Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550 - HAND, Joni M.
KORTE INHOUD
Author Joni M. Hand sheds light on the reasons women of the Valois courts from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century commissioned devotional manuscripts. Visually interpreting the non-text elements-portraits, coats of arms, and marginalia-as well as the texts, Hand explores how the manuscripts were used to express the women’s religious, political, and/or genealogical concerns. This study is arranged thematically according to the method in which the owner is represented. Recognizing the considerable influence these women had on the appearance of their books, Hand interrogates how the manuscripts became a means of self-expression beyond the realm of devotional practice. She reveals how noblewomen used their private devotional manuscripts as vehicles for self-definition, to reflect familial, political, and social concerns, and to preserve the devotional and cultural traditions of their families. Drawing on documentation of women’s book collections that has been buried within the inventories of their fa...
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251 pages, includes 51 b&w illustrations. Hard cover and dust jacket. New copy [Categorie: Manuscripts] [Auteur: HAND, Joni M.] [Uitgever: Ashgate,] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550]
