Bibles and Bestiaries: A Guide to Illuminated Manuscripts

by Elizabeth B. Wilson

Hardcover, 1994

Status

Available

Call number

940.1 Wil

Call number

940.1 Wil

Local notes

940.1 Wil

Barcode

6325

Collection

LS/GENERAL [#]

Tags

Manuscripts, Art, Art History, Medieval, CALLIGRAPHY, History, medieval manuscripts, book history, Library month, (940) HISTORY_EUROPE, (940.1) HISTORY_EUROPE_early history to 1453 (including Middle Ages), 6th grade Curriculum: Medieval History, Bible Stories, Guidebook, Book Illustration, Illumination, 6th grade Curriculum: Medieval Manuscripts, MEDICINE-HISTORY, Middle Ages_MEDICINE, MEDIEVAL MEDICINE

Genres

Publication

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (1994), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 64 pages

Description

Using examples of illuminated manuscripts from the Pierpont Morgan Library as illustrations, Wilson describes how a book was crafted in the Middle Ages...Magnificent...The volume is as elegant and special as its subject.-Boxed review/Booklist A glorious book, both fascinating and gorgeously presented.-Pointer/Kirkus Reviews

Subjects

Original publication date

1994

Physical description

64 p.; 10.91 x 10.9 inches

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Pages

64

Rating

½ (5 ratings; 3.7)

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