Scribes and Illuminators - Couverture souple

De Hamel, Christopher

 
9780802077073: Scribes and Illuminators
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0802077072 ISBN 13 : 9780802077073
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 1992

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

Christopher de Hamel is the Head of the Department of Manuscripts at Sotheby's London and author of Scribes and Illuminators (Medieval Craftsmen Series).

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0802077072
ISBN 13 
9780802077073
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
277
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