Meetings with remarkable manuscripts

This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, and yet there is an undeniable thrill in actually...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Hamel, Christopher 1950- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
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Published: [London] Penguin Books 2018
In:Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: De Hamel, Christopher, 1950-, Meetings with remarkable manuscripts] (2019) (Kraus, Thomas J., 1965 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Illuminated manuscript / History 500-1500
Further subjects:B Illustrated book
B Manuscripts, European Manuscripts, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Manuscripts, European Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Manuscripts, Medieval