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Una pinacoteca in miniatura

OVERVIEW

The Book of Hours of Perugino



Londra, British Library, Ms. Yates Thompson 29



This extremely refined masterwork of the Italian Renaissance (1503) was commissioned by Perugino, who belonged to a leading family of Bologna. Also Bolognese was the calligrapher, Pietro Antonio Sallando (a grammarian at the city’s university and a renowned calligraphy master).



A treasury of masterpieces



Perugino’s intention was to produce a small anthology of the finest illuminations in central and northern Italy. To this end he called upon a number of the leading artists of this period, each of whom was to produce a full-page illumination. Thus, we find works by Amico Aspertini (Adoration of the Shepherds), Perugino (San Sebastiano), Lorenzo Costa (David with lyre), Francesco Francia (San Gerolamo), and, in all likelihood, Matteo da Milano (Annunciation).



Marvellous embellishments



Notable, too, are the embellishments framing the illustrations, produced with an abundance of floral motifs and references to the classic tradition. Indeed, a number of pages include fragile, fantastic, grotesque figures inspired by the decor of the ‘Grotte’ (caves) of the Esquiline Hill in Rome (the site of the buried remains of Nero’s Domus Aurea, or Golden House, which, when uncovered in 1480, immediately attracted the attention of the artists of that period).



The elaborate binding



The morocco binding, with its finely executed floral motifs on polychrome silk satin, is quite remarkable. The covers are adorned with two bezels or settings for semi-precious stones and two centrally positioned roundels for the figures of the Annunciation.



Patronage



The work’s original owner (as indicated by the coat of arms) was Perugino, who was elected a senator in Bologna following the assassination of his father, Virgilio, in 1523. When the codex was produced, Perugino was still rather young and it may be that this Libro d’Ore had been commissioned by Peruginos’s father for his son’s use. The codex passed from the house of Perugino into the hands of the Albani family of Urbino, where, according to record, it was to be found in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, the work reached Britain, where it was purchased by Henry Yates Thompson in 1897. It has been at the British Library since 1941.

The Commentary

The work is accompanied by a book with commentary, edited by Massimo Medica, with writings by Giancarlo Benevolo, Peter Kidd and Massimo Medica.


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IL LIBRO D'ORE GHISLIERI

Commentario al Codice

a cura di Massimo Medica


  • Collana: "La Miniatura"

  • Un volume rilegato con impressioni in oro e sovraccoperta stampata a 4 colori

  • Formato: cm 17 x 24

  • Pagine 240 ca. con 30 illustrazioni in bianco e nero e a colori

Il Libro d’Ore di Bonaparte Ghislieri - Commentario al Codice

Codice Yates Thompson Ms 29

British Library di Londra

a cura di Massimo Medica Saggi di Giancarlo Benevolo, Massimo Medica, Peter Kidd

L'OPERA

Il volume, che esce in occasione della pubblicazione del facsimile Panini del Libro d’Ore Ghislieri, è il più esauriente e aggiornato commento storico-critico su questo bellissimo codice miniato, scritto nel 1503 per il nobile bolognese Bonaparte Ghislieri e illustrato da alcuni tra i maggiori pittori e miniatori dell’epoca, da Amico Aspertini a Lorenzo Costa, da Francesco Francia al Perugino, presente in questo libro-pinacoteca con la sua unica miniatura firmata, il “Martirio di san Sebastiano”. Stupenda è anche la legatura, caratterizzata da un finissimo lavoro di intaglio. Il volume, curato dal maggiore esperto di miniatura bolognese, ricostruisce con due saggi dello stesso Medica la storia della miniatura a Bologna fra Quattro e Cinquecento e le varie fasi decorative del manoscritto, ripercorre per mano di Giancarlo Benevolo le vicende della nobile famiglia Ghislieri, e illustra infine grazie a Peter Kidd il contenuto e le caratteristiche del codice.

Un volume rilegato con sovraccoperta a colori

Formato: cm 15,5 x 21,5

Pagine 248 con 116 illustrazioni a colori

Prezzo: € 80,00

Codice: [9788882909895]

Peso: 0,65 kg

Sommario

Nota dell'Editore p.7

La miniatura a Bologna al tempo di Giovanni II Bentivoglio p. 11

Massimo Medica

I Ghislieri di Bologna:

la famiglia di Francesco di Bonaparte e il libro d'ore p. 105

Giancarlo Benevolo

La decorazione delle ore Ghislieri p.137

Massimo Medica

La storia del Ms.Yates Thompson 29 p. 209

Peter Kidd

Il contenuto del Ms.Yates Thompson 29 p.235

Peter Kidd

Scheda descrittiva del manoscritto p. 241

Peter Kidd

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