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

Gameson, Richard; Nicholson, Catherine; Beeby, Andrew

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: Sep 1, 2021
• 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
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1270290