1477

Master of the Vatican Homer, ‘Iliad’

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1477 A.D.

Greek - Ten light blue bell tents, blue ball apexes and coloured valances (pink, green or gold).

Latin - Eight bell tents, ball apexes, roof edge delineated, no decoration or guy ropes evident.

“Homer, ‘Iliad’ (C15).
A double frontispiece, the first page in Greek, the second on Latin, with a rich elegant border of architectural motifs: in the gable arch three small scenes which recall, even if slightly modified, various themes in the Iliad. These scenes are attributed to an illustrator known as the “Master of the Vatican Homer”; recently it has seemed possible to identify him with Gaspare from Padua.”

p.111. pp. 52-53. Vat gr. 1626, f. 18.

“Homer Iliad, 15th century (1477)..., 423 ff., Greek humanistic italic. Rome, BAV (Bibliotece Apostolica Vaticana) Cod. Vat. Gr. 1626.
Written by Giovanni Rosi and dedicated to Francesco Gonzaga...The page illustrated is the beginning of the Iliad, with text with an architectural frame to the work...”

Morello, G., Ed., Illustration, Ten centuries of illustration from the most precious medieval and Renaissance codices in existence, Rome, 1996, p. 52 & 53.

Bologna, G., Illuminated Manuscripts, The Book before Gutenburg, London, 1988, p. 145.

Single yellow bell tent in far left arch, gold oval apex, gold scrollwork decorated valance, open flaps reveal a pink interior.

“Homer, ‘Iliad’ (C15). Three scenes from ‘the Iliad’.

p.111. pp. 54. Vat gr. 1626, f. 30.

Morello, G., Ed., Illustration, Ten centuries of illustration from the most precious medieval and Renaissance codices in existence, Rome, 1996, p. 54.

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