Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Celte as well as the information

as well as the information provided by a medieval initiatory community

jusqu'au jour où Michael Ventris et John Chadwick sont parvenus à échanger des messages

soit par leur figuration

on the contrary

have highlighted the common function of these as revealing the social or cultural level of the deceased or his family: the funerary stele plays

Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Celte as well as the informationThis publication is a complete catalogue of 17th century miniatures in the national collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. It offers a full account of the physical construction of the miniatures, setting each object in its historical context both in terms of the artist's oeuvre and of the portraiture of the known sitters. A biographical introduction to each artist is followed by individual catalogue entries, which cover details about the