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De arte honeste amandi : Studien zur Ikonographie der höfischen Liebe
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ISBN: 363154345X Year: 2005

A treasury of hours: selections from illuminated prayer books
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ISBN: 0892368195 Year: 2005 Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. Getty Museum


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Les représentations de la musique au Moyen Âge : actes du colloque des 2 et 3 avril 2004, [Paris, Cité de la Musique]
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ISBN: 2914147295 9782914147293 Year: 2005 Volume: 6 Publisher: Paris Cité de la Musique


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Promenade dans des jardins disparus : les plantes au Moyen Age : d'après les Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne : Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms. latin 9474.
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ISBN: 2737338700 Year: 2005 Publisher: Rennes Ouest-France


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Het wellende water : de bron in tekst en beeld in de middeleeuwse Nederlanden en het Rijnland
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ISBN: 9058674622 9789058674623 Year: 2005 Volume: 34 Publisher: Leuven : Leuven university press,


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Les romans de la table ronde : premières images de l'univers arthurien
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ISBN: 2753501521 9782753501522 Year: 2005 Publisher: Rennes Presses universitaires de Rennes Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole

The Trinity Apocalypse : (Trinity College Cambridge, MS R.16.2)
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ISBN: 0712348727 0802090095 0712306900 Year: 2005 Volume: *13 Publisher: London Toronto ; Buffalo The British Library University of Toronto Press

Mediaeval Manichaean book art : a codicological study of Iranian and Turkic illuminated book fragments from 8th-11th century east Central Asia
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ISBN: 900413994X 9786610859924 1429427906 904740596X 128085992X 1433707098 Year: 2005 Volume: 57 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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Abstract

Mediaeval Manichean Book Art focuses on a corpus of c. one hundred fragments of exquisitely illuminated manuscripts that were produced under the patronage of the Turkic-speaking Uygurs in the Turfan region of East Central Asia between the 8th and 11th centuries CE, and used in service of the local Manichaean church. By applying a codicological approach to the analysis of these sources, this study casts light onto a lost episode of Central Asian art history and religious book culture. Each of the five chapters in this book accomplishes a well-defined goal. The first justifies the formation of the corpus . The second examines its dating on the basis of scientific and historical evidence. Chapter three assesses the artistry of their bookmakers, scribes, and illuminators. The fourth documents the patterns of page layout preserved on the fragments. The final chapter analyses the contextual relationship of their painted and written contents . Mediaeval Manichaean Book Art represents a pioneer study in its subject, research methodology, and illustrations. It extracts codicological and art historical data from torn remains of lavishly decorated Middle-Persian, Sogdian, and Uygur language manuscripts in codex, scroll, and "palm-leaf" formats. Through detailed analyses and carefully argued interpretations aided by precise computer drawings, the author introduces an important group of primary sources for future comparative research in Central Asian art, mediaeval book illumination, and Manichaean studies.

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