Research Catalog

Title

The Strasbourg manuscript : a medieval tradition of artists' recipe collections (1400-1570) / Sylvie Neven.

Author

Neven, Sylvie

Publication

London : Archetype Publications, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bibliothèque municipale de Strasbourg. Manuscript. A. VI. 19.

Description

ix, 265 pages : illustrations (some color), charts (some color), color facsimiles; 25 cm

Summary

This book is the first to be dedicated to a comprehensive study with English translation (plus extensive commentary) of the early 15th century Strasbourg Manuscript - believed to have been the oldest German-language source for the study of Northern European painting techniques and considered to be the northern counterpart to Cenninis Il Libro dell'arte. It is also one of the oldest technical manuals to include a recipe collection describing the preparation of drying oil media and their application in panel painting.

Alternative Title

Medieval tradition of artists' recipe collections (1400-1570

Subject

• Bibliothèque municipale de Strasbourg
• Straßburger Malerbuch
• Geschichte 1350-1500
• Paint > Composition > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800
• Pigments > Composition > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800
• Paint > Additives > Europe, Northern > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800
• Paint mixing > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800
• Paint materials > Composition > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800
• Painting > Europe, Northern > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800
• Painting, Northern European > Technique > Early works to 1800
• Artists' materials > Europe, Northern > Composition > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800
• Workshop recipes > Early works to 1800
• Manuscripts, Medieval > France > Strasbourg > History
• Manuscripts, German (Middle High) > France > Strasbourg > History
• Painting, Northern European > Technique
• Workshop recipes
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• artists' materials
• Artists' materials
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Painting
• Workshop recipes
• Malerei
• Technik
• Pigment
• Deutschland

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Note

• Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Liège, 2011).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index.

Language (note)

• Text in English and Middle High German.

Contents

Introduction -- The Strasbourg manuscript -- The Strasbourg tradition in context -- The Strasbourg manuscript: English translation with German transliteration -- Commentary -- The Strasbourg manuscript and its traditions: original function and current relevance.

ISBN

• 9781909492417
• 1909492418

OCLC

• 932069932
• ocn932069932
• SCSB-1855692

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library