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Book SynopsisThis text examines liturgical manuscripts that members of the Mendoza family commissioned for the cathedral of Toledo. It relates the style, content and function of these manuscripts to the ritual life of the Cathedral and its social and political role in efforts to forge Spanish identity.
Trade Review“The breadth of learning in this book is complemented by its subtlety of analysis. A landmark in the study of later fifteenth-century Spanish art, this book will also impact the study of late medieval and early Renaissance art.”
—Jonathan Brown,New York University
“It makes an important contribution to our understanding of Renaissance culture.”
—Richard G. Mann Renaissance Quarterly
“It is a useful reference volume for the reader interested in this period and its later influence, and an invaluable illustrative volume on the Spanish Renaissance. The attention the author gives to political and liturgical developments enhances the usefulness of the artistic reflection in giving a wider view into Church and society during these formative years for the pre-modern Catholic world.”
—Jeffrey Gros, F.S.C. Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology
“The manuscripts of fifteenth-century Toledo offer an impressively rich and still largely unexamined field for scholarly investigation, and Bosch’s book provides it with a very welcome point of entry, one which will be valued by any serious student of Spain’s medieval and Renaissance past.”
—Pamela Patton CAA Reviews
“The volume is lavishly illustrated. It includes indexes on the types and dimensions.”
—Jeffrey Gros, F.S.C. Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology
“The volume is lavishly illustrated. It includes indexes on the types and dimensions of the manuscripts under consideration, along with the calendars of saints and feasts celebrated in Toledo during this period. It is a useful reference volume for the reader interested in this period and its later influence, and an invaluable illustrative volume on the Spanish Renaissance. The attention the author gives to political and liturgical developments enhances the usefulness of the artistic reflection in giving a wider view into Church and society during these formative years for the premodern Catholic world.”
—Jeffrey Gros Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology
“The study is adorned with a wealth of illustrations, monochrome and color, and shows an impressive knowledge of art-historical scholarship.”
—Anthony John Lappin Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
