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Self-portrait of William de Brailes rescued by his guardian angel

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Description: Self-portrait of William de Brailes rescued by his guardian angel

TitleSelf-portrait of William de Brailes rescued by his guardian angel

Creator nameWilliam de Brailes

Creator nationality/cultureBritish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1200–1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Accession numberMs. 330, leaf 3

SubjectsIllumination of books and manuscripts, MedievalChristian art and symbolismJesus Christ--ArtAngels in artSelf-portraits

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1. The Medieval Illuminator: Sources of Information

Jonathan J. G. Alexander

Description: Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work

Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work

This first Chapter aims to review the sources of information available to us concerning medieval illuminators as to their identity and the social context in which they worked. In later Chapters, I shall look at the internal evidence found in their products as to their working methods and the kinds of decisions they had to make; but here I am concerned with two types of external evidence. …

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Jonathan J. G. Alexander

PublisherYale University Press

Copyright© 1992 by Jonathan J.G. Alexander

Related print edition pages: pp.4-34

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00081.005

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Chapter subject tags:Illumination of books and manuscripts--HistoryArtists--Social conditionsEuropean, Art--Economic aspectsIllumination of books and manuscripts, MedievalIllumination of books and manuscripts, European

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