A History of Illuminated Manuscripts
Author(s): Christopher De Hamel
This survey provides an overview of book manufacturing and decoration from late Antiquity to the Renaissance. The differing circumstances in which illuminated manuscripts were created, from monastic Gospels to secular romances, are described, revealing the stories and characters behind the texts.
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- : phaido
- : phaido
- : 1.678
- : 26 September 1997
- : 290mm X 250mm X 28mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
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- : 272
- : New ed of 2 Revised ed
- : Paperback
- : Christopher De Hamel