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1.
Record Number:
9719
Author(s):
Mecham, June L.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Reading Between the Lines: Compilation, Variation, and the Recovery of an Authentic Female Voice in the "Dornenkron" Prayer Books from Wienhausen
Source:
Journal of Medieval History , 29., 2 (June 2003): Pages 109 - 128.
Year of Publication:
2003.
2.
Record Number:
5562
Author(s):
Manion, Margaret M.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Women, Art, and Devotion: Three French Fourteenth-Century Royal Prayer Books [The author argues that the three prayerbooks were produced by the same group of skilled illuminators under the influence of Franciscan and Dominican spirituality; however, each book has many unique texts and illustrations adapted to the needs and interes
Source:
The Art of the Book: Its Place in Medieval Worship. Edited by Margaret M. Manion and Bernard J. Muir . University of Exeter Press, 1998. Journal of Medieval History , 29., 2 (June 2003): Pages 21 - 66.
Year of Publication:
1998.
3.
Record Number:
4223
Author(s):
Hamburger, Jeffrey.
Contributor(s):
Title :
The Picture Book of Madame Marie [The author discusses the devotional book of "Madame Marie" in light of two recent monographs devoted to it].
Source:
Scriptorium , 52., 1 ( 1998): Pages 413 - 428.
Year of Publication:
1998.
4.
Record Number:
1360
Author(s):
Bennett, Adelaide.
Contributor(s):
Title :
A Thirteenth-Century French Book of Hours for Marie [Marie, a laywoman, is named in one of the prayers; the manuscript is significant for its numerous and varied representations of women. Sixteen out of twenty-one historiated initials portray laywomen in religious devotion or in family scenes].
Source:
Journal of the Walters Art Gallery , 54., ( 1996): Pages 21 - 50.
Year of Publication:
1996.
5.
Record Number:
507
Author(s):
Brown, Michelle P.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Female Book- Ownership in England During the Ninth Century: The Evidence of the Prayerbooks [Seventh Biennial Meeting of the International Society of Anglo- Saxonists, "Old and New Ways in the Study of Anglo- Saxon Culture," Stanford University, August 6-12, 1995. Session 8].
Source:
Old English Newsletter , 28., 3 (Spring 1995):
Year of Publication:
1995.
6.
Record Number:
5052
Author(s):
Kamerick, Kathleen.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Patronage and Devotion in the Prayer Book of Anne of Brittany, Newberry Library MS 83 [The author analyzes the prayer book, arguing that the individualized contents reflect the queen's concerns including safe delivery from childbirth, private prayers during Mass, and the steps necessary to earn indulgences].
Source:
Manuscripta , 39., 1 (March 1995): Pages 40 - 50.
Year of Publication:
1995.
7.
Record Number:
5334
Author(s):
Folda, Jaroslav
Contributor(s):
Title :
A Twelfth-Century Prayerbook for the Queen of Jerusalem [the author argues that the manuscript was commissioned by King Fulk for his wife, Queen Melisende, as part of his efforts to moderate her anger following his ill treatment of Hugh, Count of Jaffa; the manuscript illuminations, ivory bookcovers, and silk covering combine decorative motifs from Melisende's Orthodox-Crusader Eastern heritage with Fulk's Anglo-Angevin inheritance].
Source:
Medieval Perspectives , 8., ( 1993): Pages 1 - 14.
Year of Publication:
1993.
8.
Record Number:
28770
Author(s):
Contributor(s):
Title :
Saint Hedwig of Silesia with Duke Ludwig of Legnica and Brieg and Duchess Agnés
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