A History of Illuminated Manuscripts
Author(s): Christopher De Hamel
This survey provides an overview of book manufacturing and decoration from late Antiquity to the Renaissance. The differing circumstances in which illuminated manuscripts were created, from monastic Gospels to secular romances, are described, revealing the stories and characters behind the texts.
Product Information
Books for missionaries; books for emperors; books for monks; books for students; books for aristocrats; books for everybody; books for priests; books for collectors.
General Fields
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- : phaido
- : phaido
- : 1.678
- : 26 September 1997
- : 290mm X 250mm X 28mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Christopher De Hamel
- : Paperback
- : New ed of 2 Revised ed
- : 745.6709
- : 272
- : 175 colour and 70 b&w illustrations, bibliography, indexes
