Images, texts, and marginalia in a "Vows of the peacock" manuscript (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS G24) : : with a complete concordance and catalogue of peacock manuscripts / / by Domenic Leo.
The "Vows of the Peacock" - written in 1312 and dedicated to Thibaut de Bar, bishop of Liège - recounts how Alexander the Great comes to the aid of a family of aristocrats threatened by Indians. The poem remained popular throughout the fourteenth century and was soon followed by two sequel...
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Superior document: | Library of the written word, volume 28. The manuscript world ; volume 5 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2013. |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Library of the written word ;
28. Library of the written word. Manuscript world ; v. 5. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Summary: | The "Vows of the Peacock" - written in 1312 and dedicated to Thibaut de Bar, bishop of Liège - recounts how Alexander the Great comes to the aid of a family of aristocrats threatened by Indians. The poem remained popular throughout the fourteenth century and was soon followed by two sequels. Twenty-six illuminated manuscripts constitute part of a catalogue and concordance of all Peacock manuscripts. One of the most provocative, (PML, MS G24), has twenty-two miniatures which illustrate chivalry and courtly love, as epitomized in the text. An unusually high number of scurrilous marginalia, however, surround them. An interdisciplinary exploration of iconography, reception, image-text-marginalia dynamics, and context reveals their ultimate polysemy as scatological comedians and serious harbingers of sin. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004250832 |
ISSN: | 1874-4834 ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Domenic Leo. |