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Artists' materials Blake, William 1757-1827 Calligraphy Technique da Bisticci Vespasiano 1421-1498 Illumination of books and manuscripts Illumination of books and manuscripts Technique Illumination of books and manuscripts, English Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance Manuscripts, MedievalBackhouse, Janet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Toronto Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 BackhouseDe Hamel, Christopher
Summary: "The people who made, saved, and sometimes destroyed medieval manuscripts, over a thousand years of history, from the acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts. The Manuscripts Club tells of twelve men and women, from the eleventh century to the twentieth, who all share an overwhelming obsession with illuminated manuscripts. The saint, the patron, the bookseller, the artist, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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Summary: This single volume contains all of Blake's illuminated books, reproduced from the best available originals. It is published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Tate Gallery in the autumn of 2000.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson in association with the William Blake Trust 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.7 BLAWilliams, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. Braziller 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WilliamsWieck, Roger S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: George Braziller 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 242.094 WIEKing, Ross
Summary: "The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings-the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381.45 KINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381.45 KINAngel, Marie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.6 ANGSeligman, Patricia
Summary: "Adapt and recreate alphabets from five different historical periods in your own illuminations, from Celtic to Gothic to Modern Revival. Each includes diagrams for upper- and lower-case letters, ideas for borders and decorations, instructions for gilding, and a fabulous gallery of historical and modern examples."--inside flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.6 SeligmanDe Hamel, Christopher
Summary: "This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. The idea for the book, which is entirely new, is to invite the reader into intimate conversations with twelve of the most famous manuscripts in existence and to explore with the author what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history -- and sometimes about the modern world too. Part travel book, part detective story, part...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941 DEHSummary: The Book of Kells is a masterpiece of medieval art - a brilliantly decorated version of the four Gospels with full-page depictions of Christ, the Virgin, and the Evangelists as well as a wealth of smaller paintings. The strange imagination displayed in the pages, the impeccable technique, and the very fine state of preservation make The Book of Kells an object of endless fascination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 096 BOOMehigan, Janet
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.6 MEHRhine, Adam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745.6749 RHIStollman, Aryeh Lev.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STOWellesley, Mary
Summary: "The Gilded Page is the story of the written word in the pre-Gutenberg age. Ranging from the earliest intact book in Europe, to the only known literary manuscript to be written in Shakespeare's hand, scholar Mary Wellesley reveals the secret lives of these literary and artistic treasures. Traipsing through the remarkable history, she recounts fires (the only surviving Beowulf manuscript is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word WellesleyHerbert, Patricia M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pomegranate 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.363 HERMorgan, Margaret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1997