The Troyes Mémoire: The Making of a Medieval Tapestry (Hardcover)

First English translation of a late fifteenth century manuscript containing instructions for designing a medieval tapestry - the only such to survive. The "Troyes Mémoire", a late fifteenth-century manuscript preserved in the archives of the town of Troyes, France, is the sole surviving example of the written instructions used in designing tapestries during the Middle Ages. It is unique in its presentation of detailed information on how patrons and church officials communicated complex iconographic material to the medieval artists commissioned to paint cartoons for tapestries. It is here translated intoEnglish for the first time, with full introduction and extensive notes. The volume also includes a translation of another richly informative document from medieval Troyes: the Account Books of the Church of Sainte-Madeleine, whichintroduces us to the actual people who worked together, between 1416 and 1430, to produce a set of tapestries for the town's oldest church. They shed important new light on an era when tapestry represented a supreme form of art. Tina Kane is Conservator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Textile Conservation.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Medieval and Renaissance Clothing and Textiles
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	2010
Translators:	Christine R Kane (Royalty Account)
Dimensions:	244 x 172 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-1-84383-570-7
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-84383-570-3
Barcode:	9781843835707

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