The Troyes mémoire : the making of a medieval tapestry : with excerpts from the Account Books of the Church of Sainte-Madeleine
2010, First Edition. Woodbridge : Boydell Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476779
Series; Medieval and Renaissance clothing and textiles. Physical description; xvi, 196 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes; Translated with an introduction by Tina Kane. Foreword by Nancy Willard. Latin translated by Robert D. Brown. French text with parallel English translation and English introduction. Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index. Contents; Frontcover – Contents – List of Illustrations – Acknowledgments – Foreword – Preface – Introduction – Translator's Notes – The Mémoire – Appendix: Excerpts from the Account Books of the Church of Sainte-Madeleine of Troyes – Glossary – Bibliography – Index. Subjects; Tapestry – France – Design – Early works to 1800. Tapestry cartoons – France – Technique – Early works to 1800. Church of Sainte-Madeleine (Troyes, France) – History – Sources. Textile arts – Medieval.
Price: €100.00