Understanding illuminated manuscripts  -  Michelle P. Brown

a guide to technical terms

KORTE INHOUD

What is a florilegium? What is an incipit? What is batarde script? This book--part of the Museum's popular Looking at series--offers definitions of these and numerous other techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer are presented in an easily portable format. With numerous illustrations, many of them in color, this volume will be invaluable to all readers wishing to increase their understanding and enjoyment of illuminated manuscripts.
1994 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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1994 Uitgever: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library 127 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0712303405 ISBN-13: 9780712303408
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