Harry Bober's The Zodiacal Miniature of the Tres Riches Heures of the Duke of Berry, Its Sources and Meaning, published in the Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes in 1948, is the standard art historical study of the Anatomical Man miniature painted by the Limbourg brothers around 1412 to 1416 for Jean, Duc de Berry, showing the two back to back figures with the zodiac signs mapped over their bodies in the calendar section of the Tres Riches Heures manuscript. Its authority rests on peer review in one of the most established journals in its field and Bober's close art historical analysis of the manuscript's dating, patronage and iconographic sources. Its limit is scope: it is the right source for the manuscript's own history and imagery, not for the underlying melothesia doctrine linking body parts to zodiac signs itself, which is the ancient astrological writer Manilius's own subject and is sourced separately in this atlas.
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Harry Bober's The Zodiacal Miniature of the Tres Riches Heures of the Duke of Berry, published in the Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes in 1948, the top tier reflecting peer review in one of the most established journals in its field and Bober's close art historical analysis, notwithstanding that it addresses the manuscript's own history and imagery, not the underlying melothesia doctrine itself, which is Manilius's own subject and is sourced separately. NotesThe standard art-historical study of the Anatomical Man miniature (the two back-to-back figures with the zodiac signs set over their limbs) painted by the Limbourg brothers circa 1412 to 1416 for Jean, Duc de Berry, in the calendar of the Tres Riches Heures. Use for the manuscript's dating, patronage and iconographic sources, not for the underlying melothesia doctrine, which is Manilius's own subject.
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AuthorHarry Bober
PublisherJournal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, vol. 11
Publication Year1948
URLhttps://doi.org/10.2307/750460
Source TypeJournal article
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)
This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Articles, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Body Parts, 2 claims: 2 general references.
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