Scribes and illuminators / Christopher De Hamel.

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Scribes and illuminators / Christopher De Hamel.

Entry/Object ID

2009.13.162

Description

72 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 71) and index. "This survey describes each stage of production from the preparation of the vellum, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the final decoration and illumination of the book. The author then examines the role of the stationer or bookshop in co-ordinating book production, describes the supply of exemplars and accuracy of texts, and then follows the careers of a number of specific scribes and illuminators who emerge not as anonymous monks but as identifiable professional lay artisans. He also looks at who bought the completed books and why, and how much they paid for them. Scribes and illuminators ends with a glimpse of how the manuscripts were stored, and how the patrons regarded the craftsmanship for which they had paid. The timespan ranges from the eleventh century through the golden age of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to the luxurious manuscripts in existence at the discovery of printing."--Page 4 of cover.

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Search Terms

Manuscripts, Medieval., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval., Books, Book industries and trade, Livres, Book industries and trade., Illuminators., Scribes., Buchmalerei., Handschrift., Schreiber., Buchmaler., History, History., Histoire,1400-1600., Histoire,400-1400., Industrie et commerce,Histoire., 400-1450., 1450-1600., Book,Europe,History, Illumination,of,books,and,manuscripts,,Medieval

Dimensions

Height

22 cm

Book Details

Author

Christopher De Hamel

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Place Published

City

Toronto

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Date Published

1992

Place Printed

* Untyped Place Printed

Singapore

Binding

Binding Type

Paperback Booklet

Binding Designer

Roger Davies

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

British Museum

Related Places

Place

Continent

Europe

Web Links and URLs

https://lccn.loc.gov/92219912