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Penned and Painted - The Art & Meaning of Books in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts (Hardcover)
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Penned and Painted - The Art & Meaning of Books in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts (Hardcover)
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The idea of the book was central throughout the western European
and the eastern Mediterranean world in the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance. From the beginning, the word for 'book'-sefer in
Hebrew, biblia in Greek, and liber in Latin-was identified with
sacred writings--the Holy Scriptures of Jews and Christians, who
were known as 'people of the book'. The centrality of the book to
medieval thought is reflected materially in the countless images of
books that appear in the manuscripts of the era, be they in the
most treasured, highly decorated, sacred texts or in devotional and
secular works as well. In Penned & Painted, Lucy Freeman
Sandler, one of one of the world's most respected authorities on
medieval art, takes us on a personal but highly insightful
exploration of some of the British Library's most precious
manuscript holdings and describes the many uses and meanings of
these 'books in books'. Through the fascinating face-to-face
discovery of 60 manuscripts, she investigates the various types and
forms of books as depicted in the era. How were they produced and
what did they look like? What do they tell us of the lives and
skills of the scribes and illuminators? What did these books record
and signify? How were they displayed, consumed and how did some of
these objects of supreme beauty even come to be wantonly destroyed?
Penned & Painted is presented in full-colour throughout and
includes a high number of images specially photographed for this
volume.
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