Robert of Hangest's Beauvais Missal: Reconstructing a Medieval Illuminated Manuscript

Claire Jenson

Location

Science Center, A255

Document Type

Presentation

Start Date

4-27-2012 1:30 PM

End Date

4-27-2012 2:30 PM

Abstract

The surviving pages of the “Beauvais Missal,” a late 13th-century illuminated manuscript owned by Beauvais priest Robert of Hangest, display some of the richest examples of Northern French manuscript ornamentation of the turn of the 14th century. Yet the book as a whole has been little studied. This paper considers the circumstances surrounding the creation and donation of the manuscript, by examining the painted style of its illuminations and the meaningful iconography of its miniatures.

Notes

Session I, Panel 4: History in Fragments: Icons, Ornamentation, and Imitation in Western Europe
Moderator: Erik Inglis, Associate Professor of Art History

Major

Art History

Advisor(s)

Erik Inglis, Art History

Project Mentor(s)

Erik Inglis, Art History

April 2012

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Robert of Hangest's Beauvais Missal: Reconstructing a Medieval Illuminated Manuscript

Science Center, A255

The surviving pages of the “Beauvais Missal,” a late 13th-century illuminated manuscript owned by Beauvais priest Robert of Hangest, display some of the richest examples of Northern French manuscript ornamentation of the turn of the 14th century. Yet the book as a whole has been little studied. This paper considers the circumstances surrounding the creation and donation of the manuscript, by examining the painted style of its illuminations and the meaningful iconography of its miniatures.