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The Historical Source Book for Scribes
Price:
$65.00
ISBN: 9781442629257
Pub Date: April 2015
A fully illustrated exploration of fifteen writing styles drawn from historical manuscripts. Clear examples show how the scripts were developed and used in the past and how they can be written by modern calligraphers.
A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600
Price:
$58.00
ISBN: 9780802072061
Pub Date: November 1993
Brown provides a synopsis of each of the major phases of development, a bibliography at the beginning of each section, and comments on regional and chronological diffusion where appropriate.
Illuminating the Book
Makers and Interpreters
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ISBN: 9780802044112
Pub Date: April 1998
Essays in honour of Janet Backhouse, Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at The British Library reflect herown research interests in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance, and in the interaction between English collectors and continental book producers.
The Book of Cerne
Prayer, Patronage and Power in Ninth-Century England
Price:
$139.00
ISBN: 9780802041135
Pub Date: May 1996
The ninth-century Book of Cerne offers a fascinating insight into Insular culture and is the only surviving illuminated manuscript that can be firmly attributed to the powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age
Price:
$76.00
ISBN: 9780802090966
Pub Date: April 2007
This new book provides an authoritative introduction to the art of book production in the Anglo-Saxon period and an historical overview of the period by means of its book culture, and illustrates in colour over 140 examples of the finest Anglo-Saxon books in The British Library and other major collections.
The Lindisfarne Gospels
Society, Spirituality, and the Scribe
Price:
$71.00
ISBN: 9780802085979
Pub Date: May 2003
The questions of where and when the Lindisfarne Gospels were made are addressed, but just as importantly the 'why' is explored, in the context of new research concerning the technical innovation of its maker, his spiritual motivation and the needs of the society in which he worked.

The Historical Source Book for Scribes
$65.00
ISBN: 9781442629257
Pub Date: April 2015
A fully illustrated exploration of fifteen writing styles drawn from historical manuscripts. Clear examples show how the scripts were developed and used in the past and how they can be written by modern calligraphers.
A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600
$58.00
ISBN: 9780802072061
Pub Date: November 1993
Brown provides a synopsis of each of the major phases of development, a bibliography at the beginning of each section, and comments on regional and chronological diffusion where appropriate.
Illuminating the Book
Makers and Interpreters
ISBN: 9780802044112
Pub Date: April 1998
Essays in honour of Janet Backhouse, Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at The British Library reflect herown research interests in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance, and in the interaction between English collectors and continental book producers.
The Book of Cerne
Prayer, Patronage and Power in Ninth-Century England
$139.00
ISBN: 9780802041135
Pub Date: May 1996
The ninth-century Book of Cerne offers a fascinating insight into Insular culture and is the only surviving illuminated manuscript that can be firmly attributed to the powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age
$76.00
ISBN: 9780802090966
Pub Date: April 2007
This new book provides an authoritative introduction to the art of book production in the Anglo-Saxon period and an historical overview of the period by means of its book culture, and illustrates in colour over 140 examples of the finest Anglo-Saxon books in The British Library and other major collections.
The Lindisfarne Gospels
Society, Spirituality, and the Scribe
$71.00
ISBN: 9780802085979
Pub Date: May 2003
The questions of where and when the Lindisfarne Gospels were made are addressed, but just as importantly the 'why' is explored, in the context of new research concerning the technical innovation of its maker, his spiritual motivation and the needs of the society in which he worked.