Item No: mcai250011. Choir book. Latin. Rare Book Department. Initial I with a saint, possibly St. John the Evangelist. Notes: Sano di Pietro (1405-1481), the illuminator of this initial, was one of the most prolific artists working in Siena during the fifteenth century. Many of Sano's commissions came from religious communities, for whom he produced not only illuminated manuscripts but also a number of altarpieces. The youthful features of this saint suggest that this is St. John the Evangelist, who, like other the other apostles, is normally depicted in bare feet. Closer inspection of saint's feet bears out this identification: the orange stockings covering the saint's feet are a later addition. His feet can be seen through the thinly applied orange paint. This cutting belongs to a group of other cuttings in the Free Library from the same choir book or at least the same set of choir books. These are: Lewis E M 22:7-16, E M 22:18-21, E M 23:1-6, E M 25:1-3, and E M 76:29a. Although there is scant textual evidence to determine the type of choir book from which these cuttings were taken, similarities in the style of decoration, the color palette, and dimensions in the height of the staves on the reverse allow them to be grouped together. This cutting has been dated to ca. 1470. Sirsi Catalog Key: 1594357. Siena, Italy, 1475. 259 mm x 75 mm. ShelfMark: Lewis E M 25:1. Creator Name: Sano di Pietro - Artist
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 5:00pm to Saturday, November 17, 2018 - 5:30pm
Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library (1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia); and Kislak Center, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 3420 Walnut Street
The Schoenberg Institute Symposium, "Illuminations: Manuscript, Medium, Message"
In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to announce the 11th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age.
Manuscript illumination has often been considered in relation to the texts it accompanies, but rarely in terms of its interplay with other artistic media. Historically, however, the technique was closely associated with other forms of artistic expression and served as a crucial point of contact and transfer for visual motifs across space and time. The goal of this year’s symposium is to examine cases of intermedial exchange through the lenses of technique, style, iconography, social context, and cultural geography, while also posing broader questions about the deep connections between the craft of illumination and other arts more widely. Of special interest will be insights gained from the technical examination of works in different media, new comparisons made possible by digital technology, and the discovery of linkages once obscured by strict historiographical divisions.
The program will begin Thursday evening at 5:00 pm on November 15, 2018, at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library, with a keynote lecture by Professor Susie Nash, Courtauld Institute of Art. The symposium will continue November 16th-17th at the Kislak Center of Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
Speakers include:
• Carmen Decu Teodorescu, University of Geneva
• Sonja Drimmer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Frédéric Elsig, University of Geneva
• Alexandra Green, British Museum
• Renata Holod, University of Pennsylvania
• Bryan Keene, J. Paul Getty Museum
• Stella Panayotova, Fitzwilliam Museum
• Georgi Parpulov, Independent Scholar
• Nandita Punj, Rutgers University
• Paola Ricciardi, Fitzwilliam Museum
• Christine Sciacca, The Walters Art Museum
• Benjamin C. Tilghman, Washington College
• Nancy Turner, J. Paul Getty Museum
• Laura Weigert, Rutgers University
• Roger S. Wieck, Morgan Library & Museum
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