De Hamel C (31 results)

Condition: New.

Laminated pictorial wrappers, square 4to, 22 cm, 72 pp, 35 colour and 28 black-and-white ills. From the blurb: "More illuminated manuscripts survive than any other artefact from the Middle Ages.This survey describes each stage of production from the preparation of the vellum, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the final decoration and illumination of the book. The author then examines the role of the stationer or bookshop in co-ordinating book production, describes the supply of exemplars and accuracy of texts, and then follows the careers of a number of specific scribes and illuminators who emerge not as anonymous monks but as identifiable professional lay artisans. He also looks at who bought the completed books and why, and how much they paid for them. Scribes and Illuminators ends with a glimpse of how the manuscripts were read, and how the patrons regarded the craftsmanship for which they had paid. The timespan ranges from the eleventh century through the golden age of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to the luxurious manuscripts in existence at the discovery of printing." Near Fine.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

4to. 256pp. Color frontispiece. 250 illus., 80 in color. Original cloth, slightly worn. .

Cloth, 4to, 29 cm, 256 pp, 250 ills, 80 in colour. From the blurb: "Illuminated manuscripts are among the greatest glories of medieval art. They survive in large numbers and have immense popular appeal. Reproductions of miniatures and decorated pages are to be found everywhere, from greeting cards and wrapping paper to expensive facsimiles, and yet hitherto no history of this vast subject has been readily available. Christopher de Hamel's book fulfils a longfelt need for a general introduction to the whole subject of the making of books in the Middle Ages. Books were written and illuminated for particular purposes, and the author concentrates our attention on the types of book that were most characteristic of different epochs, beginning with the early Christian missionaries of Ireland and Northumbria, and culminating in Renaissance Italy. He vividly describes the 'widely varying circumstances in which books were created - monks copying devotional works in their scriptoria, commercial booksellers in Paris producing textbooks for university students, celebrated artists painting exquisite miniatures for aristocratic patrons, humanists searching out and transcribing ancient manuscripts of classical authors.As the story unfolds, the amazing variety of medieval manuscripts and their illumination is put into a historical context, and the gradual shift from purely religious to a wide range of secular interests is traced. At every stage the fundamental questions about book production are answered - who wrote the books, who read them, who paid for them, how they were actually made, what texts they contained, what purposes they served, and how their lavish decoration originated and developed. The illustrations, many of them fullpage colour plates, reveal not only the sheer beauty but also the remarkable range of types of medieval manuscript. They have been carefully chosen to show the development of style in script, illumination and book design, and in the captions many of the telltale clues are pointed out that help to identify and date manuscripts, and even ascribe them to their place of origin. In A History of Illuminated Manuscripts Christopher de Hamel has brought together a vast amount of information that was previously accessible only to specialists." Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Paper covers. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition. Photographs by John C. Taylor. As new. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Condition: New.

Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, approximately 40 pp, colour ills. 20 items. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox Ltd, London, November - December 1989. With an introduction by Christopher de Hamel. Each item has a full-page description with a facing colour illustration. Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Modern architecture magazine, this issue includes Finlandia Hall by Alvar Aalto photographed by Richard Einzig, also Aalto's Abbey Library, Mount Angel, tobacco factory by Arup, motorway service stations with photos by Bruno de Hamel (Corley, Leigh Delamere, and Woolley Edge) with many fascinating trade advertisements. Slight shelf wear to cover edges. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Condition: NEW.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to, 25 cm, 200 pp, 198 ills (24 in colour). From the blurb: "This is the first comprehensive catalogue and visual record of the manuscripts, produced during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, which are now in public and private collections in New Zealand. It also represents the final stage of a detailed survey of illuminated books in Australian and New Zealand collections initiated by Margaret Manion and Vera Vines a decade ago, and it forms a sequel to Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts in Australian Collections, published by Thames and Hudson in 1984. Over 180 entries describe complete books or fragments, with Christopher de Hamel drawing special attention to text and provenance and to the ways in which these ancient European manuscripts came to rest in the Antipodes. Brief histories of the formation of the public collections and of the role of their significant donors - men such as George Grey and Henry Shaw in Auckland, A.H. Reed in Dunedin, and Alexander Turnbull and John Ilott in Wellington - introduce the entries, which are grouped under particular libraries and museums. Examples of late Byzantine, English, French, Netherlandish, German, Bohemian and Italian illumination are liberally reproduced in colour and black-and-white, and pen-flourished and painted initials, decorated borders and miniatures are all located within their specific art-historical contexts. Manuscripts of outstanding quality include a twelfth-century illuminated copy of De Musica by Boethius, which once belonged to the monastic library of Christ College, Canterbury, and a two-volume missal, with an unusually detailed series of miniatures, executed for Charles de Neufchâtel, Archbishop of Besançon (c. 1463). This important work of scholarship will be invaluable, not only to art historians, textual scholars and palaeographers, but to all those interested in the varied relationships between text, image and decoration in the history of the hand-crafted book." Darkened area to foot of front board, otherwise Near Very Good.

Red Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. previous owner's name to ffep., postage reduced within the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 158 pp.

Condition: NEW.

Condition: NEW.

Cloth, 4to, 29 cm, 272 pp, colour ills. From the blurb: "Medieval manuscripts are counted among the greatest glories of Western civilization. With their gold and painted decoration and their charming miniatures, they have always had immense appeal, and images from them can be seen everywhere - from greeting cards and wrapping paper to expensive facsimiles. This entertaining and authoritative book is the first to provide a general introduction to the whole subject of the making of books from the Dark Ages to the invention of printing and beyond. Christopher de Hamel vividly describes the widely different cir cumstances in which manuscripts were created, from the earliest monastic Gospel Books to university textbooks, secular romances, Books of Hours and classical texts for humanist bibliophiles. As the story unfolds the wonderful variety of manuscripts and their illumi nation is revealed, and many fundamental questions are answered - who wrote the books, what texts they contained, who read them, how they were made and what purposes they served. Illuminated manuscripts have always been highly valued, and among them are some of the world's great masterpieces of art. With its lively narrative and many new and superb illustrations, this new edition of a much-praised book provides the perfect introduc tion to a large and fascinating subject.'Suffice it to say that there is not a dull word . in the whole book, and that professional as well as beginners can (and should) read it with profit as well as pleasure.' - The Book Collector". Fine in Very Good dustwrapper.

Condition: NEW.

Condition: NEW.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Wonderful and witty scholarship. pp.616. Illus. Signed dedication on ffep. DW in archival sleeve. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Nice new ed of 'Scribes and Illuminators', 1992. pp153, many illus. French folds.

Laminated illustrated wrappers, folio, 30 cm, 319, [1] pp ; colour ills. 16 items. From the preface - "The sixteen manuscripts in this catalogue contribute to the history of the first millennium of the Bible in the Latin West. The project for a catalogue like this is, in itself, almost unimaginable in the twenty-first century. There has probably never before been a trade or auction catalogue devoted exclusively to codices (not fragments) of the Bible - or indeed of any other type of medieval manuscript -of this early date. To compose the present catalogue, we were able to assemble a selection of exceptional manuscripts from one of the great European private collections of medieval manuscripts and art at the highest level. Distinguished for its unusual focus on monastic study, the collection is especially rich in early manuscripts." Contents include: Preface; Introduction; I The Liesborn Gospels, Northwestern Germany (Liesborn Abbey?), c. 980-1000; 2 Gospel Lectionary, Northern Spain, Catalonia (Ripoll?), c. 1040-60; 3 Gospel Lectionary, Iberian Peninsula (Portugal, Lorvao?, or Northern Spain), c. 1140-60; 4 The Rebdorf Psalter, Southern Germany, c. 1130-60; 5 The Buxheim Psalter, Southern Germany (Augsburg?), c. 1220-40 (before 1235?); 6 BRUNO, Correction and Completion of PATERIUS, Germany, Swabia (St. Blaise Abbey?), c. 1090-1100;7 JEROME, Expositio super Psalmos triginta, Italy (Northern?), c. 1125-50; 8 GREGORY THE GREAT, Moralia in Job, Northern Italy (Morimondo Abbey), c. 1150-75; 9 AUGUSTINE, Enarrationes in Psalmos; Austria (Lambach Abbey), c. 1150-1175; 10 ORIGEN, Homiliae in Cenesim et Exodum, Austria (Lambach Abbey?) c. 1150-1175; 11 HAIMO OF AUXERRE, Commentarium in Cantica canticorum, Northern Germany, Thuringia (Erfurt), c. 1175-1200; 12 HUGH OF SAINT VICTOR, Dialogus de creatione mundi; and Homiliae in Ecdesiasten, Eastern France (Lorraine?), c. 1150-75; 13 Vulgate Bible, Job with the Clossa Ordinaria, Northern Italy, c. 1125-40; 14 Vulgate Bible, Epistles of St. Paul with the Glossa Ordinario, Northern Italy (Milan?), c. 1140-60; 15 Vulgate Bible, Gospel of Mark with the Glossa Ordinaria, Northern Italy (Tuscany?), c. 1150-1175; 16 Vulgate Bible, Apocalypse and Catholic Epistles with the Glossa Ordinaria, Southern Europe (Spain?), c. 1175-1200; Bibliography; Biographies. Near Fine, with a creased price-list and an invitation card to the exhibition tipped-in.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Excellent and well illus. account. De Hamel writes well. pp256.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Excellent and well illus. account. De Hamel writes well; rather dry humour. pp256. DW in archival sleeve.

Condition: Good. Original gilt lettered red cloth, numerous (full page) illustrations partly in colour, 4to.; Dust jacket missing.

Essais, N°1, 104 p., broché, environ 280x230mm, des défauts sur la couverture (salie, quelques petites fentes sur les bords, coins cornés), pages un peu froissées, bon état pour le reste.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Language:Chinese.Hardcover. Pub Date: 312 Publisher: Machinery Industry Press This book is about strategy - about a company used to shape its future strategy. In many ways. the strategy has been scanned in the past many years. and people suspect sinus. Consultants who have also focused on strategies have now turned to operation management issues. Strategic planning of each company .

Rilegato. Condition: ottimo. edizione limitata. Bestiario di Peterborough (The Peterborough Bestiary). Cambridge, Parker Library in the Corpus Christi College, MS 053, fols. 189r 209v. Salerno Editrice, Roma, 2004. Realizzato in un abbazia dell Inghilterra orientale (1300 ca.) all interno vi sono raffigurate immagini di cani, cavalli, scimmie, leoni, elefanti, cervi, sirene, la mitizzata fenice e altri animali reali e immaginari in centinaia di figure spesso su sfondo d oro. Legatura in pelle di vitello con incisioni a secco sui piatti e cordoni al dorso. Formato 24x35 cm. Pagine 44 (22 fogli). Commentario in italiano (21x30 cm. Pagine 91). Tiratura limitata e numerata di 1480 copie (dal 296 al 595 riservate all Italia). Condizioni ottime. 2000g. Pelle di vitello con incisioni a secco sui piatti e cordoni al dorso.

Leinen. Quart. Codices Mirabiles Vol. V. Faksimile und Kommentarband (in Ital., Introduzione di Lucy Freeman Sandler; Trascrizione del testo latino di Christopher de Hamel). Braun. Leder mit reicher Blindprägung und Leinen im Acrylglasschuber. Sprache: Italienisch, tadellos - deutscher Kommentar kann bei Bedarf besorgt werden.

Paris, 1995. In-4, 272 pp., table, index, planches couleurs. Reliure éditeur, sous jaquette.