Research Catalog

Title

The earliest Irish and English bookarts : visual and poetic forms before A.D. 1000 / Robert D. Stevick.

Author

Stevick, Robert D. (Robert David), 1928-2018.

Publication

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Description

xiv, 282 pages : illustrations; 29 cm.

Series Statement

Middle Ages series

Uniform Title

Middle Ages series.

Subject

• Manuscript design > Ireland
• Manuscript design > Great Britain
• Stichometry
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Celtic
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon
• Poetry, Medieval > Criticism, Textual

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 1. The Topic and How It Took Shape. Soiscel Molaise, Main Panel -- 2. Simple Uses of "The Two True Measures of Geometry" Durham Cassiodorus, David rex Page. Book of Mulling, St. Matthew Page. Book of Kells, St. Matthew Page. Macdurnan Gospels, St. Matthew and St. Mark Pages. St. Cuthbert Gospel of St. John, Binding -- 3. Reconstructing a Form from Major Fragments. Andreas, The First Fragment. Andreas, Lengths of the Lacunae. Andreas, The Complete Formal Structure. Andreas, A Model of the Form. Andreas, The Inventor of the Form. Andreas, Other Evidence of the Form -- 4. Early Sets of Forms Developing "The Two True Measures" Durham Cassiodorus, David Page. Book of Mulling, St. Mark and St. John Pages. Echternach Gospels, Evangelist-Symbol Pages. Durham Gospels, Last Page of St. Matthew's Gospel -- 5. Another Reconstruction and Some Page Designs. Christ II. The Exeter Book. The Tollemache Orosius. The Lindisfarne Gospels -- 6. Simple Forms Starting from the Golden Ratio.
• Book of Durrow, Four-Evangelist Page. Book of Durrow, Carpet Page, Folio 125v. Golden Gospels of Echternach Binding, Ivory Plaque -- 7. Forms Starting from Two Golden Rectangles. Lindisfarne Gospels, Carpet Page, Folio 2v. Lindisfarne Gospels, Carpet Page, Folio 138v -- 8. Another Form Starting from Two Golden Rectangles. Elene, Textual Flaws Affecting Lengths of Sections. Elene, Reconstructing the Form. Elene, The Nature of the Form -- 9. Some Other Forms Employing the Golden Ratio. Macdurnan Gospels, St. Luke and St. John Pages. Trier Gospels, Tetramorph Page. Lindisfarne Gospels, Carpet Page, Folio 94v. Lindisfarne Gospels, Carpet Page, Folio 26v -- 10. Two Other Forms Developed from a Modular Plan. The Phoenix. Christ III -- 11. A Form Created from Roots of Two. Guthlac A, A Model of the Dimensions. Guthlac A, Commodular Relations Among the Parts. Guthlac A, Lengths of the Lacunae, Traditional Evidence. Guthlac A, Lengths of the Lacunae Considered Further -- 12. Some Other Sets of Forms.
• St. Gall Gospels, St. Mark and St. John Pages. St. Gall Gospels, St. Matthew and St. Luke Pages. St. Gall Gospels, Crucifixion and Last Judgment Pages. St. Gall Gospels, Cross Page.

ISBN

0812232208

LCCN

94015970

OCLC

• 30400500
• ocm30400500

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries