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B2997. Bedford Hours: The Making of a Medieval Masterpiece
The Bedford Hours: The Making of a Medieval Masterpiece.
By Eberhard Konig. 2007. 144pp. 8.25" x11". Hardcover
The Bedford Hours is one of the most sumptuous Books of Hours ever to have left an illuminator’s workshop. It once belonged to King Henry. With its 1,250 elaborate medallions, thirty-eight large-scale miniatures, and extensive brush gold, gold leaf, and silver decorations it was one of the most precious manuscripts of its period and is today one of the British Library’s greatest treasures. The artist behind the manuscript, known as the Bedford Master, was among the most prolific painters of his day but his identity has long remained a mystery.
König’s engrossing account of the creation of the manuscript unfolds toward a number of startlingly original and unexpected conclusions, culminating in the likely conclusion that Haincelin of Haguenau was the illuminator. 60 rich color illustrations accompany this remarkable tale of the making of this remarkable medieval masterpiece.
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B1756. Lindisfarne Gospels/Backhouse
Lindisfarne Gospels. By Janet Backhouse. 1981. 96pp. 8.25"x11". Paper.
This was the first book to make the Lindisfarne Gospels - one of the world's masterpieces of book painting - available to a wider public. This precious relic of early Christianity in England was produced at the end of the 7th century in honour of Saint Cuthbert, and is one of Britain's greatest treasures .Important illuminated pages are reproduced in colour from a new and accurate set of photographs
Discusses the process by which the manuscript was made, and relates it to earlier and contemporary works of art.
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B2589. Embracing Change: Spirituality
Embracing Change: Spirituality and the Lindisfarne Gospels by Ewan Clayton. Photographs by Robert Cooper. 2003. 62 pp. Hardcover
In this book Ewan asks how and why this great medieval manuscript was made, and how such an accomplishment was humanly possible. H meditates on the creative wellsprings that inspired and motivated one of the world's great scribes - Eadfrith - who wrote and decorated the Lindisgfarne Gospels to honor God and in memory of St Cuthbert - a man with a genius for healing an reconciliation.
Includes evocative photographs of the tiny, bare island that was home to the monastic community and fine reproductions of pages of the manuscript.
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