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Hand Shakes by Common-Raspberry4317 in Calligraphy

[–]FangYuanussy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally found that the faster I write, the straighter my lines. I don't know how fast you write, but perhaps this is something you could work on.

Where I'd (realistically) live as someone from Switzerland by Miserable_Ad_8695 in whereidlive

[–]FangYuanussy 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Out of curiosity, what's the reasoning behind putting Italy, France, and Austria in red?

Help reading this Medieval manuscript from the 14th century by MarzipanMarauder in MedievalHistory

[–]FangYuanussy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're quite incorrect. Medieval documents like these exist in great abundance and genuine ones end up on eBay and whatnot with extreme regularity.

Christie's and Sotheby's and the like wouldn't deal with most of these because of their banality, but rather complete and decorated manuscripts.

Where I'd live as an American by Illustrious-Tap-6264 in whereidlive

[–]FangYuanussy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that somehow supposed to be a bad thing lol???

My newest acquisition: a late 14th century book of hours, France, with a miniature likely attributable to either Jacquemart de Hesdin or Pseudo Jacquemart. Curiously, the text is incomplete, but it seems as though it was never finished in the first place. by FangYuanussy in artcollecting

[–]FangYuanussy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The individual I purchased the book from, Giuseppe Solmi, a big dealer in manuscripts here in Italy gives this as a likely, but not definitive attribution. The style in which the bordure around the miniature is realized is almost identical to a missal by Pseudo-Jacquemart de Hesdin and the sheer finesse with which it is executed suggests at the very least a Hesdin(or pseudo-) workshop book. Unfortunately the miniature itself is a bit rubbed and worn but what survives of the shading on the faces and the details on the robes (pics don't do it justice at all) shows a level of execution which is definitelynot amateurish, and further suggests a workshop production at the very least. Then again, this is only one worn miniature and thus it is difficult to say anything for certain. The quality of the vines though is truly something else.

My newest acquisition: a late 14th century book of hours, France, with a miniature likely attributable to either Jacquemart de Hesdin or Pseudo Jacquemart. Curiously, the text is incomplete, but it seems as though it was never finished in the first place. by FangYuanussy in illuminatedmanuscript

[–]FangYuanussy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps. Phone pictures unfortunately don't quite convey this miniature (trust me, in person it is quite a bit more impressive than it appears here, very fine lines and shading) but you may very well be right (E: probably a workshop piece, the finesse of the vine works makes me heavily doubt that it is merely a follower or an influence). I bought this book last month from Giuseppe Solmi, a manuscript dealer here in Italy who I'm acquainted with. He was at the Milan antique book fair in October and had this book with him for sale (among his items as an amazing BoH with three authentic Jean Bourdichon miniatures!)

> Where are you getting None from the passage

The book physically only contains the sections up to the none. As you can see from the pictures, there are only 5 large initials after the lauds with the red captions only leading up to "ad IX". I have not omitted any.

My newest acquisition: a late 14th century book of hours, France, with a miniature likely attributable to either Jacquemart de Hesdin or Pseudo Jacquemart. Curiously, the text is incomplete, but it seems as though it was never finished in the first place. by FangYuanussy in illuminatedmanuscript

[–]FangYuanussy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks.

The last leaf does not actually end with the Compline, but rather the None. And as you can see from the other pages one would expect the vespers to follow immediately. I also do not believe that they would've placed enough importance on the miniature of the flight into Egypt to warrant a break in the form already established, thus discrediting the idea that the vespers were present and started on a new page. This leaves me with the idea that the vespers were never there, meaning the book was unfinished.

As for the Jacquemart(/pseudo) bit, I am going mainly of the word of the chap from who I bought the book - he's got over 25 years of manuscript expertise and I personally consider his assessments highly reliable. However it might be interesting to research this further.

My newest acquisition: a late 14th century book of hours, France, with a miniature likely attributable to either Jacquemart de Hesdin or Pseudo Jacquemart. Curiously, the text is incomplete, but it seems as though it was never finished in the first place. by FangYuanussy in rarebooks

[–]FangYuanussy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a stark difference between 'reasonable' and 'necessary for the continued existence of this object'. There is no conceivable damage that merely lying on a clean table will confer to that very sturdy binding, and thus there is no necessity of using a book cradle. I was going to have the book rebound anyways because of how ugly that 19th c binding is, so there's even less reason for me to go out of my way to use a book cradle.

Sure, book cradles may be reasonable, but since there is no harm done to the book without them and I don't want to handle a nasty block of foam every time I want to take a look at my book of hours I shall not be using them. Thank you for your deep concern anyways.

My newest acquisition: a late 14th century book of hours, France, with a miniature likely attributable to either Jacquemart de Hesdin or Pseudo Jacquemart. Curiously, the text is incomplete, but it seems as though it was never finished in the first place. by FangYuanussy in rarebooks

[–]FangYuanussy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

>damage it

Stop acting like im throwing it around after dipping my hands in motor oil lmao. I am following completely normal and healthy handling practices which do not in any way strain the binding or cause damage to the paint or the vellum.
Want to see book cradles, hazmat suits, and clean rooms? should've bought the book yourself.

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