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B.A. Paris was born in Surrey, England, in 1958 to a French mother and Irish father.She is the third of 6 children, including 4 brothers and a sister. After completing her education, she moved to France, where she worked as a trader in an international bank in Paris for several years.
The Paris Psalter (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. Fonds Latin 8824) is an entire Anglo-Saxon psalm book written in both Latin and the West Saxon dialect of Old English. [1] The manuscript dates from the middle of 11th century, written by a scribe who stated that he was called Wulfwinus cognomento Cada (i.e. Wulfwine or Wulfwig surnamed ...
Les Béatitudes, (Op. 25), CFF 185, FWV 53, [1] is a French oratorio written by César Franck from 1869 to 1879 and scored for orchestra, chorus, and soloists. The text is a poetic meditation on the eight beatitudes of Jesus, from the Gospel of Matthew, by Joséphine-Blanche Colomb.
The works were getting increasingly made on paper and no longer on parchment, the production declined with what remained of the empire. Some works show an influence of Western illumination of the time, such as a Book of Job written by a scribe from Mistra named Manuel Tzykandyles around 1362 (BNF, Gr.132). [12]
The Christ in Majesty miniature. The Godescalc Evangelistary, Godescalc Sacramentary, Godescalc Gospels, or Godescalc Gospel Lectionary (Paris, BNF. acquisitions nouvelles lat.1203) is an illuminated manuscript in Latin made by the Frankish scribe Godescalc and today kept in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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The Great Canterbury Psalter, f. 1r Henry II rules England.Following his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine, his dominions also encompass part of France.In 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, has returned from his exile in France with a series of splendid manuscripts illuminated on the continent which were to influence the style of the scriptorium at Christ Church, Canterbury, the ...
Paris Olympics organizers apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” during the glamorous opening ceremony, but defended the concept ...