13 Ergebnisse.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

The outstanding Burke Collection of Italian miniatures, which is housed in the Special Collections and University Archives of the Stanford Libraries, has been growing for more than twenty years. It includes manuscript leaves, cuttings, and codices by many of the greatest Italian artists of the medieval and Renaissance periods. Works in the collection range in date from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries, comprising more than forty min...

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 Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader ...

This beautiful catalogue explores four books that are remarkable survivals of what people read in the Middle Ages ¿ the fi nest of medieval Bibles (the greatest text of Western civilization), one of the oldest Books of Hours (the most famous medieval manuscripts of all), Biography (the unique legend of an Anglo-Saxon princess), and the History of Troy (the oldest chivalric story in European history). These are all manuscripts unknown on the ma...

Keine Beschreibung.

Non succede spesso di aprire un libro e di iniziare uno straordinario viaggio nel tempo e nello spazio. Di imbattersi, pagina dopo pagina, in vicende di cui serbiamo una sbiadita memoria o di cui si conservano solo labili tracce. Di incontrare potenti sovrani e monaci avventurosi, studenti goliardi e devote principesse. Di passare dalle nebbie cupe d'Irlanda all'inebriante tepore della Spagna moresca, dal mistico silenzio delle colline toscane...

Based mainly on examples in the Bodleian Library, this lavishly illustrated account tells the story of manuscript production from the early Middle Ages to the high Renaissance. Each stage of production is described, from the preparation of the parchment, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the illumination of the manuscript.

Medieval manuscripts are among Western civilization's greatest glories. Laboriously written by hand and often sumptuously decorated, they have always been highly valued and remain as brilliant, fascinating and popular as ever. Christopher de Hamel vividly describes the circumstances in which such books were created - from the earliest monastic Gospel Books to the most lavish Books of Hours. For the second edition of this book, the text has b...

Keine Beschreibung.

This important volume tells for the first time the story of the Bible as a book, tracing its publication in endless forms and numerous languages from its origins to the present day. Contains more than 200 rich, fascinating and varied illustrations of Bibles from all times and places

Illuminated manuscripts survive in great numbers from the Middle Ages. They are often beautifully preserved, enabling us to appreciate the skilled design and craftsmanship of the people who created them. Christopher de Hamel describes each stage of production from the preparation of the vellum, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the final decoration and illumination of the book. He then examines the role of the stationer o...

In the Middle Ages, people believed that studying animals allowed them to read the Divine Order as written in the natural world. This exquisite facsimile of a bestiary, dating from the mid-13th century and preserved at the Bodleian Library in Oxford since the early 17th century, is one of the finest and most charming examples.