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The Admiral, the Virgin, and the Spectrometer: Observations on the Coëtivy Hours (Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, W082)

Gameson, Richard; Nicholson, Catherine; Beeby, Andrew

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Catherine Nicholson



Abstract

This article examines the nature and implications of the extensive Marian texts and imagery in the mid-fifteenth-century Parisian Coëtivy Hours (Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, MS W082), and reports the findings from scientific investigation of the inks and pigments that were used in the book.

Citation

Gameson, R., Nicholson, C., & Beeby, A. (2020). The Admiral, the Virgin, and the Spectrometer: Observations on the Coëtivy Hours (Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, W082). Gesta, 59(2), 203-231. https://doi.org/10.1086/710024

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Sep 1, 2020
Publication Date 2020-09
Deposit Date May 21, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Gesta
Print ISSN 0016-920X
Electronic ISSN 2169-3099
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 59
Issue 2
Pages 203-231
DOI https://doi.org/10.1086/710024

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