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(Illuminated Manuscripts). König, Eberhard.

LEUCHTENDES MITTELALTER NEUE FOLGE II: DREIUNDDREIßIG MITTELALTERLICHE HANDSCHRIFTEN AUS BYZANZ, ITALIEN, FRANKREICH, DEUTSCHLAND, FLANDERN UND DEN NIEDERLANDEN VOM 11. BIS ZUM FRÜHEN 16. JAHRHUNDERT.

(Rotthalmünster, Germany): Heribert Tenschert, 1998. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 480 pages. Text in German, with English summaries to all items at the beginning of each description. Foreword by Tenschert, table of contents, introduction by the author, index of authors, translators, and editors. Contributions by Gaudenz Freuler, Johannes Gottfried Mayer, Kurt Ruh, Karin Schneider, John Sharpe, and Heribert Tenschert. Color illustrations throughout. Commentary on illuminated manuscripts from across Europe. READ MORE about LEUCHTENDES MITTELALTER NEUE FOLGE II: DREIUNDDREIßIG MITTELALTERLICHE HANDSCHRIFTEN AUS BYZANZ,...

Price: $140.00 Order nr. 130784

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Lynskey, Marie.

ILLUMINATION FOR CALLIGRAPHERS.

Wellingborough: Thorsons Publishers Limited, (1990). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 143+(1) pages. First edition. The complete guide for the ambitious calligrapher, covering subjects such as decorative borders, historiated initials, designing illuminated charts, and decorative maps. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about ILLUMINATION FOR CALLIGRAPHERS

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 126295

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Medica, Massimo.

IL LIBRO D'ORE DI BONAPARTE GHISLIERI.

Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. 8vo. morocco binding adorned with silver and enamel work and semi-preciuos stones, clamshell case. 274, 247 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 980 copies. This extremely refined masterwork of the Italian Renaissance (1503) was commissioned by Bonaparte Ghislieri, who belonged to a leading family of Bologna. Also Bolognese was the calligrapher, Pietro Antonio Sallando (a grammarian at the city's university and a renowned calligraphy master). A treasury of..... READ MORE about IL LIBRO D'ORE DI BONAPARTE GHISLIERI

Price: $11,250.00 Order nr. 105364

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Mulas, Pier Luigi.

IL LIBRO D'ORE TORRIANI.

Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2009. Large Miniature. Bound by hand (gilded silver binding covers and spine), clamshell case. 30, 333 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 980 copies. With its extraordinary binding and highly elaborate illumination work, while very small, this precious Book of Hours must be considered an absolute masterpiece. The Commentary: The work is accompanied by a book with commentary, edited by Pier Luigi Mulas, with writings by Marco Collareta, Jean-Baptiste..... READ MORE about IL LIBRO D'ORE TORRIANI

Price: $8,750.00 Order nr. 105361

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Oakeshott, Walter.

THE ARTISTS OF THE WINCHESTER BIBLE.

London: Faber and Faber, (1945). 8vo. cloth. x, 22 pages followed by 22 pages of plates. In the twelfth century a series of large bibles was produced in England, the best known of which is now in Winchester Cathedral. Forty-four illuminations and drawings from this magnificent work are here reproduced, with an introduction, information on the six artists, and notes concerning each plate. Minor fading to spine. Covers lightly soiled. Minor foxing to preliminary pages..... READ MORE about THE ARTISTS OF THE WINCHESTER BIBLE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 47921

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Pächt, Otto and J.J.G. Alexander.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY OXFORD 1: GERMAN, DUTCH, FLEMISH, FRENCH AND SPANISH SCHOOLS.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 108 pages, with plates. First volume in the Bodleian's "Illuminated Manuscripts" series. A bibliography of illuminated manuscripts held by the Bodleian Library as noted in the title. Color frontispiece. 906 entries. Concordance of Bodleian shelf-marks, indices of other manuscripts cited, dated or datable manuscripts, texts and authors, illuminators and scribes, persons (mainly owners), coats of arms, and places. List of illustrations. 66 pages of black and..... READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY OXFORD 1: GERMAN, DUTCH, FLEMISH, FRENCH AND...

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 109449

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Parker, Satoko I., Walter A. Frankel and Marie E. K.

SAINTS, SCRIBES, AND SCHOLARS, AN EXHIBITION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT S AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS.

Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 32, (2) pages. Illustrated. Name in ink in corner of title page. READ MORE about SAINTS, SCRIBES, AND SCHOLARS, AN EXHIBITION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT S AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31438

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Saunders, O. Elfrida.

ENGLISH ILLUMINATION.

2 volumes.
Florence, Italy: Pantheon [printed in Italy for the Pegasus Press and designed at the Officina Bodoni] / New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., n.d. but 1928. 4to. cloth, spine gilt-stamped, top edges gilt. xx,(ii),132; (iv) pages, with 101 and 159 additional leaves in vols. I and II respectively. 2 volumes. First edition. In the 1920's, the Pegasus Press (or "À l'enseigne du Pégase") of John Holroyd-Reece, based in Paris, published a number of art books..... READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUMINATION

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 130557

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Sotheby's.

WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES.

3 Volumes.
London, England: Sotheby's, 1992-4. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 131, (5); 91, (9); 135, (7) pages. 3 Volumes. Auctions, June 23, 1992, December 6, 1993, and December 5, 1994. 95, 75, and 99 lots, respectively. Black and white illustrations throughout each volume. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 131551

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Sullivan, Timothy M. and Rebecca M. Valette.

REFLECTIONS ON THE CONNOLLY BOOK OF HOURS.

Chestnut Hill, MA: University Press of Boston College, 1999. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. First edition. The Connolly Book of Hours is a beautiful example of fifteenth-century French manuscript art preserved in the collection of the John J. Burns Library at Boston College. Comprised of gospel readings, commemorative prayers for the saints and the Little Office of Our Lady, this Book of Hours provided a wide range of topics for the decorations of..... READ MORE about REFLECTIONS ON THE CONNOLLY BOOK OF HOURS

Price: $19.95 Order nr. 63805

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Sweeney, James Johnson.

IRISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD.

N.P. Collins, (1966). 12mo. paper wrappers. 26 pages of text followed by 28 plates. Reprint. The 28 plates are in color. READ MORE about IRISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 8018

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Thoss, Dagmar.

FLÄMISCHE BUCHMALEREI HANDSCHRIFTEN UND INKUNABELSAMMLUNG DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK.

Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck u Verlagsanstalt, 1987. 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 160, (2) pages, plates. Table of contents, Foreword, introduction, index. Flemish and Burgundian illuminated manuscripts in the Austrian National Library.112 color and black and white plates follow text. READ MORE about FLÄMISCHE BUCHMALEREI HANDSCHRIFTEN UND INKUNABELSAMMLUNG DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133282

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Tymms, W.R.

THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AS PRACTISED IN EUROPE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES.

London, England: Day and Son, (1860). 4to. cloth. unpaginated. Introductory essay by M. Digby Wyatt. List of the plates. Frontispiece. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges and along spine. Lacks plates. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AS PRACTISED IN EUROPE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 130614

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Watson, Rowan.

PLAYFAIR HOURS: A LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FROM ROUEN.

(London, England): Victoria and Albert Museum, (1984). 8vo. cloth, decorated endpapers, slipcase with inlaid color illustration. 126, (2) pages. Table of contents, list of abbreviations, introduction, list of figures, endnotes. Black and white frontispiece, 30 black and white illustrations in text. 32 color plates follow text. READ MORE about PLAYFAIR HOURS: A LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FROM ROUEN

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 131252

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Weitzmann, Kurt.

LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN BOOK ILLUMINATION.

New York: George Braziller, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 126 pages. First edition. Beautifully illustrated with 48 full color plates. READ MORE about LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN BOOK ILLUMINATION

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 30379

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Wormald, Francis and Phyllis M. Giles (editors).

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM.

Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 1966. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 51+(1) pages followed by 32 plates. A catalogue for an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of the museum's founder. 150 items, fully described, illustrated with 32 plates. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 105110

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Boase, T.S.R. (preface).

ENGLISH ROMANESQUE ILLUMINATION.

Oxford: Bodleian Library, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 12 pages followed by 25 plates. Bodleian Picture Book No. 1. Cover slightly soiled. Minor wear and soiling. Very small black ink mark (?) on title page which leached through the text, but not the plates. READ MORE about ENGLISH ROMANESQUE ILLUMINATION

Price: $6.00 Order nr. 102192

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE REPRODUCTIONS DE MANUSCRIPTS A PEINTURES.

16e Année (Exercice 1932), 2 volumes (bound periodical and packet of loose plates)
Paris: Société française de Reproductions de Manuscripts a Peintures, 1933. 4to. stiff paper wrapper, envelope (for plates). (v), 78 pages and 23 plates. 16e Année (Exercice 1932), 2 volumes (bound periodical and packet of loose plates). This issue of the Bulletin features an article by Guy de la Batut about the principle illuminated manuscripts of the Mazarin Library. It also contains a bibliography of publications (including sale catalogues) issued from 1929 through 1932 related to..... READ MORE about BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE REPRODUCTIONS DE MANUSCRIPTS A PEINTURES

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 79819

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ENGLISH ILLUMINATION OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES.

Oxford: Bodleian Library, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 10 pages followed by 22 pages of plates. First published 1954. Number 10 of the Bodleian Picture Books Series. With an index of the 22 black-and-white plate pages. Edges lightly tanned, minor soiling. READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUMINATION OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 102293

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

FRENCH AND FLEMISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM CHICAGO COLLECTIONS.

Chicago: Newberry Library, 1969. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. 24 illuminated manuscripts are illustrated and described in detail. Some illustrations are in color. Acquisition date in ink in corner of front cover. READ MORE about FRENCH AND FLEMISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM CHICAGO COLLECTIONS

Price: $13.00 Order nr. 6243

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE.

Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1949. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 85 pages and 80 plates. An exhibition catalogue. Wrappers slightly faded. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE

Price: $7.00 Order nr. 9197

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE.

Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1949. 4to. cloth-backed boards with original cover laid down on cloth as issued. xiv, 85 pages and 80 plates. An exhibition catalogue. Some foxing. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 47070

(Illuminated Manuscripts). King, James C. and Werner Vogler.

THE CULTURE OF THE ABBEY OF ST. GALL.

Stuttgart, Germany: Belser Verlag, (1991). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 252 pages. Contents, foreword by Vogler, afterword by King, chronology, general bibliography, authors' addresses, photographic credits, index of persons and places. 34 color plates, 68 black and white illustrations. Contributors include Dieter Geuenich, Ivo Auf der Maur, Johannes Duft, Walter Berschin, Christoph Eggenberger, Peter Ochsenbein, Stefan Sonderegger, Heinz Horat, Hans Martin Gubler, and Rosamond McKitterick. READ MORE about THE CULTURE OF THE ABBEY OF ST. GALL

Price: $60.00 Order nr. 130852

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

[Medieval manuscripts]. Leaf from a Book of Hours.

n.p. n.p., (c. 1472). 20.3x14.4 cm. (leaf), 10.3x6.6 cm. (text). single vellum leaf. Latin text in black ink on vellum, littera textualis, with three initials initialed in blue, red, and gold on recto and verso. 14 lines per page. Three one-line dentelle initials. READ MORE about Medieval manuscripts]. Leaf from a Book of Hours

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 135254

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Metz, Dr. Peter (editor).

GOLDEN GOSPELS OF ECHTERNACH, CODEX AUREUS EPTERNACENSIS.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1957). 4to. cloth, slipcase. 96 pages of text and 108 pages of color and monochrome plates. History with many illustrations of this early Luxemburg illuminated manuscript. Text based on the German text by Dr. Metz. Light sunning to edge of slipcase, else fine. READ MORE about GOLDEN GOSPELS OF ECHTERNACH, CODEX AUREUS EPTERNACENSIS

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 37631

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