The Book of Kells: Its Function and Audience - Couverture rigide

Farr, Carol Ann

 
9780712304993: The Book of Kells: Its Function and Audience
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0712304991 ISBN 13 : 9780712304993
Editeur : The British Library Publishing Division, 1997

Synopsis

The fourth in this series of monographs on medieval culture, this work studies one of the world's most celebrated manuscripts. The Book of Kells is assessed here as a liturgical document, focusing on the possible meaning and function of its illustrations and decoration in the context of early western liturgies. The author analyzes the decorative articulation of its text, showing how the decoration makes connections with the graphic structuring of the text for reading, especially for public presentation of the liturgy, as found in other fifth to ninth-century gospel books. The book has been amply illustrated, and is addressed to students and art historians, and anyone interested in the making and meaning of illuminated manuscripts.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The fourth in this series of monographs on medieval culture, this work studies one of the world's most celebrated manuscripts. The Book of Kells is assessed here as a liturgical document, focusing on the possible meaning and function of its illustrations and decoration in the context of early western liturgies. The author analyzes the decorative articulation of its text, showing how the decoration makes connections with the graphic structuring of the text for reading, especially for public presentation of the liturgy, as found in other fifth to ninth-century gospel books. The book has been amply illustrated, and is addressed to students and art historians, and anyone interested in the making and meaning of illuminated manuscripts.

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Éditeur
The British Library Publishing Division
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0712304991
ISBN 13 
9780712304993
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780802081575: The Book of Kells: Its Function and Audience

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0802081576 ISBN 13 :  9780802081575
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 1998
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