Cristoforo Orimina
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Cristoforo Orimina was an Italian illuminator
of the 14th century. He was a painter at the court of Robert of Naples
and of Joan I of Naples
.
The Orimini were a patrician family of Naples
, belonging to the noble seggio of Capuana. The family's residence was in what is now the Via dei Cimbri.
Cristoforo identified himself on the last leaf of an illuminated manuscript Bible. Stylistic comparison allows numerous other manuscript illuminations to be attributed to Cristoforo's hand or workshop. One of the best known of these works is the Hamilton Bible
, now in Berlin.
Miniature (illuminated manuscript)
The word miniature, derived from the Latin minium, red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple decoration of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with that pigment...
of the 14th century. He was a painter at the court of Robert of Naples
Robert of Naples
Robert of Anjou , known as Robert the Wise was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time. He was the third but eldest surviving son of King Charles II of Naples the Lame and Maria of Hungary...
and of Joan I of Naples
Joan I of Naples
Joan I , born Joanna of Anjou, was Queen of Naples from 1343 until her death. She was also Countess of Provence and Forcalquier, Queen consort of Majorca and titular Queen of Jerusalem and Sicily 1343–82, and Princess of Achaea 1373/5–81....
.
The Orimini were a patrician family of Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, belonging to the noble seggio of Capuana. The family's residence was in what is now the Via dei Cimbri.
Cristoforo identified himself on the last leaf of an illuminated manuscript Bible. Stylistic comparison allows numerous other manuscript illuminations to be attributed to Cristoforo's hand or workshop. One of the best known of these works is the Hamilton Bible
Hamilton Bible
The Hamilton Bible is a fourteenth-century illuminated manuscript Bible, commissioned by the Angevin court in Naples and illustrated by the workshop of Cristoforo Orimina around 1350....
, now in Berlin.
Sources
- C. De Clercq, "Le miniaturiste napolitain Cristoforo Orimina", Gutenberg Jahrbuch, 1968, pp. 52–65.