Tree of Jesse Iconography in Northern Europe in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

✍ Scribed by Susan L. Green

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 257
• Series: Routledge Research in Art and Religion
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is the first detailed investigation to focus on the late medieval use of Tree of Jesse imagery, traditionally a representation of the genealogical tree of Christ. In northern Europe, from the mid-fifteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, it could be found across a wide range of media. Yet, as this book vividly illustrates, it had evolved beyond a simple genealogy into something more complex, which could be modified to satisfy specific religious requirements. It was also able to function on a more temporal level, reflecting not only a clerical preoccupation with a sense of communal identity, but a more general interest in displaying a family’s heritage, continuity and/or social status. It is this dynamic and polyvalent element that makes the subject so fascinating.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Introduction
1 The Tree of Jesse and the Speculum Humanae Salvationis
2 The Tree of Jesse and Saint Anne
3 The Tree of Jesse, the Carmelites and Other Religious Orders
4 The Tree of Jesse and the Schöllenbach Altarpiece: A Case Study
5 The Tree of Jesse and Antwerp Carved Altarpieces
6 The Tree of Jesse in Northern France
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1 English Translation by Albert Labriola and John Smeltz of Chapter Four of the Speculum humanae salvationis Blockbook (British Library shelfmark G. 11784)
Appendix 2.1 Antwerp Altarpieces With Tree of Jesse Iconography
Appendix 2.2 Diagram of the Pailhe Altarpiece
Appendix 2.3 Diagram of the Bocholt Altarpiece
Appendix 2.4 Diagram of the Gifhorn Altarpiece
Bibliography
Index