The Splendor of the Word: Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library - Softcover
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The New York Public Librarys collection of nearly three hundred Western European illuminated manuscripts is one of the largest in America but also one that is very little known. Dating from the turn of the tenth century unto well into the period of the Renaissance, these works give vivid testimony to the creative impulses of the often nameless craftsmen who discovered ever-new ways of animating the contents of hand-produced books through inventive and sometimes exuberant manipulations of all the elements of the book: form and format, layout, script, decoration, illustration, and binding. To introduce this magnificent collection and many of its most important works to scholars and the wider audience, The Splendor of the Word presents one hundred manuscripts of particular cultural, historical, and artistic significance, selected from the Librarys collection by three of the most distinguished scholars in the field Jonathan J. G. Alexander, Professor of Fine Arts at! the Institute of Fine...
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THE SPLENDOR OF THE WORD Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts At the New York Public Library
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New York Public Library / Harvey Miller Publishers, 2006
ISBN 10: 190537500X
ISBN 13: 9781905375004
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Studies In Medieval And Early Renaissance Art History; 8.25 X 1.25 X 10.5 inches; 480 pages. Seller Inventory # 40359
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The Splendor of the Word : Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library
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The Splendor of the Word (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History)
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. London: Harvey Miller; New York: The New York Public Library, 2005. First edition. 480p. 204 colour illustrations. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title held at The New York Public Library, October 21, 2005, to February 12, 2006. Bound in card covers illustrated in colour. A near fine copy. Seller Inventory # LBTS1527
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Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Dust Jacket Condition: Comme neuf. prima edizione. The Splendor of the world, Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at The New York Public Library a cura di Johnattan J.G Alexander, James H.Marrow and Lucy Freeman Sandler , 2005 Hervey Miller Publishers New York, illustrato a colori, 480pagine 280X215mm lingua inglese Size: 280x215.mm Coll. Settore Harvey Miller House. Seller Inventory # 009062