Western illuminated manuscripts : a catalogue of the collection in Cambridge University Library /

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Corporate author / creator:University of Cambridge.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:xxiv, 506 p. : ill., facsims. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Cambridge University Library -- Catalogs.
Cambridge University Library.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, European -- Catalogs.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Catalogs.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance -- Catalogs.
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- England -- Cambridge -- Catalogs.
Manuscripts -- England -- Cambridge -- Catalogs.
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, European.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance.
Manuscripts.
England -- Cambridge.
Catalogs.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8383181
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Other authors / contributors:Binski, Paul.
Zutshi, P. N. R.
Panayotova, Stella.
ISBN:9780521848923 (hardback)
052184892X (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [454]-473) and indexes.
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Summary:Cambridge University Library's collection of illuminated manuscripts is of international significance. It originates in the medieval university and stands alongside the holdings of the colleges and the Fitzwilliam Museum. The University Library contains major European examples of medieval illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, with acknowledged masterpieces of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance book art, as well as illuminated literary texts, including the first complete Chaucer manuscript. This catalog provides scholars and researchers easy access to the University Library's illuminated manuscripts, evaluating the importance of many of them for the very first time. It contains descriptions of famous manuscripts, for example the Life of Edward the Confessor attributed to Matthew Paris, as well as hundreds of lesser-known items. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the catalog contains descriptions of individual manuscripts with up-to-date assessments of their style, origins and importance, together with bibliographical references.
Physical Description:xxiv, 506 p. : ill., facsims. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [454]-473) and indexes.
ISBN:9780521848923 (hardback)
052184892X (hardback)