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Synopsis
M.R. James was prompted to characterize the Egerton Genesis as 'the most puzzling, and also, in view of the wonderful qualities of its drawing and colouring, one of the most fascinating' of all manuscripts he had ever seen. Questions of date, iconographical and stylistic character, artist's training, provenance, purpose, and patronage, largely unanswered since James' time, surround this manuscript.
The Egerton Genesis is a pictorial narrative of the biblical Genesis, supplemented by legendary material. It was commissioned in the fourteenth century for the entertainment of a middle-class patron and his friends. From the choice and treatment of texts we learn that this was a patron who relished the drama, who did not require a pretence of scholarship or piety, a patron with a keen eye for human and societal defects and with an earthy sense of humour. A theological dimension is largely lacking from the manuscript, though figural references to the Deity in the visual narrative are always reverential. The book does not glorify kingly figures but rather spoofs the stupidity, lust or veniality of the powerful. The artist points out social conditions of his time, sympathizing with the beggar, with the tithe payer and with the problems of powerless women and ordinary shepherds.
This study provides valuable new insights into a fascinating text.
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À propos des auteurs
Mary Coker Joslin is author of The Heard Word: Analized History, The Gensis Section of the Histoire Ancienne in a Text from Saint-Jean D'Acre (1986).
Carolyn J. Watson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Furman University.
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- ÉditeurUniversity of Toronto Press
- Date d'édition2001
- ISBN 10 0802047580
- ISBN 13 9780802047588
- ReliureRelié
- Langueanglais
- Nombre de pages256
- Coordonnées du fabricantnon disponible
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The Egerton Genesis (British Library Studies in Medieval Culture)
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Cloth. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. A wonderful British Library study of this fascinating book. pp.xxvii.312. Illus. CD-ROM in pocket at rear. DW in archival sleeve. N° de réf. du vendeur 009022
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The Egerton Genesis
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. This is a fine hardcover first edition copy in a fine, mylar protected DJ. pale gray spine. Inscribed by Mary Coker Joslin on the front flyleaf. Inscribed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 048160
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The Egerton Genesis (British Library Studies in Medieval Culture)
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Book has a slight bow to front cover, light smudges on top textblock, light bumps to edges. otherwise in great condition, tight binding, clean and unmarked interiors with bright, crisp pages; a sturdy, attractive copy. Dust jacket has light staining/water damage to top edge of back side, faint rubbing to front and back, light scuffs to tips of corners. in very good condition, now in archival cover. N° de réf. du vendeur 961472
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