Among the musical angels above the gate to Paradise, one rings handbells. Danzig, Muzeum Pomorski (formerly Marienkirche). A fool has pellet bells at his waist, knees and elbows. Three of the moresca dancers have pellet bells at their knees and waist and one has them at his elbows and knees. Moresca Dance,from Roman de Jean de Paris et Roman d'Appolonius. "Solomon explique aux assistants le fonctionnement de l'horologe de la sagesse.") XIII: Scenes of Everyday Life - Outdoorĭances and Dancers: Flemish (Master of Jean de Wavrin), third quarter, 15th century. 409, as by the Master of Marguerite of York, 1470-80. Includes a fool with a belled cap, playing a bagpipe. The Battle of Twelve Women about a Pair of Trousers. Includes a fool with handbells and a cleric with a handbell. ca.1450-1500) after an anonymous woodcut. A Century of Dutch Manuscript Illumination. In the margin there is a fool with a pair of handbells. Nativity, from the Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves.
2) XV: Miscellaneous FiguresĬlerics: See also Miscellaneous Figures, Fools.įools: Dutch (Utrecht), ca.1440. "Blokbogen 'De syv planeter'." Kunstmuseets Aarskrift 1929-31 1-15, this reproduced p. Includes a bell in the belfry of a little chapel. The Children of Saturn, from a Seven Planets series. 406 ) DUTCH ARTISTS VII: AllegoryĪlphabets: See also Miscellaneous Figures, Clerics Miscellaneous Figures, Fools. The fool has pellet bells on his cap and sleeves. John's Seminary, Edward L Doheny Memorial Library, no. ** BRITISH ARTISTS XV: Miscellaneous Figuresįools: British (probably London, perhaps for a Northern patron), ca.1460-70. Many thanks to Isabel Gray and the UHN Music Department for putting this index on their web page. ?" I have included only works of art for which there is a published reproduction (plus some that are in the Visual Collection, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University and a few in the Bild-Archiv Photo Marburg).
The purpose of this iconography is to answer the question "Where can I find an illustration of. I am singularly error-prone, alas, and I am sure that there are numerous mistakes in this list. However, I would appreciate corrections - wrong page references, for example. It is very much a work in progress, but if I waited until everything was perfect, it would never appear. This list is just what happens to be lying about the house. I didn't set out to compile a bibliography - or, more properly, an iconography. I have much more information for these and for additional entries which will be added as I get around to it. The entries published here are only the ones for which I have somewhat respectable bibliographic entries at this time. Bells - 15th Centuryy Musical Instruments in Western European Art, An Iconographical Guide