After the duke's death in 1477 he stayed on in the chapel of
Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian of Austria.
1422-1502) written following the unexpected death of
Mary of Burgundy in March 1482, and describing an ageing knight's search for salvation.
Dionysius, the cavorting of dead and alive bodies in the Berlin hourbook of
Mary of Burgundy, and the good death of Richard Whittingtom.) The essays also cover the notion of bodily rhetoric, as the function of the body in Eupolemius, inscriptions in flesh, masculinity and persuasion in medieval rhetoric, the performing body (as it figured in executions for treason to heal the treason, impotence and sexuality in theology and canon law, and body talk in medieval Islam.) Finally, contributors examine the medieval material body, describing the occurrence of leprous feminine flesh as it related to death and de Pizan's representation of death as metamorphosis.
The tradition of diamond engagement rings was started in 1477 by Archduke Maximilian of Austria, who gave one to
Mary of Burgundy. Before this it was kings who wore diamond rings as a symbol of strength, courage and invincibility (so that''s why the wife wanted one!) In my last column I told you about a coin called a Gold Angel, so called because one side depicts an angel slaying a dragon.
You can probably lay the blame for that on King Maximilian I of Germany, who in 1477 proposed to
Mary of Burgundy and ever after lumbered men everywhere with an expensive obligation.
In contrast to
Mary of Burgundy, Barbara Pallavicina never was given the opportunity to exert her own agency in the construction of her image, which was entirely subject to her father's control.
This is a field that still offers extraordinary treasures, and here was everything from one of the oldest English books surviving in private hands--a Gospel of St Luke of around 1120-40--to the fabulous and extraordinarily tiny Korner Hours, thought to have been made for Charles the Bold or a member of his immediate family around 1475-80 and illuminated by two of the most significant artists of the middle ages, Simon Marmion and the so-called Master of
Mary of Burgundy. The Gospel, estimated at 60,000[pounds sterling]-80,000 [pounds sterling], went to a private British collector for 253,250 [pounds sterling], but the Korner Hours, estimated with the same numbers but more noughts, failed to sell.
On 27 March 1482 the Burgundian duchess
Mary of Burgundy died from injuries she had sustained falling off her horse some weeks before.
In contrast, during her lifetime
Mary of Burgundy was able to commission portraits that demonstrated her persona as an active ruler through invoking classical precedents.
Identification is further confused by the collaboration of several artists on one manuscript, such as The Hours of
Mary of Burgundy, and the number of their assistants contributing individual components, such as borders and initials.
Take the so-called Vienna Master of
Mary of Burgundy, whose Book of Hours made in the 1470s for
Mary of Burgundy and housed in Vienna has been considered a landmark in the development of illumination art.