Maitre Ermengaud - Breviario d'amore Graffiti - 2000
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medieval
The Book of Love (Breviary of Love) is a poem of 34,597 verses composed by the Franciscan monk Matfre Ermengaud in the Provençal language (Southern France) between 1288 and 1292.
The treatise was written to offer history an extremely important encyclopedia of faith, morality, and the science of the time.
Love as the driving force of the Universe
As the title of the work indicates, the central point around which the treatise develops is Love.
The author Matfre describes all manifestations of the Universe as expressions of God’s Love: from this perspective, conjugal love is defended as one of the finest expressions of divine love.
Throughout the work there is a deep Franciscan spirituality.
The superb decoration of the manuscript
In the illustration of this splendid manuscript preserved in Saint Petersburg appear all the decorative elements used in the Middle Ages: miniatures, illuminated initials, vignettes.
The small gold initials (374 in total) appear on a delicate pink and pale blue background with a white line, the medium initials (482) are often accompanied by a red rubric, while the large illuminated initials (262) are placed at the beginning of chapters or accompany full-page miniatures.
The predominance of gold
The full-page miniatures total 200, all strictly gold, to which are added 15 half-page miniatures and 3 at one third of a page. Among the various colors, gold, blue, and pink stand out.
medieval
The Book of Love (Breviary of Love) is a poem of 34,597 verses composed by the Franciscan monk Matfre Ermengaud in the Provençal language (Southern France) between 1288 and 1292.
The treatise was written to offer history an extremely important encyclopedia of faith, morality, and the science of the time.
Love as the driving force of the Universe
As the title of the work indicates, the central point around which the treatise develops is Love.
The author Matfre describes all manifestations of the Universe as expressions of God’s Love: from this perspective, conjugal love is defended as one of the finest expressions of divine love.
Throughout the work there is a deep Franciscan spirituality.
The superb decoration of the manuscript
In the illustration of this splendid manuscript preserved in Saint Petersburg appear all the decorative elements used in the Middle Ages: miniatures, illuminated initials, vignettes.
The small gold initials (374 in total) appear on a delicate pink and pale blue background with a white line, the medium initials (482) are often accompanied by a red rubric, while the large illuminated initials (262) are placed at the beginning of chapters or accompany full-page miniatures.
The predominance of gold
The full-page miniatures total 200, all strictly gold, to which are added 15 half-page miniatures and 3 at one third of a page. Among the various colors, gold, blue, and pink stand out.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Literature
Book title
Breviario d'amore Graffiti
Author/ Illustrator
Maitre Ermengaud
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
2000
Edition
Numbered edition
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Graffiti
Binding/ Material
Mix / Multiple
Extras
Signed
Number of pages
250
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