9780714824680: The Illuminated Manuscript

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SKU 9780714824680
Title The Illuminated Manuscript
Author Description Janet Backhouse
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Web Author Description Janet Backhouse was Assistant Keeper in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Library. She is the author of The Lindisfarne Gospels, also published by Phaidon.
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The British Library houses one of the world's great collections of illuminated manuscripts. Janet Backhouse has drawn on this rich resource to make a selection of outstanding examples that span over eight centuries of medieval book production. She begins with the Lindisfarne Gospels and continues with a representative cross-section that reveals the remarkable diversity and wealth - aesthetic and artefactual - to be found in medieval manuscripts.

With a concise introductory text, informative captions and full-colour reproductions, this is the perfect introduction to an endlessly fascinating subject.

Binding Paperback
Size Size: 280 x 215 mm (11 x 8 1/2 in)
Pages Pages: 80
Illustrations 28

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