14-02-2016, 09:07 AM
JKP
I had to limit the search because my own collection of images runs to the thousands, and I can provide closer or not-so close examples from pretty much from anywhere over quite a long time-span.
To link here, I look for the same details recorded in my own catalogue e.g.
"container, cylindrical, glass, [place], [time] [culture] [imported/local] etc.
... search those terms, and see if anything close to my own example turns up.
As you'll understand, this is pretty time consuming, and limiting it to what interests others seems sensible.
As far as I can see, on this board a majority are not much interested in examples beyond the range of Europe's medieval-to-Renaissance period, and of those a majority are most interested in examples from Germany.
Would not that be so?
So I limited the range accordingly: "medieval' "renaissance" "German" and then - because I do know the sort of image likely to include a picture of a foreign or exotic sort of container, I added "Magdalen" "women at the tomb" "Magi" and "enamelled".
I see none of the examples were 'thanked' or commented favourably on. Would you prefer a different search-range?
D
PS - My own survey of the types - published, as usual, some years ago, did a full check of the Magi and the 'Women at the tomb" imagery from about the 10thC to the late 15th in mainland Europe, as well as the usual histories of manufacture for different classes of object - and ivories, carved details from Cathedrals, stained glass.. etc.etc. and my final conclusion was that the range of containers seen in the VMS are not explicable in terms of a European origin until long after our manuscript was made.
But you do find the odd similarity, and that 'Magdalen-Barbara' I thought especially interesting.
I had to limit the search because my own collection of images runs to the thousands, and I can provide closer or not-so close examples from pretty much from anywhere over quite a long time-span.
To link here, I look for the same details recorded in my own catalogue e.g.
"container, cylindrical, glass, [place], [time] [culture] [imported/local] etc.
... search those terms, and see if anything close to my own example turns up.
As you'll understand, this is pretty time consuming, and limiting it to what interests others seems sensible.
As far as I can see, on this board a majority are not much interested in examples beyond the range of Europe's medieval-to-Renaissance period, and of those a majority are most interested in examples from Germany.
Would not that be so?
So I limited the range accordingly: "medieval' "renaissance" "German" and then - because I do know the sort of image likely to include a picture of a foreign or exotic sort of container, I added "Magdalen" "women at the tomb" "Magi" and "enamelled".
I see none of the examples were 'thanked' or commented favourably on. Would you prefer a different search-range?
D
PS - My own survey of the types - published, as usual, some years ago, did a full check of the Magi and the 'Women at the tomb" imagery from about the 10thC to the late 15th in mainland Europe, as well as the usual histories of manufacture for different classes of object - and ivories, carved details from Cathedrals, stained glass.. etc.etc. and my final conclusion was that the range of containers seen in the VMS are not explicable in terms of a European origin until long after our manuscript was made.
But you do find the odd similarity, and that 'Magdalen-Barbara' I thought especially interesting.