Western Illuminated Manuscripts : Manuscripts in the National Art Library, V&A, from the Eleventh to the Early Twentieth Century
by
Rowan Watson
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1851776494
ISBN-13
9781851776498
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Imprint
V & A Publishing
Country of Manufacture
CN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 19th, 2011
Print length
1316 Pages
Weight
860 grams
Dimensions
20.80 x 26.70 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
History of art / art & design stylesDecorative artsTypography & letteringIllustration
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This catalogue of illuminated manuscripts in the V&A's National Art Library provides a history of an art form over eight centuries. It documents not only the practice of medieval and Renaissance illumination, but also the survival of medieval book-making crafts alongside printing in the post-Renaissance period.
This lush, three-volume slipcased set catalogues the V&As superb collection of Western illuminated manuscripts. Providing a history of an art form spanning eight centuries as an integral part of the decorative arts, it documents not only the practice of medieval and Renaissance illumination, but also the survival of medieval bookmaking crafts alongside printing in the post-Renaissance periodand their revival in the 19th century. The three volumes bring together for the first time works such as the St. Denis Missal of 1350 and the Chambord Missal of 1844, the Sanvito Petrarch of 146364 and William Morriss Book of Verse
of 1870. Catalogue descriptions discuss each work in detail and pay particular attention to the changing ways in which they have been evaluated and used through the centuries.
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