A Prayer Book owned by the Rothschilds, an Italian bronze casket by Antico, a lavishly illustrated Carnival chronicle from sixteenth-century Germany, an altarpiece by Pieter Brueghel the Younger - much of the artwork in this book, held by Australian collections, is essentially unknown beyond the continent. The authors of these essays showcase these extraordinary objects to their full potential,revealing a wide range of contemporary art and historical research. This collection of essays will surprise even specialists.
- Antipodean Early Modern
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Legacies of early European art in Australian collections
- About the author
- Works cited
- 2. Heaven and earth: the worlds of the Rothschild Prayer Book
- About the author
- Works cited
- 3. The Rothschild Prayer Book as political, social and economic agent through the ages
- Devotional manuscripts as mediators of power at the European courts
- The Prayer Book and the Third Reich
- About the author
- Works cited
- Unpublished sources
- Published Sources
- 4. ‘Women who read are dangerous’: illuminated manuscripts and female book collections in the early Renaissance
- The dangers of reading novels and romances
- The benefits of reading good books
- Two noblewomen, two libraries: Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria
- A space for female devotion: the bedroom and study
- Outstanding manuscripts for exceptional women
- Conclusions
- About the author
- Works cited
- 5. Medieval parchment: two glossed Bible books in context
- What is parchment?
- Glossed books in the history of the Bible
- Epistles – background and execution
- The Leviticus
- About the author
- Works cited
- 6. Beginnings and endings: the shaping of the Book of Hours
- From Psalter to Psalter-Hours
- Illustration of the SLV Psalter-Hours
- The Aspremont-Kievraing Psalter-Hours: France, the Lorraine
- The Rothschild Prayer Book and the Book of Hours
- About the author
- Works cited
- 7. An associate of the Jouvenel Master and the Breviary of Prior François Robert
- About the author
- Works cited
- 8. Chrysalis to butterfly: an aspect of the evolution of the Book of Hours from manuscript to print
- The Baillieu Hours
- The Ballarat Hours
- About the author
- Appendix
- Works cited
- 9. The Sorbonne Press and the chancellor’s manuscript
- About the author
- Works cited
- 10. Thielman Kerver’s Book of Hours of
10 September 1522 in the Kerry Stokes Collection
- Books of Hours in manuscript and print
- Thielman Kerver, Imprimeur-libraire
- Kerver’s Book of Hours in the Stokes Collection
- About the author
- Works cited
- 11. An accessory of intellect: a Renaissance writing casket from the Kerry Stokes Collection
- About the author
- Works cited
- 12. ‘A Very Rich Adornment’: a discussion of the Stokes Cassone
- About the author
- Works cited
- Archivio di Stato di Firenze (ASF), Florence
- Other works
- 13. The Dormition of the Virgin altarpiece from the Kerry Stokes Collection
- About the author
- Works cited
- 14. Through the son: Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s Crucifixion
- About the author
- Works cited
- 15. The Kerry Stokes Schembart book: festivity, fashion and family in the late medieval Nuremberg Carnival
- Features and content of the Kerry Stokes Schembart book
- Origins and historical development of the Nuremberg Schembart
- The broader meaning of Schembart and survival in the Schembart books
- About the author
- Works cited
- Index
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