Title: The Lichtenthal psalter and the manuscript patronage of the Bohun family
First published: 2004
Description: "The recent discovery of an unknown fourteenth-century English manuscript in a German Cistercian convent has brought to light an exquisite, richly illustrated psalter, which is analysed and illustrated here for the first time. Although this remarkable find in Lichtenthal Abbey, near Baden-Baden, had been identified as belonging to a group of manuscripts associated with the prominent and royally-connected Bohun family, neither its illustrations nor its relationship to other Bohun manuscripts had until now been fully explored." "In tracing the history of the Bohun family and their manuscript patronage, Professor Sandler places the Lichtenthal Psalter as a product of the 1380s in company with three other psalters of similar format, each produced by the closely knit group of scribes and artists who worked in the Bohun family residence at Pleshey Castle in Essex. She describes in detail the contents of the manuscript, its text and decoration, and offers evocative descriptions and penetrating interpretations of the meticulously depicted images that illustrate the Calendar, the Psalms, and the Office of the Cross." --Book Jacket.
Subjects: Art patronage, English Illumination of books and manuscripts, Illumination of books and manuscripts, English, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Illustrations, Lichtenthal psalter, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Psalters, Art, british, history, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Enluminure anglaise, Psautiers, Enluminure médiévale, Geïllustreerde handschriften, Lichtenthal (klooster), Illustration, Psalter, Lichtenthal-Psalter
Places: England
People: Bohun family
Time periods: 14th century
LC classification: ND3357.L33 S26 2004