| ISBN |
1909492965 (softcover) |
| 9781909492967 (softcover) |
| Author |
Gameson, Richard |
| Title |
The pigments of British medieval illuminators : a scientific and cultural study / Richard Gameson, Andrew Beeby, Flavia Fiorillo, Catherine Nicholson, Paola Ricciardi and Suzanne Reynolds, with contributions from Mila Crippa, Anna Mazzinghi and Lucia Pereira-Pardo |
| Publisher |
London : Archetype Publications Ltd, 2023 |
| Physical desc. |
xvi, 471 pages ; colour illustrations ; 30 cm. |
| Note |
Reference to CB manuscripts: Walsingham Bible (CBL W 022); and Coëtivy Hours (CBL W 076). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-453) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The pigments, dyes and inks, and how best to identify them -- Conversion and colour, c.600-c.900 -- Conquests and chromophores, c.900-1066 -- Normans, Angevins, Plantagenets and pigments, c.1066-c.1250 -- A time of expansion: colour c.1250-c.1360 -- Colour after the Black Death, c.1360-c.1485 -- Conclusion: The chronology of colour -- Appendix I: The earliest recipe collections in British books -- Appendix II: Illuminators' materials in royal household accounts, 1289-1290 -- Appendix III: Instrumentation. |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 22 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 76 |
| Pigments |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Great Britain |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Irish |
| Painting -- Conservation and restoration |
| Illuminators |
| Added name(s) |
Beeby, Andrew (Professor of chemistry) |
| Fiorillo, Flavia (Conservator) |
| Nicholson, Catherine E. (Catherine Emma) 1981- |
| Ricciardi, Paola 1979- |
| Reynolds, Suzanne |
| Crippa, Mila |
| Pereira-Pardo, Lucia |
