Colard Mansion : incunabula, prints and manuscripts in medieval Bruges : [exhibition "Haute lecture by Colard Mansion : innovating text and image in medieval Bruges," Bruges, Groeningemuseum, 1 march to 3 june 2018] / editors, Evelien Hauwaerts, Evelien de Wilde and Ludo Vandamme ; with contributions by Renaud Adam, Alain Arnould, Till-Holger Borchert... [et al.] ; organized by Musea Brugge, Groeningemuseum and Openbare bibliotheek Brugge

Traduction du néerlandais par Duncan Brown et Irene Schaudies

Contient la liste des incunables de Colard Mansion p. 234-235

Bibliogr. p. 238-248. Notes bibliogr. Index

La 4e de couverture indique : "In the late Middle Ages, the time of Charles the Bold and Hans Memling, Bruges was a metropolis of books. One of the central figures in the international book trade was Colard Mansion (active from 1457 to 1484). Initially, in addition to being a valued translator, Mansion was primarily a highly sought-after copyist of luxury manuscripts, but when the art of printing made its entrée in Europe in 1455, he saw his chance and became one of the first in the Low Countries to specialise in the new medium of printed books. In no time, he became one of the most important book entrepreneurs in Bruges and environs. In this book, manuscripts, illuminated incunabula and rare prints bring Mansion's innovative book business back to life. Nearly fifty specialists from around the world offer unique insights into Mansion's life, many aspects of which are shrouded in mystery. Among other things they describe the gradual transition from manuscript to print, explain workshop practices and publishers' strategies, and provide contextual information about late-medieval printmaking and the creation of an impressive oeuvre of literary editions in the vernacular. Mansion developed a brand that remained solid for centuries. This book holds the key to understanding why."

In the fifteenth century Bruges was a cosmopolitan, dynamic city, famous for its book production. Luxury books held a central place in international trade and the broader Burgundian culture. In the middle of this book world stands the figure of Colard Mansion, producer of luxury books. Initially, Mansion was the man of beautiful manuscripts, but he quickly switched over to the brand-new medium of the printed book. Mansion created the most magnificent incunabula of his time, in an unprecedented typography and very specially illustrated. He primarily printed French texts that had never been published before. This unprecedented beauty of Mansion's printed oeuvre is a main focus of the exhibition and the accompanying. Incunabula from the Public Library of Bruges and the Bibliothèque nationale de France are supplemented by volumes from libraries all over the world. Never before has such a large number of Mansion's incunabula been assembled. Colard Mansion's work integrates tradition and innovation and includes prints, manuscripts and miniatures, but also illustrations. The exhibition and the publication will acquaint you with the studio practices of Colard Mansion and those of copyists, printmakers and other artists and artisans.--(http://www.artbooks.com/titles/147/Item147958.htm) consulté en juillet 2018