N.P. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977. 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 188 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Exlibris with markings of Temple University. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE TYPOLOGY OF THE EARLY CODEX
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Paris: Editions du Chene, 1950. 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 120 pages. First edition in English. With many tipped-in plates in full color. One of the more important books on illuminated lettering. Near fine. READ MORE about THE DECORATED LETTER, FROM THE VIIITH TO THE XIITH CENTURY
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Paris: Éditions du Chene, 1949. 4to. dust jacket. 120 pages. Reprint of the 1943 first edition. Lacking the jacket. Covers scuffed and lightly soiled. With many tipped-in plates in full color. One of the more important books on illuminated lettering. READ MORE about LETTRE ORNEE, DANS LES MANUSCRITS DU XVIIIe
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Paris: Éditions Klincksieck, 1971. 4to. paper-covered boards. 51, (5) pages, with plates. Text in French. No. VI in the Bibliothèque des Cahiers Archéologiques, published under the direction of André Grabar and Jean Hubert. A study of the Florence Laur. VI. 23 manuscript, the four Gospels. Preface by Grabar. Foreword. Introduction, descriptive information about each folio and table of contents. 64 pages of black and white plates. Bookplate on front pastedown. Boards lightly soiled. READ MORE about LE TÉTRAÉVANGILE DE LA LAURENTIENNE
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 238 pages. Second edition; revised, with the addition of color plates and new information on ancient Egyptian Papyrus gilding. The Gilded Page traces the history of gilding from ancient Egypt and Babylon through Rome, the Near East, Mediæval and Renaissance Europe, and finally into the modern day studio. This is a must-have book for book artists and illuminators, explaining in detail..... READ MORE about THE GILDED PAGE: THE HISTORY & TECHNIQUE OF MANUSCRIPT GILDING
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New York: George Braziller Inc., 1997. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First edition. A fine copy in lightly faded jacket. Published in connection with a 1997 exhibition at the Morgan Library. The Book of Hours per se originated in the 13th century when the Hours of the Virgin, the Calendar, the Litany, the Office of the Dead, and various other texts began to be separated out from the Psalter and produced separately for..... READ MORE about PAINTED PRAYERS, THE BOOK OF HOURS IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ART
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Berkeley: The University of California Press, (1984). folio. cloth, dust jacket. 229, (1) pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Speculum Humanae Salvationis or "Mirror of Human Salvation" is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts, blockbooks and in sixteen later incunabula, and was so popular that more than 350 manuscripts, most with miniatures, still survive. This book includes 233 illustrations, 16 in color, which consist of miniatures from 27 manuscripts, reproductions of..... READ MORE about MEDIEVAL MIRROR, SPECULUM HUMANE SALVATIONIS, 1324-1500
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