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Author: British museumPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Coronation exhibition. Manuscripts, printed books [&c.] ... exhibited in the King's library
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Author: British museumCoronation Exhibition
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
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Category : Coronations
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Annual Reports [Liverpool City Libraries].
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Author: Liverpool (England). Public Libraries, Museums, and Art GalleryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Royal Manuscripts
Author: Scot McKendrickPublisher: British Library Board
ISBN: 9780712358163
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Illuminated manuscripts collected by successive kings and queens of England form the heart of a unique and visually stunning collection held by the British Library. A key figure in the formation of this collection was King Edward IV (1461–83), who commissioned a number of luxury manuscripts decorated with his arms. Subsequent monarchs added to this library, which was given to the nation by George II in 1757. Over 150 examples from this exceptional collection are presented in this catalog, which accompanies a major British Library exhibition of the same name. These manuscripts contain paintings produced by some of the finest artists of the Middle Ages. Highlights include the Book of Hours, made for Henry VIII's great grandmother, Margaret Beauch& Henry VIII's Psalter, commissioned and annotated by the king himself; maps of an itinerary from London to Apulia and to the Holy Land; and the Shrewsbury book, presented to Margaret of Anjou on her marriage to Henry VI in 1445. The catalog features full-page illustrations from each manuscript included in the exhibition, as well as three illustrated essays which explore the wider history and context of this unique collection. Written by the curators of the exhibition, along with contributions from several experts in the field, Royal Manuscripts will be a much-heralded event for scholars and collectors seeking to better understand the lives and aspirations of those for whom these stunning artifacts were made.
Annual Report of the Free Library Committee of the Borough of Great Yarmouth
Author: Great Yarmouth (England). Free Library CommitteePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 918
Book Description
The History of Decorated Bookbinding in England
Author: Howard M. NixonPublisher: Oxford [England] ; Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
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Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Based on the Lyell Lectures given by Howard Nixon at Oxford in 1979, this lavishly illustrated book traces the decorated binding in England from the earliest surviving example, the St Cuthbert Gospel dating from a little before the end of the seventh century, to the beginning of the Modern Movement in the late 1940s. This books emphasis is on fine binding in leather, with the styles and designs used for its decoration, and with the tools employed to effect these designs. This work is the first to trace comprehensively the development of this English tradition and bring together numerous illustrations of the superb bindings produced over the last eight centuries.
Treasures of the British Library
Author: Nicolas BarkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780712304092
Category : Library resources
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, to the foundation of the British Library in 1973 and to some outstanding acquisitions of the present day.
Western Illuminated Manuscripts
Author: Paul BinskiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139500600
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 725
Book Description
Cambridge University Library's collection of illuminated manuscripts is of international significance. It originates in the medieval university and stands alongside the holdings of the colleges and the Fitzwilliam Museum. The University Library contains major European examples of medieval illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, with acknowledged masterpieces of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance book art, as well as illuminated literary texts, including the first complete Chaucer manuscript. This catalogue provides scholars and researchers easy access to the University Library's illuminated manuscripts, evaluating the importance of many of them for the very first time. It contains descriptions of famous manuscripts, for example the Life of Edward the Confessor attributed to Matthew Paris, as well as hundreds of lesser-known items. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the catalogue contains descriptions of individual manuscripts with up-to-date assessments of their style, origins and importance, together with bibliographical references.