume-Uni
• Morgan Library & Museum||New York (NY, USA)
• Manuscrits
• Enluminure
• MS M.812 (Registrum brevium)
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1300-1400
• Manuscrit juridique
• Registrum brevium
• Iconographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950701-00319248

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