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ROYAL: Illuminated Manuscripts of the Kings and Queens of England

皇家：英格兰国王和王后的泥金手稿

基本信息

批准号：
AH/G000808/1
负责人：
Scot McKendrick
金额：
$ 33.77万
依托单位：
British Library
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2008 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FG000808%2F1
关键词：
ROYAL Illuminated Manuscripts Kings Queens

项目摘要

In 1757 King George II presented the approximately 1950 manuscripts of the royal library to the newly founded British Museum. Since that time, the manuscripts have remained together as a distinct collection: ROYAL. Royal preserves the medieval and Renaissance library of the kings and queens of England, and includes within the illuminated manuscripts most surviving medieval paintings owned by them. Hence its importance can hardly be overstated. Yet remarkably, the Royal illuminated manuscripts have been little researched, and have never been presented to a scholarly or wider public as a group. The British Library, home of the Royal collection since its creation in 1973, plans to change this situation by working collaboratively with the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, to present in October 2011-March 2012 a major exhibition of illuminated Royal manuscripts at the British Library in London. To make this possible a research project on these manuscripts will be undertaken, responding to research questions at complementary levels. The project team will be led by two internationally-recognised experts in illuminated manuscripts: Dr Scot McKendrick, Head of Western Manuscripts at the British Library, and Professor John Lowden of the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. They will be assisted by a postdoctoral scholar, providing opportunities for this scholar to develop her or his expertise and career, and to develop expertise in medieval and Renaissance art, history, and presenting manuscripts to a range of audiences. The scholarly research resulting from the experience and expertise of this team will allow the Royal manuscripts to be presented and contextualised in new and creative ways. To build further collaborative relationships between the British Library and higher education experts and fellow curators within the United Kingdom and internationally, the project will be overseen by an international advisory board, and will include an international conference on the collection to be held at the end of the project.Each of the approximately 400 illuminated manuscripts in Royal with significant medieval or Renaissance decoration will be examined individually, to research its patronage, artist, scribe, models and function. The results of this analysis will allow thematic questions to be formulated and answered, and the approximately 150 exhibition manuscripts to be chosen. The exhibition will then be structured around these thematic questions. These themes are likely to include studies in the formation and development of the collection of illustrated manuscripts by English monarchs, the role of pictorial narrative in illuminated vernacular histories ordered by Edward IV, the change in function of monastic illuminated manuscripts after the dissolution of the monasteries, and the way in which illuminated manuscripts in the library were used and received by their owners. The project will interpret and present medieval and Renaissance painting in Royal manuscripts in an innovative way in an exhibition in London, which will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated exhibition catalogue. The research will also be disseminated freely to an international audience through an online virtual exhibition and online introductory 'tours' for a general audience explaining aspects of the Royal collection of illuminated manuscripts. In addition, in order to respond to the needs of the wider scholarly community and provide long-term research benefits, the information on all 400 manuscripts will be made available online as part of the BL's free, illustrated Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts (CIM). The research made available through the CIM and the other online resources will allow scholars and the general public to formulate their own further research questions, promoting active learning.

1757年，国王乔治二世将皇家图书馆的大约1950份手稿赠送给新成立的大英博物馆。从那时起，手稿一直保持在一起，作为一个独特的集合：皇家。皇家博物馆保存了中世纪和文艺复兴时期英格兰国王和王后的图书馆，并在他们拥有的大部分幸存的中世纪绘画中包括了插图手稿。因此，其重要性怎么强调都不过分。然而，值得注意的是，皇家插图手稿很少被研究，从来没有作为一个群体向学术界或更广泛的公众展示过。大英图书馆自1973年创建以来一直是皇家收藏的所在地，计划与伦敦大学考陶德艺术学院合作，于2011年10月至2012年3月在伦敦的大英图书馆举办一次大型皇家手稿展览。为此，将开展一个关于这些手稿的研究项目，在补充层面上回答研究问题。该项目团队将由两位国际公认的插图手稿专家领导：大英图书馆西方手稿负责人Scot McKendrick博士和伦敦大学考陶德艺术学院的John洛登教授。他们将由博士后学者协助，为这位学者提供发展她或他的专业知识和职业生涯的机会，并发展中世纪和文艺复兴时期艺术，历史的专业知识，并向一系列观众展示手稿。该团队的经验和专业知识所产生的学术研究将使皇家手稿以新的创造性方式呈现和背景化。为了在大英图书馆与联合王国和国际上的高等教育专家和其他策展人之间建立进一步的合作关系，该项目将由一个国际咨询委员会监督，并将包括在项目结束时举行的关于收藏品的国际会议。大约400份带有中世纪或文艺复兴装饰的皇家插图手稿中的每一份都将被个别检查，研究其赞助人，艺术家，抄写员，模型和功能。分析的结果将有助于制定和回答主题问题，并选择约150份展览手稿。展览将围绕这些主题展开。这些主题可能包括研究英国君主的插图手稿收藏的形成和发展，爱德华四世下令的插图叙事在插图白话历史中的作用，修道院解散后修道院插图手稿功能的变化，以及图书馆中插图手稿的使用方式。该项目将在伦敦的一个展览中以创新的方式解释和展示皇家手稿中的中世纪和文艺复兴时期的绘画，该展览将附有一个插图齐全的展览目录。这项研究还将通过在线虚拟展览和在线介绍性“图尔斯”向国际观众免费传播，向普通观众解释皇家收藏的插图手稿的各个方面。此外，为了满足更广泛的学术界的需求，并提供长期的研究利益，所有400份手稿的信息将作为BL的免费插图目录的一部分在线提供。通过CIM和其他在线资源提供的研究将使学者和公众能够制定自己的进一步研究问题，促进积极学习。