Boccaccio's Des Cleres Et Nobles Femmes(1st Edition) Systems of Signification in an Illuminated Manuscript (Monographs on the Fine Arts) (English and French Edition) by BrigitteBuettner Hardcover, 139 Pages, Published 1996 by Univ Of Washington Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-295-97520-7, ISBN: 0-295-97520-2
"Buettner (art, Smith College) provides a detailed examination of the French translation of Boccaccio's illuminated manuscript De Mulieribus Claris , known as the Cleres Femmes . After considering the manuscript as a commercial and cultural object, Buettner provides a semiotics-inspired exploration of the iconography of the 109 miniatures. Includes fine reproductions of the entire cycle in b&w, with four color plates. Annotation c. by Bo ..."
The Mineral and the Visual(1st Edition) Precious Stones in Medieval Secular Culture by Buettner, Brigitte Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2022 by Penn State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-271-09250-8, ISBN: 0-271-09250-5
"This collection of essays reveals the global and cross-cultural histories of rock-crystal production in and even beyond the lands of the Mediterranean Sea."