Boccaccio's Des Cleres Et Nobles Femmes: Systems of Signification in an Illuminated Manuscript (Monographs on the Fine Arts)

by Brigitte Buettner

Buettner (art, Smith College) provides a detailed examination of the French translation of Boccaccio's illuminated manuscript De Mulieribus Claris , known as the Cleres Femmes . After considering the manuscript as a commercial and cultural object, Buettner provides a semiotics-inspired exploration of the iconography of the 109 miniatures. Includes fine reproductions of the entire cycle in b&w, with four color plates. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

139 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1996