Comments on: Calendar Pages

By: Wendy A. Stein

Wendy A. Stein — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:33:08 +0000

Dear Nancy,
Thank you for your interest and question. If you click on any thumbnail image in this blog, you will get a picture of the full page in the manuscript, including a detailed caption that includes the size, very roughly 6 1/2 by 9 inches. That includes the border and outer margin. Calendar pages conform to this size – but do look at the full page image, not just the thumbnail, to get a sense of the scale of the illumination on the full page: the images of the labors of the months and zodiac are very small, closer to one inch square!
Wendy

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:30:41 +0000

I’d like to get a sense of the scale here. What are the dimensions of the actual pages? Are the calendar pages full size in the book or just partial? Thanks!

By: Eden

Eden — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:26:47 +0000

I love the colors in these images. They remind me of some beautiful tile work I saw when I visited Florence once many years ago. Its interesting to imagine the stories and lives depicted in the pictures – how different from our lives today!!

By: Wendy A. Stein

Wendy A. Stein — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:34:19 +0000

Dear Maggie – Thank you so much for commenting on the Calendar Pages. I, too, find them more and more engaging, and keep going back to look at them again. I love the ways in which we can find in them the roots of so much later development, both of the Limbourg brothers themselves, and of the history of art generally. The detail of tools and activities in the agricultural scenes especially are such a window into the artists’ interests. And the postures of the noble folk — such attitude!
Wendy

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:22:04 +0000

Thank you so much for breaking down the structure of the calendar pages. I’m mesmerized by the border decoration on all the pages, but especially by the vignettes on the calendars. I can’t wait to come back to the exhibit to see these in person again. I’m so glad to know the blog will remain up as a resource, as well. Thank you so much for sharing your compelling writing and insights!

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Blog – Campbell Raw Press » More on illuminated manuscripts + Walton Ford — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:14:00 +0000

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