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THE ILLUMINATION AND PATRONAGE OF THE DOUCE APOCALYPSE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2014

Paul Binski
Paul Binski*
Affiliation:
Gonville and Caius College, Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 1TA, UK. Email: pb214@cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

This note identifies illuminations by the hand responsible for the initial to the French text at the start of the Douce Apocalypse; the artist appears to have worked on commissions linked to Oxford. It is suggested that the internal evidence of the Douce manuscript points to a change of patron in the course of its production after the illustrated Latin text was largely completed, and that it may have been begun for King Henry III and then given to the Lord Edward or Eleanor of Castile, who are shown in the opening initial, before about 1270.

Résumé

Cette note identifie des enluminures de la main de l’auteur de l’initiale du texte français, au début de la Douce Apocalypse; l’artiste semble avoir travaillé pour des commandes liées à Oxford. Les preuves internes du manuscrit de Douce indiqueraient un changement de mécène en cours de production, une fois que le texte en latin avait été largement terminé, et qu’il aurait été commencé pour le roi Henri iii, puis donné à Lord Edward ou à Éléonore de Castille, qui apparaissent dans l’initiale d’ouverture, avant environ 1270.

Zusammenfassung

Dieser Vermerk identifiziert Illuminationen jenes Künstlers, der für die Initiale zum französischen Text zu Beginn der Douce Apocalypse verantwortlich zeichnet; er scheint an Aufträgen mit einer Verbindung zu Oxford gearbeitet zu haben. Es wird vorgeschlagen, dass der Befund der ie inter Douce-Handschrift darauf hinweist, daß sich der Auftraggeber im Zuge der Produktion änderte, nachdem der bebilderte lateinische Text zum Großteil fertiggestellt war, und dass sie für Heinrich III. begonnen und dann vor ca. 1270 an Lord Edward oder Eleonore von Kastilien übergeben wurde, die in den Eröffnungsinitialen zu sehen sind.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 94 , September 2014 , pp. 127 - 134
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© The Society of Antiquaries of London, 2014 

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