skip to content
Picturing kingship : history and painting in the Psalter of Saint Louis
ClosePreview this item

Picturing kingship : history and painting in the Psalter of Saint Louis

Author: Harvey Stahl
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
"Picturing Kingship presents the first art-historical study of the personal prayerbook of King Louis IX. The book approaches the Saint Louis Psalter through a rich range of perspectives and methodologies and positions it within the contexts of its production and use. Not only is the manuscript's production and structure given detailed study, but the king's ways of handling his prayerbook - his habits of reading,  Read more...
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

 

Find a copy online

Links to this item

Find a copy in the library

Retrieving... Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Genre/Form: Illustrations
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Stahl, Harvey.
Picturing kingship.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2008
(OCoLC)609195112
Named Person: Louis, King of France
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Harvey Stahl
ISBN: 9780271028637 0271028637
OCLC Number: 137324988
Description: xiv, 371 p., [72] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents: Introduction: the manuscript and its history --
The physical manuscript --
The artists and their paintings --
Constructions and readings --
Psalters and the Old Testament --
A royal program --
Conclusion: the King and his psalter --
Appendixes: Description --
Legends --
The calendar (folios 79r-84v) --
Text signatures and catchwords --
Concordance of attributions --
The previous binding and its textile covering --
Prefatory miniatures: working groups with physical variables --
Bibliography.
Responsibility: Harvey Stahl.
More information:

Abstract:

Presents a comprehensive art-historical study of the personal prayerbook of King Louis IX. This book approaches the St Louis Psalter through a range of perspectives and methodologies and positions it  Read more...

Reviews

Editorial reviews

Publisher Synopsis

"Harvey Stahl's posthumous study of the St. Louis Psalter promises to take its place as one of the finest monographs ever published on a medieval illuminated manuscript. The psalter provided the Read more...

 
User-contributed reviews
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.
Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.