A History of Illuminated Manuscripts
Boston: David R. Godine, 1986.
First U.S. Edition. Hardcover.
First Printing.
A comprehensive overview of book manufacturing and decoration from late Antiquity to the Renaissance and book creators - including monks copying devotional works in their scriptoria, commercial booksellers in Paris producing textbooks for university student artists painting miniatures for aristocratic patrons, and humanists searching out and transcribing ancient manuscripts of classical authors. The author starts with the earliest Monastic Gospel books and continues through the most sophisticated and lavish Books of Hours. He analyzes and describes the different manuscript types, placing them in their historical and cultural settings and treats the history of scripts and iconography, techniques and materials, and the formal organization of the scriptoria. The illustrations are chosen to show the development and range of style in script, illumination, and book design and include detailed captions providing identification of type, date, style and provenance.
Item #902798ISBN: 0879236310
8-1/2 x 11-1/4", blue cloth, gilt spine titles, 256pp, bibliography, index of manuscripts, general index, 250 illustrations, 80 in color.
Fine in dust wrapper and protective mylar.
Price: $75.00