The Queen of Sheba
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13018271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Ullendorf (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 486-504 |
| Publication date | 1963-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the John Rylands Library (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2054-9318 • E-ISSN: 2054-9326 |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.7227/bjrl.45.2.11 |
| OpenAlex | W2255283850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Judging from repetitious appearances of her marital arms in the painted line-endings, the Psalter-Hours John Rylands Library Latin MS 117 probably belonged to Jeanne of Flanders (c.1272–1333), daughter of Count Robert III of Flanders and in 1288 second wife to Enguerrand IV of Coucy. Yet the line-endings also contain some 1,800 diminutive painted escutcheons, many of which refer to other members of the local nobility active during the 1280s. This study, based on an exhaustive survey of the total heraldic and codicological evidence, suggests that the majority of the extant Psalter predated the Hours and that the two parts were combined after the 1288 marriage. The ‘completed’ manuscript bears witness to major events that unfolded in and around the Coucy barony over the course of the decade. It suggests a complex relationship between Jeanne of Flanders and a lesser member of the local nobility, a certain Marien of Moÿ, who may have served as her attendant
Nobility · Queen (butterfly · Wife · Medieval and Early Modern Justice · Medieval Literature and History · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
From Sheba They Come
The Religion and Mythology of the Greeks
The Literary Tradition for the Migrations
Greek Settlement in the Eastern Aegean and Asia Minor
The Homeric Poems as History
Sebe’ Melikesi Kıssasının Tarihî ve Kültürel Tahlili
Greek Settlement in the Eastern Aegaean and Asia Minor
The Arabic Constituents of Africanit
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1962 - 2022 (61) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |