Illuminated Manuscript Production in Medieval Iceland
This book examines a cultural revolution that took place in the Scandinavian artistic landscape during the medieval period. Within just one generation (c. 1340–1400), the Augustinian monastery of Helgafell became the most important centre of illuminated manuscript production in western Iceland. By c...
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| description | This book examines a cultural revolution that took place in the Scandinavian artistic landscape during the medieval period. Within just one generation (c. 1340–1400), the Augustinian monastery of Helgafell became the most important centre of illuminated manuscript production in western Iceland. By conducting interdisciplinary research that combines methodologies and sources from the fields of Art History, Old Norse-Icelandic manuscript studies, codicology, and Scandinavian history, this book explores both the illuminated manuscripts produced at Helgafell and the cultural and historical setting of the manuscript production. Equally, the book explores the broader European contexts of manuscript production at Helgafell, comparing the similar domestic artistic monuments and relevant historical evidence of Norwich and surrounding East Anglia in England, northern France, and the region between Bergen and Trondheim in western Norway. The book proposes that most of these workshops are related to ecclesiastical networks, as well as secular trade in the North Sea, which became an important economic factor to western Icelandic society in the fourteenth century. The book thereby contributes to a new and multidisciplinary area of research that studies not only one but several European cultures in relation to similar domestic artistic monuments and relevant historical evidence. It offers a detailed account of this cultural site in relation to its scribal and artistic connections with other ecclesiastical and secular scriptoria in the broader North Atlantic region. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1509472025-02-10T17:02:02Z Illuminated Manuscript Production in Medieval Iceland Drechsler, Stefan Illumination & illustration of books Orders of canons regular Scandinavian & Baltic lands (c. 500-1500) Late Middle Ages (c. 1300-1500) thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AK Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration::AKH Book design and Bookbinding::AKHM Manuscripts and illumination This book examines a cultural revolution that took place in the Scandinavian artistic landscape during the medieval period. Within just one generation (c. 1340–1400), the Augustinian monastery of Helgafell became the most important centre of illuminated manuscript production in western Iceland. By conducting interdisciplinary research that combines methodologies and sources from the fields of Art History, Old Norse-Icelandic manuscript studies, codicology, and Scandinavian history, this book explores both the illuminated manuscripts produced at Helgafell and the cultural and historical setting of the manuscript production. Equally, the book explores the broader European contexts of manuscript production at Helgafell, comparing the similar domestic artistic monuments and relevant historical evidence of Norwich and surrounding East Anglia in England, northern France, and the region between Bergen and Trondheim in western Norway. The book proposes that most of these workshops are related to ecclesiastical networks, as well as secular trade in the North Sea, which became an important economic factor to western Icelandic society in the fourteenth century. The book thereby contributes to a new and multidisciplinary area of research that studies not only one but several European cultures in relation to similar domestic artistic monuments and relevant historical evidence. It offers a detailed account of this cultural site in relation to its scribal and artistic connections with other ecclesiastical and secular scriptoria in the broader North Atlantic region. 2025-02-10T17:02:00Z 2025-02-10T17:02:00Z 2021 book ONIX_20250210_9782503589022_20 9782503589022 9782503594859 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150947 eng Manuscripta Publications in Manuscript Research image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503589022-1 https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.MSSP-EB.5.123671 Brepols Brepols 10.1484/M.MSSP-EB.5.123671 10.1484/M.MSSP-EB.5.123671 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9782503589022 9782503594859 Brepols 275 Turnhout open access |
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| title_short | Illuminated Manuscript Production in Medieval Iceland |
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| topic | Illumination & illustration of books Orders of canons regular Scandinavian & Baltic lands (c. 500-1500) Late Middle Ages (c. 1300-1500) thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AK Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration::AKH Book design and Bookbinding::AKHM Manuscripts and illumination |
| topic_facet | Illumination & illustration of books Orders of canons regular Scandinavian & Baltic lands (c. 500-1500) Late Middle Ages (c. 1300-1500) thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AK Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration::AKH Book design and Bookbinding::AKHM Manuscripts and illumination |
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