
The Troyes Memoire: The Making of a Medieval Tapestry
The Making of a Medieval Tapestry
Boydell Press
Will be published approx. on 18. November 2010
Book
Hardback
220 pages
978-1-84383-570-7 (ISBN)
Description
First English translation of a late fifteenth century manuscript containing instructions for designing a medieval tapestry - the only such to survive.
The "Troyes Memoire", a late fifteenth-century manuscript preserved in the archives of the town of Troyes, France, is the sole surviving example of the written instructions used in designing tapestries during the Middle Ages. It is unique in its presentation of detailed information on how patrons and church officials communicated complex iconographic material to the medieval artists commissioned to paint cartoons for tapestries. It is here translated intoEnglish for the first time, with full introduction and extensive notes. The volume also includes a translation of another richly informative document from medieval Troyes: the Account Books of the Church of Sainte-Madeleine, whichintroduces us to the actual people who worked together, between 1416 and 1430, to produce a set of tapestries for the town's oldest church. They shed important new light on an era when tapestry represented a supreme form of art.
Tina Kane is Conservator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Textile Conservation.
The "Troyes Memoire", a late fifteenth-century manuscript preserved in the archives of the town of Troyes, France, is the sole surviving example of the written instructions used in designing tapestries during the Middle Ages. It is unique in its presentation of detailed information on how patrons and church officials communicated complex iconographic material to the medieval artists commissioned to paint cartoons for tapestries. It is here translated intoEnglish for the first time, with full introduction and extensive notes. The volume also includes a translation of another richly informative document from medieval Troyes: the Account Books of the Church of Sainte-Madeleine, whichintroduces us to the actual people who worked together, between 1416 and 1430, to produce a set of tapestries for the town's oldest church. They shed important new light on an era when tapestry represented a supreme form of art.
Tina Kane is Conservator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Textile Conservation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodbridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen, 8 farbige Abbildungen
8 colour, 8 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
577 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84383-570-7 (9781843835707)
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E-Book
11/2010
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€48.99
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Person
Tina Kane
Content
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Translator's Notes
The Memoire
Appendix: Excerpts from the Account Books of the Church of Sainte Madeleine of Troyes, 1425-1430
Glossary
Bibliography
Preface
Introduction
Translator's Notes
The Memoire
Appendix: Excerpts from the Account Books of the Church of Sainte Madeleine of Troyes, 1425-1430
Glossary
Bibliography