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The treasury of Petrus Alamire : music and art in Flemish court manuscripts 1500-1535

Title
The treasury of Petrus Alamire : music and art in Flemish court manuscripts 1500-1535 / edited by Herbert Kellman for the Alamire Foundation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ; Eugeen Schreurs, general editor.
Publication
Ghent ; Amsterdam : Ludion (distributed by the University of Chicago Press), 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Kellman, Herbert.
  • Schreurs, Eugeen.
  • Alamire Foundation.
Description
179 pages : illustrations, music, plates (some color); 31 cm
Subjects
Note
  • "First published on the occasion of the exhibition Alamire's treasury: music and miniatures from Charles V's days (1500-1535), Leuven, Predikherenkerk, 25 September-5 December 1999" - t.p. verso.
  • Includes essays by Wim Blockmans, Eric Jas, Herbert Kellman, Jacobijn Kiel, Honey Meconi, Eugeen Scheurs, Dagmar Thoss and Flynn Warmington.
  • Manuscripts from Austria, Belgium, England, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the Vatican are featured.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-179) and index.
Contents
Prosperous times / Wim Blockmans -- Production, distribution and symbolism of the manuscripts : a synopsis / Herbert Kellman -- Petrus Alamaire : music calligrapher, musician, composer, spy / Eugeen Schreurs -- The repertory of the manuscripts / Eric Jas -- Pierre de la Rue, ca. 1452-1518 / Honey Meconi -- An introduction to the scribes and their methods / Jacobijn Kiel -- A survey of scribal hands in the manuscripts / Flynn Warmington -- Overview of the scribes / Jacobijn Kiel and Flynn Warmington -- Flemish miniature painting in the Alamire manuscripts / Dagmar Thoss -- Catalogue of manuscripts and fragments / Eric Jas and Herbert Kellman.
ISBN
9055442704
OCLC
ocm43407231
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries