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A History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher De Hamel
Category: History
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.
Bibles: An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print by Christopher de Hamel
Category: History
A unique visual history of the bestselling book of all time, Bibles: An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print provides a snapshot of the biblical tradition through over fifty rare and important Bibles. Following a general introduction, the Bibles are presented in chronological chapters giving a shor ...Show more
Making Medieval Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
Category: Art and Design
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 pigm ...Show more
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by de Hamel Christopher, Christopher de Hamel
Category: History
An 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 Cooper Prize. A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Book Gift Guide Pick Meetings with Remarkable ...Show more
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
Category: History
This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, and yet there is an undeniable thrill in actually meet ...Show more
The Book : A History of the Bible by Christopher De Hamel
Category: Spirituality
A compelling, highly readable, scrupulously factual, and unbiased history of the Bible as a book, with over 200 rich, fascinating and varied illustrations of Bibles from all times and places. The bible is the most widely circulated book ever written. The Book: A History of the Bible tells for the f ...Show more
The Book : The History of The Bible by Christopher De Hamel
Category: Spirituality
A compelling, highly readable, scrupulously factual, and unbiased history of the Bible as a book, with over 200 rich, fascinating and varied illustrations of Bibles from all times and places. The bible is the most widely circulated book ever written. The Book: A History of the Bible tells for the f ...Show more
The Book in the Cathedral: The Last Relic of Thomas Becket by Hamel, Christopher de
Category: History
The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most famous events in European history. It inspired the largest pilgrim site in medieval Europe and many works of literature from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral and Anouilh's ...Show more
The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club by Christopher de Hamel
Category: Art
The people who made, saved and sometimes destroyed medieval manuscripts, over a thousand years of history, from the acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them ...Show more
The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club by Christopher de Hamel
Category: History
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 ...Show more
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