The elephant was a gift to King Henry III of England (reigned 1216–1272) from Louis IX of France.
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(All of the manuscripts we mention are available in full and for free online no manuscripts were hurt in the writing of this blogpost.) We have written about this pachyderm before in our blogpost The Elephant at the Tower. We start by letting his elephant take a bow, which is found in the work known as 'Liber Additamentorum' (The Book of Additions), Cotton MS Nero D I. To celebrate this achievement, we thought we'd share with you another three manuscripts that were written and illustrated by Matthew Paris himself, all of which are held by the British Library (we're going to call them the MP3). around 1259) would have been proud as punch to see his work shared with so many people. We may not all have the opportunity to handle medieval manuscripts at first hand, but we always welcome the chance to see them up close in virtual form. Initiatives of this kind whet the appetites of scholarly researchers and members of the public alike. Gold is on display at St Pancras until Sunday, 2 October.įollow us on Twitter of you may have seen the exciting news that Trinity College Dublin has digitised its manuscript of the Book of St Albans by Matthew Paris.
Lucy will also be signing copies of the book after her lecture. You may also wish to order Professor Sandler’s wonderful new book, Penned and Painted: The Art and Meaning of Books in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, available from the Library's online shop. Book your tickets to see the exhibition and to attend the lecture. The exhibition continues to receive rave four and five star reviews, most recently from Time Out, adding to those of the Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard. She’ll include a discussion of the use of gold on figures, like that of the Bourdichon Annunciation featured in the exhibition, to golden bindings and the representation of books as golden. 165rįor some manuscripts featured in Gold, Lucy will be discussing a different image from that shown in the exhibition, such as the image of Christ with a golden book, in the spectacular Benedictional of St Æthelwold, open in the exhibition to the image of St Æthelthryth, founder and abbess of Ely Abbey.Ĭhrist with a golden book, in the Benedictional of St Æthelwold, 2nd half of the 10th century: Add MS 49598, f. John dictating his Gospel, in the Burney Gospels, 2nd half of the 10th century: Burney MS 19, f. King Edgar’s New Minster Charter, 966: Cotton MS Vespasian A VIII, f. If you who have been to the exhibition, you may recognise them: Here is a sneak preview of two of the images that Lucy will be discussing in her lecture.
Her lecture will be drawn in part from her most recent book, Penned and Painted: The Art and Meaning of Books in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, researched during lockdown, which includes fascinating new insights into some of the Library’s best-known manuscripts. 1540: Stowe MS 956Īs many will know, Lucy is a wonderful speaker, and she will be sharing her reflections on the British Library's Gold exhibition, and more broadly on the function and use of illumination in books. The gold binding on the Psalter of 'Anne Boleyn', c. Professor Sandler has been researching illuminated manuscripts for over seventy years through her long, productive and distinguished career, and has published widely, particularly on English 14th-century illumination, including her indispensable volume in the Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles. You won’t want to miss this lecture focusing on the illumination in Western manuscripts, given both in person and online by Professor Lucy Freeman Sandler, the Helen Gould Sheppard Professor Emerita, New York University. Lecture on Tuesday, 12 July, 7:00 pm in the British Library main entrance hall and online
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