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The golden age of English manuscript painting 1200-1500 / Richard Marks and Nigel Morgan

The golden age of English manuscript painting 1200-1500 / Richard Marks and Nigel Morgan

by Marks, Richard

London : Chatto & Windus, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 119p : col.ill. ; 29 cm. Subjects; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval � England. Illumination of books and manuscripts, English. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic � England
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£14.52
Bulletin de la Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits à Peintures. 8e année [with] 9e année. [ 2 volumes of plates ]

Bulletin de la Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits à Peintures. 8e année [with] 9e année. [ 2 volumes of plates ]

by Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits à Peintures

Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscripts á Peintures, Paris, original journal issues, 1924 - 1925. . 2 printed envelopes containing portfolio plates,. 34 and 17 plates. Contents: 8e année : Planches I - XXXIV; 9e année. : Planches XXXV - XLIV et I -VII. Plates I -XLIV were issued to accompany an article in the Bulletin by Eric G. Millar : "Les principaux manuscrits a peintures du Lambeth Palace a Londres." (article text not included here).... Read more about this item
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£63.14
Books of Hours and Their Owners

Books of Hours and Their Owners

by Harthan, John

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1982. Hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 30 to 37 cm tall, Folio. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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£7.24
Legenda aurea

Legenda aurea

by VORAGINE, Jacobus de

Italy (Venice?), 1300. Italy (Venice?): 1300. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Small quarto (8 x 5 9/16 inches; 203 x 142 mm.). 281 leaves, plus one blank leaf at front and two blank leaves at end (fols. 279 and 281 apparently conjoint with two blank vellum leaves, fol. 280 on a stub between the foliated leaves). Apparently complete. Two columns of thirty-four lines. Written by two Italian scribes in black ink in gothic bookhands between four verticals and thirty-five horizontals ruled in faint brown,... Read more about this item
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£101,187.50
The Medici Aesop, Spencer MS 50; From the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library

The Medici Aesop, Spencer MS 50; From the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library

by Aesop; Bernard McTigue, trans.; Everett Fahy, intro

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition, 1989. Quarto, cloth hardcover with gilt titles and decorations in dust jacket, 175 pp., illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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£13.76
Cultural interplay in the eighth century : the Trier Gospels and the making of a scriptorium at Echternach

Cultural interplay in the eighth century : the Trier Gospels and the making of a scriptorium at Echternach

by Netzer, N

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1994. Cloth, 8vo,. xvi, 258 pp, ills. From the publisher's summary: "This is the first detailed study of the Trier Gospels, an important early medieval manuscript. Through an investigation of its production, Professor Netzer reveals the cross-cultural influences among the Insular, Continental, and Mediterranean worlds in the eighth century, demonstrating in particular the complicated process of cultural interplay that took place in the... Read more about this item
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£33.19
A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles. Volume Five: Gothic Manuscripts 1285-1385. Vol.1 : text and illustrations [with] Vol. II: Catalogue. [ 2 vols, complete set ]

A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles. Volume Five: Gothic Manuscripts 1285-1385. Vol.1 : text and illustrations [with] Vol. II: Catalogue. [ 2 vols, complete set ]

by Sandler, L.F

Harvey Miller Publishers, London, first edition, 1986. 2 vols, cloth, folio, 34 cm,. 70 pp, 450 ills + 231 pp. From the blurb: "This volume covers the period from 1285-1385, a century in which English painting flourished with great mastery and produced works of exceptional quality and characteristic style, as exemplified in the East Anglian school that developed both in the provinces and in London. Courtly and aristocratic patronage accounted for many elements in the style of illumination and... Read more about this item
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£399.89
Lindisfarne Gospels

Lindisfarne Gospels

by Backhouse, Janet

Hardback. Acceptable.
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£2.07
Gebett Buch

Gebett Buch

by Stark, Joseph

Wellrichstait (?), Germany , 1768. Full Calf. Card stock slipcase. . Very Good. As fine a folk art Gebetbuch manuscript as one is bound to find, with its artist's identity given and precisely dated to the mid-eigtheenth century. 12mo. 16 by 10 cm. Three title pages, two frontises, 213 pages paginated. 21 pages which are fully painted, or essentially so, with many other pages with substantial illustration, including ornate decorative motives, painted cameos, etc. The style is peasant Rococo,... Read more about this item
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£4,654.62
Late Antique and Early Christian Book Illumination.

Late Antique and Early Christian Book Illumination.

by Weitzmann, Kurt

New York: George Braziller. 1977. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 126 pages. This volume is the third title in a series featuring particularly interesting and appealing pages selected from the most important Eastern and Western Manuscripts. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£9.52
French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry. The Late XIV Century and the Patronage of the Duke

French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry. The Late XIV Century and the Patronage of the Duke

by MEISS, Millard

London and New York: Phaidon Press, 1969. Two volumes, large 4to: text and plates. Profusely illustrated with 845 illustrations, of which 12 are color and tipped-in. Original cloth; dust jackets. A near-fine set with slightest spotting to sheet edges, the jackets fresh and bright. Second edition. [Image shows both this set and the separately-listed volume dedicated to The Boucicaut Master.].
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£101.19
Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts

Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts

by Michelle P Brown

Moderate wear
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£5.05
Illuminated & Calligraphic Manuscripts : An Exhibition Held at the Fogg Art Museum & Houghton Library, February 14-April 1 1955

Illuminated & Calligraphic Manuscripts : An Exhibition Held at the Fogg Art Museum & Houghton Library, February 14-April 1 1955

by Wormald, F. ; Harvard University Library ; Swarzenski, H

[Harvard College Library], Cambridge, first edition, 1955. Printed wrappers, 4to, 28 cm,. 45 pp, 80 pp of plates. 145 entries. From the preface - "The present exhibition includes something less than half of the illuminated and calligraphic manuscripts now on Harvard's shelves and, of course, none of those text manuscripts which are not of artistic interest. It should be admitted that the manuscripts shown are for the most part the best that Harvard possesses of their several kinds, but in some... Read more about this item
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£8.10
The Decorated Letter

The Decorated Letter

by Alexander, J.J.G

Paperback. Very Good.
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£2.18
A Book of Miniatures

A Book of Miniatures

by Formaggio, D. ; Basso, C

Peter Nevill, London, first English-language edition, 1962. Cloth, gilt cover-title, large 4to, 34 cm,. 143, [1] pp, 132 mounted colour ills. From the blurb: "Few of the arts have offered as rewarding and faithful a picture of the culture of their times as has manuscript illumination. And few have contained as concise a history of the painting of a particular era. Here, in a handsome volume containing over 130 beautiful colour plates, we find a history and an interpretation of the exacting art of... Read more about this item
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£15.38
Illuminated and decorated medieval manuscripts in the University Library, Utrecht: an illustrated catalogue

Illuminated and decorated medieval manuscripts in the University Library, Utrecht: an illustrated catalogue

by van der Horst, K

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1989. Cloth, folio,. xiii,75 pp, 719 ills including 23 colour plates. From the blurb: "In the tradition established by Otto Pacht and J.J.G. Alexander with their catalogues of illuminated manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, the present publication presents all the vital information on the miniatures, marginalia and other decorations in the manuscripts of one collection. Thanks to the homogeneous nature of the collection concerned, the... Read more about this item
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£36.43
The Three Dead and the Three Living Men.

The Three Dead and the Three Living Men.

by Anonymous

20th cent.. Facsimile of book illustration from a French manuscript "Livre d'Heures" in color and gold. Irregular right edge. With attached sheet on verso describing illustration. Choice Examples of Book Illumination.
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£80.95
The Golden Age : Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duc de Berry

The Golden Age : Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duc de Berry

by Thomas, Marcel

London UK: Chatto & Windus, 1979. Illustrated throughout with 40 color plates and B&W art reproductions. Covers clean, colors bright, minor edge and handling wear. Pages [119] clean, unmarked, binding tight, very slight lean to spine, light top block dust spotting. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws... Read more about this item
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£9.71
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