The Bar Books: Manuscripts Illuminated for Renaud de Bar, Bishop of Metz (1303-1316)

K. Davenport The Bar Books: Manuscripts Illuminated for Renaud de Bar, Bishop of Metz (1303-1316) Add to basket -> Add to basket 728 p., 254 b/w ill. + 45 colour ill., 216 x 280 mm, 2017 ISBN: 978-2-503-57467-7 Languages: English, French Hardback The publication is available. Retail price: EUR 150,00 This study gives an overview of the man and his books, paying special attention to the heraldry, the calendars, and the marginalia in three appendices. Renaud de Bar (d. 1316) was the sixty-ninth bishop of Metz, and the fourth son of the powerful count of Bar. The house of Bar had a distinguished lineage intertwined with most of the important European houses, and Renaud¿s eldest brother married the eldest daughter of the king of England. In the last century, as manuscripts were identified and attributed, realisation has gradually dawned that he commissioned six de luxe manuscripts for his particular use in the course of his rapid rise to the episcopacy. The heraldry of his Breviary in two volumes is unique, astonishing in a church book, as it contains about 180 non-Bar shields of arms in two-line initials, in addition to about 225 shields of Bar and Toucy, belonging to his immediate family, and his own personal shield which in the course of the book is scrupulously modified to reflect his elevation to the chair at Metz. This detailed study gives a novel overview of the man and his books, paying special attention to the heraldry, the calendars, and the marginalia in three appendices. Kay Davenport was born in Dallas, Texas and received a BA from the College of William and Mary. She did a postgraduate degree at Oxford and taught at the University of Auckland. After completing a Ph.D at the Courtauld, she re-trained as a solicitor and practiced in a City firm in London. She now lives in West Cork, Ireland. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter I: Renaud de Bar Chapter II: The Books VBI (Verdun Breviary, winter volume, BL. Yates Thompson MS 8) VBII (Verdun Breviary, summer volume, Verdun B.m. MS 107) M. (Verdun Missal revised for Metz, Verdun B.m. MS 98) R (Metz Ritual, Metz B.m. MS 43, destroyed) PI (Metz Pontifical, first volume, Fitzwilliam MS 298) PII (Metz Pontifical, second volume, Prague MS XXIII.c.20) Chapter III: The Artists Artists I and II Heraldic Borders Artist III Artist IV and the Unfinished Quire 8 Artists V and VI Chapter IV: The Heraldry of the Breviary Bibliography Appendices Appendix I: Heraldric Shield Initials Appendix II: Bar Book Calendars, Metz/Verdun Calendars Appendix III: Marginal Figures Language : French & english text - Codice articolo 0112798