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Title
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A Very Proper Treatise : specialist knowledge for a non-specialist public
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Author
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Abstract
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| This paper discusses the authorship and audience of England’s first printed recipe book which is entirely dedicated to the practice of limning. A number of older sources show congruency with A Very Proper Treatise (1573), both in manuscript and print, and in the various languages it was transmitted. The contribution of the printer–publisher Richard Tottel is that of a compiler. I have identified three categories of public or audience: the intended audience (promoted by the book itself); circumstantial audience (the clients of the bookshop); and actual audience (owners that have been traced through material investigation of individual book copies and archival research). Among this audience, there is a strong correlation between heraldic and artistic interests, which matches the intention of the compiler, who created a book that reaches out to individuals with an interest in painting, writing, and heraldry. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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British Art Studies. - [S.l.]
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Publication
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[S.l.]
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Yale university
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2020
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ISSN
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2058-5462
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DOI
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10.17658/ISSN.2058-5462/ISSUE-17/ALEEMANS
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Volume/pages
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17
(2020)
, p. 1-40
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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