|
License Agreement on scientific materials use.
|
EVOLUTION OF THE ORNAMENTED INITIAL IN THE ENGLISH BOOK MINIATURE OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
|
Tat'yana Evgen'evna Fedorova
Saint Petersburg University
|
|
Submitted:
July 1, 2017
|
|
Abstract.
The article examines the ornamented initial in the English book miniature of the early Middle Ages, identifies its basic types and development stages. Paying special attention to the initial typology and nature of ornamental décor the author considers design of the most important for the initial evolution English manuscripts of the VII-XI centuries. Using the comparative-historical analysis the researcher identifies relation between monuments of different periods and shows the ornamented initial development as a gradual and integrated process.
|
Key words and phrases:
раннесредневековая Англия
средневековое искусство
книжная миниатюра
орнамент
инициал
early medieval England
medieval art
book miniature
ornament
initial
|
|
Open
the whole article in PDF format. Free PDF-files viewer can be downloaded here.
|
|
References:
- Зимина Ю. Э. К вопросу о формировании иконографии «ковровых страниц» и «больших инициалов» в ирландской миниатюре дороманского периода // Русская и зарубежная графика в фондах Государственной публичной библиотеки им. М. Е. Салтыкова-Щедрина. Л., 1991. С. 93-104.
- Шкунаев С. В. Средневековая ирландская миниатюра // Панорама искусств - 6. М.: Советский художник, 1983. С. 85-106.
- Brown M. P. Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age. L.: British Library, 2007. 184 p.
- Brown M. P. The Lindisfarne Gospels: Society, Spirituality and the Scribe. L.: British Library, 2003. XVI+479 p.
- The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art, 966-1066 / ed. by J. Backhouse, D. H. Turner, L. Webster. L.: British Museum, 1984. 216 p.
- Voronova T., Sterligov A. Western European Illuminated Manuscripts of the 8th to the 16th Centuries in the National Library of Russia, St Petersburg. Bournemouth - St Petersburg: Parkstone Press; Aurora Art Publishers, 1996. 287 p.
|
|
