The Macclesfield Psalter - Hardcover

Stella Panayotova

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500238529 ISBN 13: 9780500238523

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Real discoveries of treasures are exceptionally rare. The Macclesfield Psalter (c. 1335), a jewel of manuscript painting, was unknown before its sale by Sotheby’s in 2004; it came to international attention and is now recognized as the most important discovery in Britain of a medieval manuscript in living memory. Its pages offer an intimate view of the medieval world and the beliefs, prejudices, follies, aspirations and sentiments of its people. Doctors, priests, minstrels, mummers, farmers, dancers, tricksters and beggars mingle in the margins as they would have done on the streets of a busy town. Here, Stella Panayotova shares her intimate knowledge of the psalter and its historical context in an extended commentary, which unfolds an engrossing quest for the provenance of the manuscript and a beguiling account of its contents and meaning. Sumptuously presented in a cloth-covered slipcase, this edition is a delight to the eye and a challenge to the intellect.

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Review:

`A splendid facsimile ... offers a fascinating spy hole on to the medieval imagination. The spiritual and the saucy, the ethereal and the lewd ...' -- Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times

`An attentively produced facsimile'
-- The Times

`Gorgeously illustrated'
-- RA Magazine

Review:

`Gorgeously illustrated'

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0500238529
• ISBN 13: 9780500238523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352