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MARTYRE DE ST. QUENTIN INITIALE F HISTORIÉE
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MARTYRE DE ST. QUENTIN INITIAL F HISTORIATED
DEPICTING ST. PAUL WITH SWORD AND BOOK
Miniature on a leaf from a Latin liturgical book on vellum
vellum, Flanders, Bruges, circa 1490 - 1510. leaf: 244 x 171 mm |
miniature: 134 x 129 mm| initial: 50 x 42 mm.
- Written space: 82 x 129 mm. 1 column, 8 lines. Text in black ink
with red headings in Textura Gothic script.
- 1 large miniature and a historiated F initial| full liquid gold border
with trompe-l'oeil flowers, berries, birds and a papyrus,
birds, a butterfly and acanthus in grisaille in the style
style.
- The leaf has been neatly trimmed along the outer edge|
a few stains in the text area on the right| the reverse is
supported by glued cardboard.
PROVENANCE
Europe, private collection.
TEXT
From a liturgical book, perhaps an epistolary, in Latin, with the reading
reading for the first Sunday of Advent from Romans 13:11-12.
Dominica premia i[n] adventu[s] d[omi]ni. xiij. L[e]c[ti]o ep[isto]le
beati pauli apostoli. Ad Romanos. (F)ratres : Scientes quia ho[ra]
est : iam nos de sompno surgere. Nunc ante p[ro]pior est nostra
salus : q[ua]m cum credidimus. Nox praecessit: dies aute[m]
appropinquabit. Abiciamus ergo op[er]a.
ENLUMINATION
This leaflet offers an elaborate presentation of the martyrdom of St. Quentin.
of St. Quentin. In the foreground, St. Quentin is tortured with nails
nails driven into his shoulders as Emperor Maximian looks on.
Maximian. Quentin, dressed in a simple white loincloth, holds a book
decorated with a crucifix and clasps. It's resting on his toes, as if he's dancing in pain.
as if dancing in pain. Blood flows down his body from the wounds
wounds caused by the nails. His head is crowned with a
golden halo. The torturers wear red and orange tunics
and orange tunics over gray chain mail, with yellow stockings.
They are both bearded and hold very large hammers
their heads. Two noble figures look on, the right one
right is probably Emperor Maximian, judging by his scepter and
scepter and his gold and ermine robe. The entire group is
in front of a stone building with colonnades.
In the background, on the right, in a courtyard, soldiers are beheading
the saint, kneeling in white, blindfolded.
The illusionist historiated initial F shows the apostle Paul with his sword,
holding a book, standing in front of the letter's crossbar. He
bearded, wears a gold robe and a simple gold halo around his head.
around his head. Behind him, the artist has created a path leading back to
a sheet of blue honor, suspended in front of a misty landscape.
The initial itself is formed of gold leaves that curl up
to form the letter.
This magnificent leaf from what would have been a magnificent liturgical book
is illuminated in the "Ghent-Bruges" style by an artist
who followed the Master of Prayer Books around 1500. The apogee of the
Renaissance in manuscript illumination in Northern Europe
is represented by the Gand-Bruges style of painting practiced in
these two cities around 1500. It is characterized by trompe-l'oeil
trompe-l'oeil decorations of birds, insects and flowers on golden
backgrounds, and miniatures that echo the panel paintings
panel paintings by many of the most important
masters of the Flemish Renaissance. The Master of the Prayer Books,
circa 1500, was the leading exponent of this style,
given to him by Friedrich Winkler, comes from the fact that many
prayer books are associated with his hand. He was probably
active in Bruges, although elements of Ghent painting
in his work, and he and his studio may have worked in both
both cities. The present artist follows this style with enthusiasm.
In clean, fresh condition, the present example is a luxurious
version of the Ghent-Bruges illumination with the characteristic
trompe-l'oeil border, with large acanthus leaves and branches
plants, birds and a butterfly, as well as well-modeled and
well-modeled, colorful figures in typically Flemish settings.
Flemish decor.
LITERATURE
Unpublished.
TO FIND OUT MORE
"CLVIII: St. Quentin, Martyr" in Jacques de Voraigne, La légende dorée
trad. by Teodor de Wyzewa, Paris 1910, p. 602 - 603.
Acc. May 2025, URL: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k202210w.
Kren, Thomas and McKendrick, Scot. Illuminting the Renaissance:
The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting. Los Angeles 2003.
EXPERTS
Cabinet Leprince - Dr. Erin K. Donovan
DEPICTING ST. PAUL WITH SWORD AND BOOK
Miniature on a leaf from a Latin liturgical book on vellum
vellum, Flanders, Bruges, circa 1490 - 1510. leaf: 244 x 171 mm |
miniature: 134 x 129 mm| initial: 50 x 42 mm.
- Written space: 82 x 129 mm. 1 column, 8 lines. Text in black ink
with red headings in Textura Gothic script.
- 1 large miniature and a historiated F initial| full liquid gold border
with trompe-l'oeil flowers, berries, birds and a papyrus,
birds, a butterfly and acanthus in grisaille in the style
style.
- The leaf has been neatly trimmed along the outer edge|
a few stains in the text area on the right| the reverse is
supported by glued cardboard.
PROVENANCE
Europe, private collection.
TEXT
From a liturgical book, perhaps an epistolary, in Latin, with the reading
reading for the first Sunday of Advent from Romans 13:11-12.
Dominica premia i[n] adventu[s] d[omi]ni. xiij. L[e]c[ti]o ep[isto]le
beati pauli apostoli. Ad Romanos. (F)ratres : Scientes quia ho[ra]
est : iam nos de sompno surgere. Nunc ante p[ro]pior est nostra
salus : q[ua]m cum credidimus. Nox praecessit: dies aute[m]
appropinquabit. Abiciamus ergo op[er]a.
ENLUMINATION
This leaflet offers an elaborate presentation of the martyrdom of St. Quentin.
of St. Quentin. In the foreground, St. Quentin is tortured with nails
nails driven into his shoulders as Emperor Maximian looks on.
Maximian. Quentin, dressed in a simple white loincloth, holds a book
decorated with a crucifix and clasps. It's resting on his toes, as if he's dancing in pain.
as if dancing in pain. Blood flows down his body from the wounds
wounds caused by the nails. His head is crowned with a
golden halo. The torturers wear red and orange tunics
and orange tunics over gray chain mail, with yellow stockings.
They are both bearded and hold very large hammers
their heads. Two noble figures look on, the right one
right is probably Emperor Maximian, judging by his scepter and
scepter and his gold and ermine robe. The entire group is
in front of a stone building with colonnades.
In the background, on the right, in a courtyard, soldiers are beheading
the saint, kneeling in white, blindfolded.
The illusionist historiated initial F shows the apostle Paul with his sword,
holding a book, standing in front of the letter's crossbar. He
bearded, wears a gold robe and a simple gold halo around his head.
around his head. Behind him, the artist has created a path leading back to
a sheet of blue honor, suspended in front of a misty landscape.
The initial itself is formed of gold leaves that curl up
to form the letter.
This magnificent leaf from what would have been a magnificent liturgical book
is illuminated in the "Ghent-Bruges" style by an artist
who followed the Master of Prayer Books around 1500. The apogee of the
Renaissance in manuscript illumination in Northern Europe
is represented by the Gand-Bruges style of painting practiced in
these two cities around 1500. It is characterized by trompe-l'oeil
trompe-l'oeil decorations of birds, insects and flowers on golden
backgrounds, and miniatures that echo the panel paintings
panel paintings by many of the most important
masters of the Flemish Renaissance. The Master of the Prayer Books,
circa 1500, was the leading exponent of this style,
given to him by Friedrich Winkler, comes from the fact that many
prayer books are associated with his hand. He was probably
active in Bruges, although elements of Ghent painting
in his work, and he and his studio may have worked in both
both cities. The present artist follows this style with enthusiasm.
In clean, fresh condition, the present example is a luxurious
version of the Ghent-Bruges illumination with the characteristic
trompe-l'oeil border, with large acanthus leaves and branches
plants, birds and a butterfly, as well as well-modeled and
well-modeled, colorful figures in typically Flemish settings.
Flemish decor.
LITERATURE
Unpublished.
TO FIND OUT MORE
"CLVIII: St. Quentin, Martyr" in Jacques de Voraigne, La légende dorée
trad. by Teodor de Wyzewa, Paris 1910, p. 602 - 603.
Acc. May 2025, URL: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k202210w.
Kren, Thomas and McKendrick, Scot. Illuminting the Renaissance:
The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting. Los Angeles 2003.
EXPERTS
Cabinet Leprince - Dr. Erin K. Donovan