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Illuminated Manuscripts (Paperback)
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Illuminated Manuscripts (Paperback)
Series: Shire Library, 841
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List price R276
Loot Price R223
Discovery Miles 2 230
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Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and
mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was
invented, books were produced by hand and their illustration using
brightly coloured pigments and gold embellishments was a labour of
love and an act of piety in itself. The results are stunning. The
works emanating from the scriptoria of monasteries were mainly
religious texts, including illuminated bibles, psalters, and works
for private devotion known as books of hours. Illuminated
Manuscripts describes the origin and history of illumination in the
Middle Ages, covering the artists and their techniques, and the
patrons who commissioned them. It explains the subject matter found
in medieval works, such as saints and Bible stories and the use of
ornamental flourishes, and is illustrated with many fine examples
of the genre including the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of
Kells.
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