Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Subtitle: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited; imusti; PENGUIN UK
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780241003046
Subjects: Manuscripts; Illumination of books and manuscripts; Decoration and ornament, medieval
Description: "This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. The idea for the book, which is entirely new, is to invite the reader into intimate conversations with twelve of the most famous manuscripts in existence and to explore with the author what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history -- and sometimes about the modern world too. Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the reader, Meetings with remarkable manuscripts conveys the fascination and excitement of encountering some of the greatest works of art in our culture which, in the originals, are to most people completely inaccessible."--