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A pageant of manuscript books from the 13th to the 19 centuries
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ISBN: 096342551X Year: 1993 Publisher: Paris Les Enluminures


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Parchment and gold : 25 years of Dr. Jörn Günther rare books
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ISBN: 9783033049352 3033049354 Year: 2015 Volume: 11 Publisher: Stalden Jörn Günther rare books


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Four remarkable manuscripts from the Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9780997184273 0997184272 Year: 2018 Publisher: London: Holberton,

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This beautiful catalogue explores four books that are remarkable survivals of what people read in the Middle Ages? the finest of medieval Bibles (the greatest text of Western civilization), one of the oldest 'Books of Hours' (the most famous medieval manuscripts of all), 'Biography' (the unique legend of an Anglo-Saxon princess), and the 'History of Troy' (the oldest chivalric story in European history). 0These are all manuscripts unknown on the market for at least eighty years. One of the four was last described in print in 1588; the others were last catalogued for sale in 1909, 1932 and 1938 respectively. All are richly illustrated, with a total of 133 miniatures between them, as well as hundreds of borders and illuminated animals and grotesques. Some of the finest artists of the period were responsible for the miniatures, and at least two of them likely issue directly from the greatest of European courts

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