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Appendix 2: Illuminators' Preliminary Marginal Drawings
Jonathan J. G. Alexander
Description: Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work
Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work
This is a list of examples compiled mainly from printed sources noted below, supplemented by my own observations or the notifications of colleagues. It does not represent any kind of systematic search either into specific collections or into published catalogues. The latter cannot be relied on to record such drawings in any case, and it is to be hoped that future cataloguers will notice them more consistently. Admirable in this respect are the catalogues by F. Avril, P. Stirnemann …
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Appendix 2: Illuminators' Preliminary Marginal Drawings
 
This is a list of examples compiled mainly from printed sources noted below, supplemented by my own observations or the notifications of colleagues. It does not represent any kind of systematic search either into specific collections or into published catalogues. The latter cannot be relied on to record such drawings in any case, and it is to be hoped that future cataloguers will notice them more consistently. Admirable in this respect are the catalogues by F. Avril, P. Stirnemann, Manuscrits enluminés d’origine Insulaire Vlle–XXe siècle (Paris, 1987) and by L.M.C. Randall, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery, I. France, 875–1420 (Baltimore, London, 1989). It is certain that many more examples remain to be recorded and until we have a fuller listing it is hazardous to attempt generalisations from the evidence presented here. Nevertheless I hope this list can function as a basis for, and a stimulus to, further work. The main publications in which these drawings have been noted until now are listed in Ch. 3, n. 57, especially Martin (1904),1 Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 3482, Arthurian Romance, is listed by Martin, but I was unable to find any marginal drawings on examining the manuscript. Meiss (1967), Branner (1977), Stirnemann (1982), Stones (1990), and Alexander (1990).
THIRTEENTH CENTURY
FRENCH
1. Liverpool, The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (Walker Art Gallery), Meyer 12038. Bible. Early thirteenth century. See Ch. 3, p. 65–6, figs 102–3.
2. Sotheby’s, 20 June 1978, lot 2979 (Major J.R. Abbey). Bible. Early thirteenth century. Attributable to Magister Alexander, as is no. 1.
3. Amiens, Bib. mun., Ms. 23. Bible. Early thirteenth century. See Ch. 3, p. 65, fig. 99.
4. Paris, B.n., latin 11545. Glossed Bible. Second quarter thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, pp. 218, 222, fig. 5. See Ch. 3, p. 63, fig. 93.
5. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W. 108. Sens Breviary. Second and third quarter thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, pp. 13, 211, 226, fig. 4. Randall, cat. 19.
6. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W. 61. Bible. Second quarter thirteenth century. Randall, cat. 17.
7. Boulder, Colorado. University of Colorado, Bijoux Ms. 284–5. Bible (two leaves). Second quarter thirteenth century. Ex info. Ms. Lyn Bair.
8. Paris, B.n., latin 17907. Petrus Riga, Aurora. Second quarter thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, pp. 15, 206, fig. 8. See Ch. 3, p. 66, fig. 105.
9. Paris, B.n., latin 108. Glossed Psalter. Second quarter thirteenth century. Stirnemann, 1982, pl. 1. See Ch. 3, p. 64, fig. 97.
10. Paris, Bib. Mazarine, Ms. 15. Bible. Mid thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, pp. 15, 209, 225, fig. 6.
11. Oxford, Magdalen College, latin 175. Isaac Judaeus. Mid thirteenth century. Alexander, Temple, no. 663.
12. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 5220. Guillaume de Tyr. Mid thirteenth century. Martin, p. 27.
13. Paris, B.n., latin 16082. Aristotle. Mid thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, p. 21 n. 66, 220.
14. Erfurt, Wissenschaftliche Allgemeinbibliothek, Ampl. 2° 19, 31, 32. Aristotle. Mid thirteenth century. Ex info. Dr E. A. Peterson, University of Pittsburgh. See also Branner, Manuscript Painting, p. 209 for Ampl. 2° 31.
15. Vienna, O.N.B., Cod. 2424. Medical texts. Mid thirteenth century.
16. Assisi, Museo del Sacro Convento. Missal, c. 1255. Branner, Manuscript Painting, pp. 13, 236.
17. New York, Morgan, M. 111. Bible, c. 1260. See Ch. 3, p. 64, fig. 95.
18. Paris, B.n., latin 11538. Bible. Third quarter thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, pp. 15, 237, fig. 7.
19. Oxford, Bodl., Ms. Lat. th. e. 40. Theological treatises. Third quarter thirteenth century. Pächt, Alexander, 1, no. 533.
20. Oxford, Merton College, Ms. 271 (0.1.3). Aristotle. Third quarter thirteenth century. Alexander, Temple, no. 684.
21. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 5056. Bible, c. 1280–1300. Martin, p. 27.
22. San Marino, California, Huntington Library, H.M. 1073. Bible. Second half thirteenth century. C. Dutschke, Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library, 1 (Berkeley, 1989), p. 358.
23. Toledo Cathedral, Ms. 56.18. Cambrai Pontifical. Late thirteenth century. Stones, Artistes, 3, 1990, p. 329, figs 10, 11.
24. Oxford, Balliol College, Ms. 2. Bible. Late thirteenth century. Alexander, Temple, no. 700. See Ch. 3, p. 66, fig. 104.
25. Oxford, Bodl, Ms. Auct. D. 1 17. Bible. Late thirteenth century. Pächt, Alexander, 1, no. 543.
26. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W. 131. Gerbert, Bernard of Clairvaux, etc. Late thirteenth century. Randall, cat. 46.
27. Paris, B.n., latin 12953. Aristotle. Late thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, pp. 21 n. 66, 229, 236–7.
28. Vatican, B.A.V., Urb. lat. 376. Roman de la Rose. Late thirteenth century. E. König, Der Rosenroman des Berthaud d’Achy. Kommentarband zur Faksimileausgabe des Codex Urb. lat. 376 (Zürich, 1987).
29. Paris, Bib. Mazarine, Ms. 3485. Aristotle. Thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, p. 21 n. 66.
30. Reims, Bib. mun., Ms. 824. Thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, p. 21 n. 66.
31. Nuremberg, Stadtbibliothek, Cent. V. 59. Aristotle. Thirteenth century. Branner, Manuscript Painting, p. 21 n. 66.
ENGLISH
32. Aberdeen, University Library, Ms. 24. Bestiary. Early thirteenth century. See Ch. 5, p. 105, figs 172, 174.
33. Oxford, Merton College, Ms. 269 (F.1.4). Aristotle, c. 1260. Alexander, Temple, no. 241, pl. XIV.
34. London, B.L., Harley 3487. Aristotle. Third quarter thirteenth century. See Ch. 3, p. 68, figs 108–9.
35. Oxford, New College, Ms. 7. Bible. Third quarter thirteenth century. Alexander, Temple, no. 173, pl. IX. See Ch. 3, p. 59, fig. 85.
36. Oxford, New College, Ms. 20. Wisdom Books with gloss. Third quarter thirteenth century. Alexander, Temple, no. 205, pl. X. See Ch. 3, p. 65, figs 100–1.
37. Paris, B.n., latin 15211. Peter Lombard, Comm. on the Psalter, c. 1270–80. Avril, Stirnemann, no. 153.
38. Paris, B.n., latin 15472. Bible, c. 1270–80. Avril, Stirnemann, no. 154.
ITALIAN
39. Venice, Museo Correr, VI. 665. Romance of Alexander. Late thirteenth century.
FOURTEENTH CENTURY
FRENCH
40. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W. 135. Gratian, Decretum. South (?). Thirteenth to fourteenth century. Randall, cat. 51.
41. Vatican, B.A.V., Reg. lat. 26. Bible. Thirteenth to fourteenth century. ll libro della Bibbia, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1972, no. 86. Ex info. Professor A. Stones.
42. Paris, B.n., fr. 802. Roman de la Rose. c. 1300. A. Stones, The Illustration of the French Prose Lancelot in Flanders, Belgium and Paris, 1250–1340, Ph.D. (London University, 1970).
43. San Marino California, Huntington Library, HM. 3027. Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea. Early fourteenth century. See Ch. 3, p. 63, fig. 94.
44. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 2677. Brunetto Latini, Livre du trésor. Early fourteenth century. Martin, p. 28.
45. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 5201. Robert de Blois, Poems. Early fourteenth century. Martin, p. 27.
46. London, B.L., Harley 616. Bible, part 1. First quarter fourteenth century. Martin, p. 29.
47. Edinburgh, University Library, Ms. 19. Bible historiale. 1314. See Ch. 3, p. 64, fig. 96.
48. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 5059. Bible of Jean de Papeleu. 1317. Martin, pp. 28, 36.
49. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W. 140. Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum. Second quarter fourteenth century. Randall, cat. 64.
50. Paris, B.N., latin 968. Avignon Pontifical. Second quarter fourteenth century. See Ch. 3, pp. 69, 70, figs 115–17.
51. London, B.L., Royal 18 D. VIII. Bible historiale. First half fourteenth century. Martin, pp. 29–30.
52. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Library, Ms. 227. Arthurian Romances. 1357. Meiss, French Painting, 1, p. 12.
53. London, B.L., Royal 19 D. I. Romances. Mid fourteenth century. See Ch. 3, p. 68, fig. 111.
54. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 5203. Guillaume de Machaut, Poems. Second half fourteenth century. Martin, p. 28.
55. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 588. Bible. Fourteenth century. Martin, pp. 28, 32–3, 35, 42, figs 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11.
56. Paris, B.n., fr. 2813. Grandes Chroniques de France. Before 1380. Hedeman (as in Ch. 6, n. 92), p. 109 n. 59, 110–15.
57. Paris, B.n., latin 18014. ‘Petites Heures’ of Jean de Berry, c. 1385. Avril (as in Ch. 3, n. 41), p. 63.
ENGLISH
58. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W. 144. Aegidius Columna. Early fourteenth century. Ex info. Dr L.M.C. Randall.
59. Oxford, Exeter College, Ms. 42. First quarter fourteenth century. Alexander, Temple, no. 279, pl. XVIII.
60. Oxford, Oriel College, Ms. 46. Liber custumarum. c. 1320–30. Alexander, Temple, no. 280.
FIFTEENTH CENTURY
FRENCH
61. London, B.L., Cotton Nero E. II. Chroniques de France. Early fifteenth century. Meiss, French Painting, 1, pp. 11–13, figs 304–11, 314–15. See Ch. 3, p. 69, figs 112–13.
62. London, B.L., Royal 15 D. III. Bible. Early fifteenth century. Meiss, French Painting, 1, p. 11, fig. 317.
63. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 5077. Early fifteenth century. Martin, pp. 28, 31–2, 44–5, figs 1, 2, 8.
64. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal Ms. 664. Terence ‘des Ducs’. Early fifteenth century. Martin, pp. 28, 44.
65. Paris, Bib. de l’Arsenal, Ms. 5193. Boccaccio, Cas des nobles, c. 1409–19. Martin, pp. 28, 32, 43, figs 5, 6.
66. London, B.L., Royal 19 D. III. Bible historiale. 1411. Meiss, French Painting, 1, p. 12, figs 312–13.
67. London, B.L., Royal 20 B. IV. Meditationes vitae Christi, c. 1420. Meiss, French Painting, 1, p. 13, fig. 316. See Ch. 3, pp. 66, 68–9, figs 106–7, 114.
68. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W. 770. Augustine De Civitate Dei. French translation of Raoul de Presles. First quarter fifteenth century. Randall, cat. 96.
69. Paris, B.n., fr. 182. Faits des Romains. Second quarter fifteenth century. Le Livre, no. 257. Alexander, Artistes, 3, p. 309, fig. 6.
OTHER
70. Formerly Private Collection, Germany. Book of Hours. German (?). Second quarter fifteenth century. Alexander, Artistes, 3, p. 309, fig. 5. See pp. 64–5.
71. London, B.L., Add. 38122. Bible. Dutch, c. 1430–50. Alexander, Artistes, 3, p. 309, fig. 5. See Ch. 3, p. 65, fig. 98.
72. San Marino, California, Huntington Library, HM 268. Lydgate, Fall of Princes. English. Mid fifteenth century. See Ch. 6, p. 145.
 
 
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