EAN : 9780905203041
728 pages Harvey Miller
(01/01/1996)
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A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles: Later Gothic Manuscripts 1390-1490
Résumé :
This book catalogues the rich and mostly unstudied illumination of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Scott has made a selection of 140 illuminated books with perceptive insight; she includes those containing the finest works of art and also many illuminations that accompany some of the great masterpieces of Middle English literature. Among the magnificent liturgical works catalogued are the Carmelite, Abingdon, and Sherborne Missals, the Bedford Hours, an... >Voir plus