Illuminated Manuscripts
Subtitle: Their Origin, History And Characteristics
Publisher: Henry Young & Sons
Published: 1897
Place of publication: Liverpool, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Language and Art : whence are they? vii; title: Illuminated Manuscripts: what are they? 1; title: Their Origin 5; title: Their use by early Christians 9; title: Under Constantine and Successors 13; title: Under Charlemagne and his Successors 19; title: Styles of Illumination prior to A.D. 1000 :; title: Byzantine 21; title: Anglo Saxon 32; title: Carlovingian 49; title: Styles of Illumination subsequent to A.D. 1000:; title: Italian 60; title: French 68; title: English 70; title: Production of Illuminated Manuscripts 81; title: Value in the Middle Ages 93; title: Destruction, various Causes 99; title: Ecclesiastical use of Latin: its Effect and Influence 106; title: Books of Hours : what they are 118; title: Examples of their Illuminations 134; title: Conclusion 147; title: ILLUMINATIONS IN BOOKS OF HOURS REFERRED TO IN TEXT.; title: I Obsecro te Domino, as Hymn to the Virgin. French, about 1475. Coloured Frontispiece; title: II First page of a Calendar. French, about 1400 136; title: III St. John in Patmos. French, about 1400 139; title: IV The same. French, about 1450 139; title: V The same; also Expulsion from Eden. French, about 1475 139; title: VI The Annunciation. French, about 1400 140; title: VII The Annunciation. French, about 1425 140; title: VIII The Annunciation, etc. (two pages). Flemish, about 1450 140; title: IX The Annunciation, etc. (two pages). Italian, about 1473 141; title: X The Annunciation, etc. (two pages). Italian (Sienna), about 1475 141; title: XI The Visitation, etc. (two pages). Flemish, 1450  141; title: XII The Nativity, with the Wise Men on Journey. French,  1473 141; title: XIII The Shepherds in the Fields, etc. (two pages). Flemish, 1450 142; title: XIV  Visit of the Wise Men. French, 1400 142; title: XV Presentation in the Temple. French, 1516 142; title: XVI Flight into Egypt. French, 1516 142; title: XVII Coronation of the Virgin, etc. (two pages). Flemish, 1450 142; title: XVIII Obsecro te Domino., as Prayer to Virgin. French, 1400 143; title: XIX Stabat Mater. French, about 1450 143; title: XX David in Penitence. French, about 1475 143; title: XXI Service for the Dead, in Church, at Vespers. French, about 1450 143; title: XXII Battle Scene. French, 1475 143; title: XXIII Descent of the Holy Ghost. French, about 1450 143; title: XXIV Burial of Christ. French, about 1400 144; title: XXV Saints Peter and Paul. French, about 1400 144; title: XXVI Death and Ascension of the Virgin. Italian, about 1500 145