Master of the Ushaw 10

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The medieval illuminator who probably illuminated a book of hours in Flanders around 1409 is referred to as the Master of Ushaw 10 (English Master of Ushaw 10 ) . The emergency name of this artist, who is not known by name, was derived from the current location of this manuscript , Ushaw College, University of Durham in England, and its reference number (MS. 10).

Workshop and creative period of the master

It is believed that the master of Ushaw 10 worked in a workshop with several artists. He or the other so-called masters of the Ushaw group are assigned further book illustrations of the period, e.g. B. Book of hours (Ms. 5) in the collection of University College Oxford . By dating the manuscript in Ushaw in contemporary sources to 1409 and dating the Oxford manuscript to 1400, the known creative period of the artist is narrowed down. Since their iconography, their style and their composition differ only slightly from other workshops in Bruges , this city can be assumed to be their possible creative center.

Art historical importance

The export of books of hours of the illuminators z. B. to England shows the popularity of this form of the prayer book in this region up to the Tudor period and their church reformation. The works of the group are examples of how more commercial studios in Gothic book illumination had developed to produce such works for use in private devotion.

In terms of art history, the works of the Ushaw group are further examples of the beginning of small-format, realistic painting in Flanders even before Van Eyck . They also show z. B. the influence of such Flemish illuminators throughout Europe on the style of the following generations of painters and their panel paintings .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. in addition z. BLMC Randall et al .: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery, Volume III Belgium 1250-1530 . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1997
  2. ↑ M. Smeyers: Flemish book illumination. From the 8th to the middle of the 16th century. The world of the Middle Ages on parchment , Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 1999, p. 204
  3. ↑ E. Bertram-Neunzig: The winged retable on the high altar of the St. Reinoldi Church in Dortmund - investigations into its shape, iconography and origin . Dissertation (2004), Philosophical Faculty of the University of Cologne. Accessed online February 2010
  4. ^ E. Duffy: Marking the hours: English people and their prayers 1240-1570 , Riddell Lectures 2002. Yale University Press, 2006

literature

  • M. Smeyers (ed.): Vlaamse Miniaturen voor van Eyck (Tentoonstellingscatalogus Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts. Low Countries Series 4) Peeters, Leuven, / Louvain 1993
  • M. Smeyers: Flemish book illumination. From the 8th to the middle of the 16th century. The world of the Middle Ages on parchment . Free Spiritual Life Publishing House, Stuttgart 1999
  • MT Orr: Illustration as Preface and Postscript in the Hours of the Virgin of Trinity College MS. B. 11.7 . Gesta, Vol. 34, No. 2 (1995), pp. 162–176 (comparison of another work with Ushaw 10)
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Ushaw 10
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Master of Ushaw 10 (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION medieval illuminator
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century