Picturing kingship
Subtitle: history and painting in the Psalter of Saint Louis
By: Harvey Stahl.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271028637
Subjects: Louis -- IX, -- King of France, -- 1214-1270; Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts -- Illustrations; Bibliothèque nationale (France); Psautier de Saint Louis; Psalters -- Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, French; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic -- France
Genres: Illustrations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the manuscript and its history; title: The physical manuscript; title: The artists and their paintings; title: Constructions and readings; title: Psalters and the Old Testament; title: A royal program; title: Conclusion: the King and his psalter; title: Appendixes: Description; title: Legends; title: The calendar (folios 79r-84v); title: Text signatures and catchwords; title: Concordance of attributions; title: The previous binding and its textile covering; title: Prefatory miniatures: working groups with physical variables; title: Bibliography.