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No Binding. Etat : Fine. Postcard in fine condition. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. Photo.

No Binding. Etat : Fine. Postcard in fine condition. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. Photo.

No Binding. Etat : Fine. Postcard in fine condition. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. Photo.

No Binding. Etat : Fine. Postcard in fine condition. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. Photo.

Folio. 28cm. pp.518 . Decorated covers. Just a few small edge bumps. VG. This Complete Annotated Facsimile includes: Comprehensive annotation of scripture verse and folio references on every page; Annotated explanations of the most intricate and enigmatic illuminated pages; Discussion of original text, the later Old English translation, and what we know about the authors; High quality colour reproduction of the original manuscript; An introduction and discussion of this fascinating medieval treasure. The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript in the Anglo-Celtic style of the four Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The work was created in the early 8th century by Eadfrith, bishop of the Northumbrian monastic community on Lindisfarne or Holy Island. The Latin Vulgate is the base text, to which a later reviser added a parallel translation in Old English. The Lindisfarne Gospels is widely regarded as the most beautiful and intricately illuminated manuscript to have survived from Anglo-Saxon England. (Illuminator), Eadfrith (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Limited Edition. Luzern: Faksimile Verlag, 2002, Facsimile, Numbered Limited Edition. One of 290 Replica 'Jewelled' Bindings, this one numbered 200. Full velvet and metal binding, a faithful replica of the Victorian (1853) binding. With metalwork holding the 'jewelled' binding of (glass) replica garnets, amethysts, chrysophase, citrines, a central emerald and turquoise and ruby around it. With the title in genuine hand sewn silver thread to the spine, the volume weighs over 10kg on its own. Complete with 2 additional cloth bound volumes. The first in English, a commentary by Michelle P. Brown from the British Library bound in cloth with a blue leather label. The second in German and English also by Brown. Also included is a VHS video on the Gospels by the British Library. Provenance: no signatures or bookplates. Approximately 14 ½ inches tall. The Box is approximately 17 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition metal gently and naturally tarnished. Page edges very good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition strong. Paste downs very good condition leather. End papers very good condition leather. Title very good condition facsimile. Pages very good condition facsimile. Binding very good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 2002 Binding: Hardback. …

70 pp.; 31 x 23.3 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; May 1961 issue of the periodical Art News. Articles include : "Edward Steichen," by Henry Geldzahler ; "Bishop Eadfrith's Masterpiece," by David H. Wright ; "The Rule that Measures Emotion," by Lawrence Campbell ; "'Happenings' in the New York Art Scene," by Allan Kaprow ; "New Maps of Nineteenth-Century Art," by Robert Rosenblum ; "Cubism: Generate and Degenerate," by George McNeil ; "Art News from Paris," by Pierre Schneider "Art News from London," by John Russell. Cover image by Burgoyne Diller. Very Good. Light edge wear including bumping of corners and light discoloration of covers. contents clean and unmarked.…