Illumination of books and manuscripts
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys Into the Medieval World
$45.00 Read moreAn extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world’s leading experts.
Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Coo- Author: de Hamel, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1594206112
- Language: English
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The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin
$19.95 Read moreThe Book of Kells, dating from about 800 CE, is a beautifully decorated manuscript of the four Gospels. This official guide by the former Keeper of Manuscripts at the Library of Trinity College, Dubli… [more below]
- Author: Meehan, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 0500480249
- Language: English
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Writing & Illuminating & Lettering
$24.95 Read moreOne of the founders of modern calligraphy, Edward Johnston regarded lettering, writing, and illuminating as not only desirable ends in themselves but also as practical avenues to mastery of typography… [more below]
- Series: Lettering, Calligraphy, Typography
- Author: Johnston, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 18 2017
- ISBN10: 0486285340
- Language: English
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William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books
$49.95 Add to cartIn his Illuminated Books, William Blake combined text and imagery on a single page in a way that had not been done since the Middle Ages. For Blake, religion and politics, intellect and emotion, mind … [more below]
- Author: Blake, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 17 2001
- ISBN10: 0500282455
- Language: English
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The Manuscripts Club: The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts
$50.00 Add to cart* A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice *
The acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us to the extraordinary keepers and companions of medieval manuscripts over a t- Author: de Hamel, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0525559418
- Language: English
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color
$14.95 Add to cartOnce regarded as a brilliant eccentric whose works skirted the outer fringes of English art and literature, William Blake (1757-1827) is today recognized as a major poet, a profound thinker, and one o… [more below]
- Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
- Author: Blake, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0486281221
- Language: English
