Illuminated manuscripts: The exquisite art of the medieval masterpiece

by D.M. Gill

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Illuminated manuscripts are among the world's greatest artistic masterpieces. Many of them survive, allowing us to appreciate their radiance and the skill of the men who created them. This book examines the exquisite decorative techniques which captured some of the most important chronicles of history.… (more)

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itle: Illuminated manuscripts :
the exquisite art of the medieval masterpiece /
Author(s): Gill, D. M.
Publication: New York : Barnes & Noble,
Year: 1996
Description: 80 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 0760702829; 9780760702826
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Descriptor: Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Early works to 1800.
Art, Medieval.
Illustration of books.
Note(s): "Published by Barnes & Noble, Inc., by arrangement with Brockhampton Press."/ "Produced by Flame Tree Publishing ... for Brockhampton Press."/ Includes index.
Class Descriptors: LC: ND3310; Dewey: 745.6709
Other Titles: Exquisite art of the medieval masterpiece
Responsibility: D.M. Gill.
Document Type: Book
Entry: 19970225
Update: 20070318
Accession No: OCLC: 36444146

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1996-03-28

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Bedford Master, manuscript illustrator

Jean Fouquet

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Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

British Library, London, England, UK

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For M. G.

Now and Always

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Early Middle Ages

Illuminated manuscripts were made by hand in Europe during the whole of the Middle Ages, for 900 years from the dying days of the Roman Empire to the high Renaissance; from the birth of Christianity in Europe to the birth of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century.

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