9780714120492-0714120499-Medieval Craftsmen Scribes & Illuminators /anglais

Medieval Craftsmen Scribes & Illuminators /anglais

ISBN-13: 9780714120492
ISBN-10: 0714120499
Edition: First Edition
Author: Christopher de Hamel
Publication date: 1992
Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM
Format: Paperback 72 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780714120492
ISBN-10: 0714120499
Edition: First Edition
Author: Christopher de Hamel
Publication date: 1992
Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM
Format: Paperback 72 pages

Summary

Medieval Craftsmen Scribes & Illuminators /anglais (ISBN-13: 9780714120492 and ISBN-10: 0714120499), written by authors Christopher de Hamel, was published by BRITISH MUSEUM in 1992. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Medieval Craftsmen Scribes & Illuminators /anglais (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.56.

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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 or bookshop in co-ordinating book production and describes the supply of exemplars and the accuracy of texts. He follows the careers of a number of specific scribes and illuminators who emerge not as anonymous monks but as identifiable professional lay artisans. He also looks at those who bought the completed books, why they did so, and how much they paid.His survey ranges from the eleventh century through the golden age of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to the luxurious manuscripts existing at the invention of printing.

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