Valois court politics in the time of Jean of Berry and the Collins Cité de Dieu: PMA Collins 1945-65-1
Tennison, Heather
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Title
Valois court politics in the time of Jean of Berry and the Collins Cité de Dieu: PMA Collins 1945-65-1
Author(s)
Tennison, Heather
Issue Date
2012-02-01T00:48:43Z
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Hedeman, Anne D.
Department of Study
Art & Design
Discipline
Art History
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
manuscript illumination
John of Berry
Jean de Berry
reader reception
page layout
mise-en-page
Abstract
At the turn of the fifteenth-century, the Valois court was rife with contention and intrigue. A vocal pro-reform movement had publically exposed corruption and mismanagement at the highest levels of the court hierarchy and was actively attempting to persuade members of the court to implement reforms that would preserve the honor and dignity of the king and his kingdom in the face of the individual desires and needs of the Princes of the Blood. Within this environment, an extraordinary copy of Augustine’s City of God (PMA Collins 1945-65-1) was created for the duke of Berry, a key figure within the court and a celebrated mediator between his nephews the dukes of Burgundy and Orléans, leaders of the two opposing factions.
Due in part to the manuscripts greatly expanded illumination cycle, PMA Collins 1945-65-1 alters the original text’s flow and introduces a changed mode of reader reception. This paper will explore the effect of the reading flow of this illuminated text on its reception, and examine how gaps introduced into the text by the image cycle facilitate an understanding of the City of God that reinforces contemporary Valois court politics.
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