Medieval Rural Life in the Luttrell Psalter - Brossura

Backhouse, Janet

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0712346635 ISBN 13: 9780712346634

Casa editrice: The British Library, 2000

Riassunto

"The Luttrell Psalter" is one of the best-known English manuscripts. Written and illuminated in the early 14th century for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, it is celebrated for its series of attractive marginal illustrations showing scenes of life in mediaeval England. The most celebrated sequence of pictures in the manuscript represents the annual cycle of growing crops, including ploughing, sowing, weeding, harvesting, threshing and the delivery of the grain. Animal illustrations include domestic boars, geese, pigs, cattle, ferrets, rabbits, birds, cats and mice. Many scenes depict women playing a full part in rural life. In this study of these illustrations, Janet Backhouse reminds us that although "The Luttrell Psalter" was designed to provide a reflection of the status of the Luttrell family, its preservation has given a supremely emotive pictorial source for the daily life of rural England.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The British Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0712346635
• ISBN 13: 9780712346634
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 64
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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