A bibliographical, antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany . nd the shading is ofa deep and mellow effect; especially in the representa-tions of the Almighty and our Saviour in the firstseven pages. There are some very extraordinarythings to be observed in these illuminations. As faras folio XXXIII (numbered) the same style of compo-sition and of drapery prevails ; but the touch is moretender, reminding us of the illuminations in the Bed-ford Breviary :—of which, in its proper place. Fromfolio XXXIII as far as folio xlvii, another style of artprevails: more according with the us
A bibliographical, antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany . nd the shading is ofa deep and mellow effect; especially in the representa-tions of the Almighty and our Saviour in the firstseven pages. There are some very extraordinarythings to be observed in these illuminations. As faras folio XXXIII (numbered) the same style of compo-sition and of drapery prevails ; but the touch is moretender, reminding us of the illuminations in the Bed-ford Breviary :—of which, in its proper place. Fromfolio XXXIII as far as folio xlvii, another style of artprevails: more according with the usual style per-vading the missals of the xvth century. We have herea good deal of body-colour, with less attention to deli-cacy and slimness of form. Numberless specimens ofthe dress of the men prove the illuminations to be ofa date probably not older than the close of the four-teenth century. We observe among them the broad,padded shoulder, and the long peaked shoes. At folio ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. 171 XLVii is the following costume of the back of awomans On the reverse of folio xlviii begins a third styleof art: still body-colour, and yet more clumsy and dis-proportionate—whereas the previous, or second style,exhibited much that was beautiful in composition andharmonious in colouring. This third and last styleprevails, generally speaking, throughout the forty-ninefollowing leaves—when there is a blank reverse, suc-ceeded by the Psalter. The border round the com-mencement of the Psalter betrays a style of art ap-proaching even towards the middle of the xvth century;and is of a very common-place character. The firsteight leaves of the Psalter are ornamented by a suffi-ciently gross pencil, exhibiting sometimes very strangerepresentations. On the ninth leaf, a fresh style of artis observable: the figures being smaller, and the sha-dows darker. This style occupies about eight leaves :when the preceding coarse style is resumed, for sixteenleaves. From this latt
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