Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work

Jonathan J.G. Alexander

ISBN 10: 0300056893 / ISBN 13: 9780300056891

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1992

About this Item

Book measures 29x22cm, 214pp. Illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, fine. A very good clean copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven & London
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300056893
• ISBN 13: 9780300056891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

In this beautifully produced and illustrated volume (247 illustrations, about 30 in color, including a number of full-page plates) Alexander (art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York) presents a survey of manuscript illumination throughout Europe from the fourth to the sixteenth century. He discusses the social and historical context of the illuminators' lives, considers their methods of work, and presents a series of case studies to show the range and nature of the visual sources and the ways in which they were adapted, copied, or created anew. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.