Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys Into The Medieval World
by Christopher de Hamel /
2017 / English / Kindle
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An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the
medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's
leading experts.
An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the
medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's
leading experts.
Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper
Prize.
Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper
Prize.
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscriptsis a captivating
examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval
period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader
into intimate conversations with these texts to explore what they
tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history - and
about the modern world, too.
is a captivating
examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval
period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader
into intimate conversations with these texts to explore what they
tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history - and
about the modern world, too.
In so doing, de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints,
scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, and collectors. He
traces the elaborate journeys that these exceptionally precious
artifacts have made through time and shows us how they have been
copied, how they have been embroiled in politics, how they have
been regarded as objects of supreme beauty and as symbols of
national identity, and who has owned them or lusted after them (and
how we can tell).
In so doing, de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints,
scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, and collectors. He
traces the elaborate journeys that these exceptionally precious
artifacts have made through time and shows us how they have been
copied, how they have been embroiled in politics, how they have
been regarded as objects of supreme beauty and as symbols of
national identity, and who has owned them or lusted after them (and
how we can tell).
From the earliest book in medieval England to the incomparable Book
of Kells to the oldest manuscript of the
From the earliest book in medieval England to the incomparable Book
of Kells to the oldest manuscript of theCanterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales,
these encounters tell a narrative of intellectual culture and art
over the course of a millennium. Two of the manuscripts
visited are now in libraries of North America, the Morgan Library
in New York and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
,
these encounters tell a narrative of intellectual culture and art
over the course of a millennium. Two of the manuscripts
visited are now in libraries of North America, the Morgan Library
in New York and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the
reader,
Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the
reader,Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscriptsallows us
to experience some of the greatest works of art in our culture to
give us a different perspective on history and on how we come by
knowledge.
allows us
to experience some of the greatest works of art in our culture to
give us a different perspective on history and on how we come by
knowledge.
