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Meetings with remarkable manuscripts
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ISBN: 9780241003046 0241003040 Year: 2016 Publisher: London: Allen Lane/Penguin press,

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"This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. The idea for the book, which is entirely new, is to invite the reader into intimate conversations with twelve of the most famous manuscripts in existence and to explore with the author what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history -- and sometimes about the modern world too. Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the reader, Meetings with remarkable manuscripts conveys the fascination and excitement of encountering some of the greatest works of art in our culture which, in the originals, are to most people completely inaccessible."--

Scribes and illuminators : medieval craftsmen
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ISBN: 0802077072 9780802077073 Year: 2002 Publisher: Toronto: University of Toronto press,


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Glossed books of the Bible and the origins of the Paris booktrade
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ISBN: 0859911470 9780859911474 Year: 1984 Publisher: Woodbridge: Brewer,

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091:22 --- 091 <44 PARIS> --- 095 --- 091.31 <44> --- Book industries and trade --- -Manuscripts, Medieval --- -Monastic libraries --- -Scriptoria --- -Copying rooms --- Writing rooms --- Rooms --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- Monasteries --- Monastic libraries --- Religious libraries --- Scriptoria --- Medieval manuscripts --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- 091.31 <44> Verluchte handschriften--Frankrijk --- Verluchte handschriften--Frankrijk --- 095 Merkwaardige boekbanden --- Merkwaardige boekbanden --- 091 <44 PARIS> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Frankrijk--PARIS --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Frankrijk--PARIS --- 091:22 Bijbels--(handschriften) --- Bijbels--(handschriften) --- History --- Reproduction --- -095 Merkwaardige boekbanden --- Copying rooms --- -Verluchte handschriften --- -091.31 --- -091 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi --- Books --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- History. --- Bible --- 091.31 --- 091 --- 091 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi --- 091.31 Verluchte handschriften --- Verluchte handschriften --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Biblia --- Livres --- Histoire --- Industrie --- Parijs. Scriptoria. 12e eeuw. --- Boekindustrie. Frankrijk. 12e eeuw. --- Bible. Gloses. Manuscrits latins. 12e s. --- Paris. Scriptoria. 12e s. --- Livres. Industrie. France. 12e s. --- Bijbel. Glossen. Handschriften (Latijnse). 12e eeuw. --- Books - France - Paris - History - 400-1400 --- Manuscripts, Medieval - France - Paris - History --- Book industries and trade - France - Paris - History --- Monastic libraries - France - Paris - History --- Scriptoria - France - Paris - History --- Bibles en image --- Editeurs et edition --- Paris (france)


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Making medieval manuscripts
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ISBN: 9781851244683 1851244689 Year: 2017 Publisher: Oxford: Bodleian library,

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Many beautiful illuminated manuscripts survive from the Middle Ages and can be seen in libraries and museums throughout Europe. But who were the skilled craftsmen who made these exquisite books? What precisely is parchment? How were medieval manuscripts designed and executed? What were the inks and pigments, and how were they applied? This book looks at the work of scribes, illuminators and book binders. Based principally on examples in the Bodleian Library, this lavishly illustrated account tells the story of manuscript production from the early Middle Ages through to the high Renaissance. Each stage of production is described in detail, from the preparation of the parchment, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the final decoration and illumination of the manuscript. This book also explains the role of the stationer or bookshop, often to be found near cathedral and market squares, in the commissioning of manuscripts, and it cites examples of specific scribes and illuminators who can be identified through their work as professional lay artisans. Christopher de Hamel's text is accompanied by a glossary of key technical terms relating to manuscripts and illumination, providing an invaluable introduction for anyone interested in studying medieval manuscripts today


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The posthumous papers of the manuscripts club
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ISBN: 9780241304372 0241304377 9780241304402 Year: 2022 Publisher: Dublin Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books

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The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them and recognize their crucial role in the transmission of knowledge. But we generally think much less about the countless men and women who made, collected and preserved them through the centuries, and to whom they owe their existence. This entrancing book describes some of the extraordinary people who have spent their lives among illuminated manuscripts over the last thousand years. A monk in Normandy, a prince of France, a Florentine bookseller, an English antiquary, a rabbi from central Europe, a French priest, a Keeper at the British Museum, a Greek forger, a German polymath, a British connoisseur and the woman who created the most spectacular library in America - all of them were participants in what Christopher de Hamel calls the Manuscripts Club. This exhilarating fraternity, and the fellow enthusiasts who come with it, throw new light on how manuscripts have survived and been used by very different kinds of people in many different circumstances. Christopher de Hamel’s unexpected connections and discoveries reveal a passion which crosses the boundaries of time. We understand the manuscripts themselves better by knowing who their keepers and companions have been. In 1850 (or thereabouts) John Ruskin bought his first manuscript ‘at a bookseller’s in a back alley’. This was his reaction: ‘The new worlds which every leaf of this book opened to me, and the joy I had in counting their letters and unravelling their arabesques as if they had all been of beaten gold - as many of them were - cannot be told.’ The members of de Hamel’s club share many such wonders, which he brings to us with scholarship, style, and a lifetime’s experience. --Penguin Books


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The Parker library : treasures from the collection at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, England
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Year: 2000 Publisher: Cambridge: Corpus Christi college,

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Scribes and illuminators.
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ISBN: 9780714120492 Year: 2006 Publisher: London : The British Museum Press,

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The Parker Library, Corpus Christ College, Cambridge
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ISBN: 9781857596342 Year: 2010 Publisher: London Scala Publishers Ltd.

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