A History of Illuminated Manuscripts.
Published by First paperback edition, 4to, 272 pages, illustrations, 30cm, London: Phaidon, 1997.
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
AbeBooks seller since August 16, 2000
Condition: Used - Fine
£ 35.00
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240 colour illustrations, many full-page. Pictorial paperback covers. A fine copy contained within a decorative cloth box made by the calligrapher Ann Otley. I. Books for Missionaries. 7th-9th centuries: the written word as an essential tool for the early missionaries of Britain and Ireland, who produced books of extraordinary sophistication -- II. Books for Emperors. 8th-11th centuries: books as treasure and as luxurious objects of display and diplomatic gifts in the courts of Charlemagne and his successors -- III. Books for Monks. 12th century: the golden age of the monastic book, when monks in their scriptoria produced manuscripts for their libraries -- IV. Books for Students. 13th century: the rise of the universities and the emergence of a professional book trade to meet the new need for textbooks -- V. Books for Aristocrats. 14th century: the Age of Chivalry -- a wealthy and newly literate aristocracy generating a new type of book, the secular romance -- VI. Books for Everybody. 15th century: the emergence of the Book of Hours as a devotional book for ordinary households as well as the aristocracy -- VII. Books for Priests. 13th-16th centuries: the Bibles, Missals, Breviaries, Psalters and other service books and handbooks that sustained the life of the Church -- VIII. Books for Collectors. 15th-16th centuries: the revival of classical learning and the creation of de luxe manuscripts for wealthy humanist patrons. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A History of Illuminated Manuscripts.
- Author
- De Hamel (Chistopher)
- Publisher
- First paperback edition, 4to, 272 pages, illustrations, 30cm, London: Phaidon, 1997.
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1.75 kilograms
- Seller catalogs
- Illuminated manuscripts
Collinge & Clark
London, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since August 16, 2000
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Collinge & Clark
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