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Western Illuminated Manuscripts: A Catalogue of the Collection in Cambridge University Library
Paul Binski
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Description for Western Illuminated Manuscripts: A Catalogue of the Collection in Cambridge University Library
hardcover. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this catalogue evaluates Cambridge University Library's world-class collection of illuminated manuscripts for the very first time. Num Pages: 532 pages, 720 b/w illus. 192 colour illus. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK; ACN; AKLB; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 228 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2806.
Cambridge University Library's collection of illuminated manuscripts is of international significance. It originates in the medieval university and stands alongside the holdings of the colleges and the Fitzwilliam Museum. The University Library contains major European examples of medieval illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, with acknowledged masterpieces of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance book art, as well as illuminated literary texts, including the first complete Chaucer manuscript. This catalogue provides scholars and researchers easy access to the University Library's illuminated manuscripts, evaluating the importance of many of them for the very first time. It contains descriptions of famous manuscripts, ... Read more
Cambridge University Library's collection of illuminated manuscripts is of international significance. It originates in the medieval university and stands alongside the holdings of the colleges and the Fitzwilliam Museum. The University Library contains major European examples of medieval illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, with acknowledged masterpieces of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance book art, as well as illuminated literary texts, including the first complete Chaucer manuscript. This catalogue provides scholars and researchers easy access to the University Library's illuminated manuscripts, evaluating the importance of many of them for the very first time. It contains descriptions of famous manuscripts, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
Number of Pages
532
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521848923
SKU
V9780521848923
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About Paul Binski
Paul Binski is Professor of the History of Medieval Art at Cambridge University. He specializes in the art and architecture of medieval Western Europe. His previous publications include The Painted Chamber at Westminster (1986), Westminster Abbey and the Plantagenets (1995), which won the Longman's History Today Prize, and Becket's Crown, Art and Imagination in Gothic England, 1170–1300 (2004), winner of ... Read more
Reviews for Western Illuminated Manuscripts: A Catalogue of the Collection in Cambridge University Library
'Impressive … A concise, lucid account of the sources and art historical aspects of the collection introduces the volume and there are exceptionally useful indexes.' Art Newspaper 'Paul Binski and Patrick Zutshi decided 'to keep the catalogue within a manageable compass and to ensure that its completion was not inordinately delayed' and should be congratulated on achieving their end to ... Read more