Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon age
By: Michelle P. Brown.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780802090966
Subjects: Manuscripts, English (Old); Manuscripts, Medieval -- England; Books -- England -- History -- 400-1400; Civilization, Anglo-Saxon; Anglo-Saxons -- Intellectual life; Great Britain -- History -- Anglo Saxon period, 449-1066
Description: "This new book by a leading expert on the period, Michelle P. Brown, provides an authoritative introduction to the art of book production in the Anglo-Saxon period and an historical overview of the period by means of its book culture. It illustrates in colour over 140 examples of the finest Anglo-Saxon books, from the British Library and other major collections."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-179) and indexes.