Meetings with remarkable manuscripts : twelve journeys into the medieval world / Christopher de Hamel.
| Author/creator | De Hamel, Christopher, 1950- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Penguin Press, [2017] |
| Description | vii, 632 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Gospels of Saint Augustine -- The Codex Amiatinus -- The Book of Kells -- The Leiden Aratea -- The Morgan Beatus -- Hugo Pictor -- The Copenhagen Psalter -- The Carmina Burana -- The Hours of Jeanne de Navarre -- The Hengwrt Chaucer -- The Visconti Semideus -- The Spinola Hours. |
| Abstract | "Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader into intimate conversations with these texts to explore what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history--and about the modern world, too. In so doing, de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints, scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, and collectors. He traces the elaborate journeys that these exceptionally precious artifacts have made through time and shows us how they have been copied, how they have been embroiled in politics, how they have been regarded as objects of supreme beauty and as symbols of national identity, and who has owned them or lusted after them (and how we can tell). From the earliest book in medieval England to the incomparable Book of Kells to the oldest manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, these encounters tell a narrative of intellectual culture and art over the course of a millennium. Two of the manuscripts visited are now in libraries of North America, the Morgan Library in New York and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the reader, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts allows us to experience some of the greatest works of art in our culture to give us a different perspective on history and on how we come by knowledge"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Awards note | Winner of the Wolfson History Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize |
| Other edition issued | Reproduction of (manifestation): De Hamel, Christopher, 1950- Meetings with remarkable manuscripts [London], UK : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016 9780241003046 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: De Hamel, Christopher, 1950- Meetings with remarkable manuscripts New York : Penguin Press, 2017 9780698163386 |
| Genre/form | Illustrated works. |
| Genre/form | Illustrated works. |
| LCCN | 2017031392 |
| ISBN | 9781594206115 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1594206112 hardcover |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | Z106.5 .E85 D44 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |