Whoops - I guess I won't be looking for the Gerard David pic. Thanks Suzie - do let us know what you find out when you get to the National Galler! Sg
> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:33:38 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is this from again?> > Hanna > Zickermann wrote:> > You´re welcome. The picture is taken from the > > > British Museum MS. No. D. IX. (late fifteenth > > century). > > That's what > Houston says, but that's not a recognizable MS shelfmark for the > British > Museum. As far as I know, all manuscripts there have a collection name > as > part of the shelfmark (Harley, Royal, Cotton and its many subsets, etc.). > > Plus Houston doesn't give a folio number, so you might as well whistle as > find > that thing. I've never seen it ... and I've looked, having been > interested in > her supposed "archway armhole" for many years. (Frankly, I > don't think that > straight sleeve cap will work in most fabrics, maybe none > at all, without > pinching deeply in front and back of the shoulder joint.)> > > I do know it's not London, British Library Royal 1 D. ix, which is > > Anglo-Saxon. So is MS Cotton Junius D. ix, I believe. Could be MS> Royal 18 > D. ix, which is an illuminated Bible of Edward IV, from 1479 Bruges,, > but > I've only seen a page or two from it, not enough to guess if the style > > matches up with Houston's drawing. There's also MS Nero D. ix., the Romance > of > Sir Jehan de Santre, 15th c., which looks promising though I've seen > only one > image from it.> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
