El pontifical de Luis de Acuña y la iluminación de manuscritos en la Castilla de finales del siglo XV

Abstract

Among the fifty medieval pontificals kept in the ancient kingdom of Castille, one of the most relevant is Luis de Acuña’s copy. This pontifical was commissioned when he was bishop of Burgos at the end of the XVth century. The objective of this paper is to analyze the sumptuous miniatures of this copy and to relate them with the text, the codicological features and the author’s personality. In addition, we show that the manuscript presents some typical characteristics of the Castilian artistic activity at this time: the Late Gothic style, the imitation of Northern engravings or the sponsorship carried out by high dignitaries.