Illuminated manuscripts survive in great numbers from the Middle Ages. They are often beautifully preserved, enabling us to appreciate the skilled design and craftsmanship of the people who created them.
Christopher de Hamel describes each stage of production from the preparation of the vellum, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the final decoration and illumination of the book. He then examines the role of the stationer or bookshop in co-ordinating book production and describes the supply of exemplars and the accuracy of texts. He follows the careers of a number...
Illuminated manuscripts survive in great numbers from the Middle Ages. They are often beautifully preserved, enabling us to appreciate the skilled ...
Winner of THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE and THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS is a remarkable examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader into intimate conversations with these texts to explore what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history - and sometimes about the modern world too. In so doing, de...
Winner of THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE and THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world th...