- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division; illustrated edition edition (July 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0712348409
- ISBN-13: 978-0712348409
- Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 21.8 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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""Best illuminated book on the market. Every page is crammed with beautiful dear colour illustrations. Best of all it is affordable."
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The British Library houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of Western illuminated manuscripts in the world. This book offers an anthology in colour chosen from more than two hundred of them. So very comprehensive are the British Library collections that the majority of the most significant schools of illumination in medieval Europe can be represented. Furthermore, most of the manuscripts contain dozens, if not hundreds, of images, only visible to those who have the privilege of turning their delicate pages.
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Recommended,
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This review is from: The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in The British Library (Hardcover)
This is one of the best books on illuminated manuscripts currently available. The book is hardcover, full color throughout, and many nice reproductions. There is a nice variety in the work shown and good commentary. If you get this at the discounted price, this is a hard book to beat in quantity and quality. Along with A History of Illuminated Manuscripts this is a must-have book.
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Beautifully reproduced. Excellent clarity and colour!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in The British Library (Hardcover)
What can I say? I have been researching this specific field now for the last five years, and rarely find such a magnificent reproduction as this! Excellent job on the colour balance, and many miniatures I have not seen in any other books. Well done.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best "bang for the buck" period illumination book on market.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in The British Library (Hardcover)
Best "bang for the buck" period illumination book on the market. Every page is crammed with beautiful, clear color photos of ten centuries of period illumination styles. There are 'leaves' and 'hours' in there that I have never seen before. Best of all (and unlike other books I could name) it's affordable and within the reach of the true 'starving artist' (and it's about time).
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