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B3149. Tres Riches Heures of Jean / Longon & Cazelles
The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry by
Jean Longon & Raymond Cazelles. 224pp. 12"x8.6". Hardcover $125. SALE
The Très Riches Heures marks the zenith of manuscript illumination in late medieval Europe. It was commissioned by Jean, Duc de Berry, early in the 15th century and executed largely by the Limbourg Brothers, the master miniature painters. The 139 full-color plates of this facsimile reproduce the text and miniatures in actual size. The book's introduction & preface discusses the provenance and the significance of the manuscript as a whole and a commentary is provided for the plates. A wonderful volume at a great price.
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B2820. Hastings Hours/Backhouse
The Hastings Hours
By Janet Backhouse. 1997. 64pp. 5" x 6.75". Hardcover.
Limited supply. A fully illustrated introduction to this late
15th century Flemish Book of Hours. Reproduces in full color 25 of the surviving 32 large illuminations -- close to actual size. Also presents many decorative borders and details.
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B3150. Limborug Brothers, The / Duckers & Roelofs
The Limbourg Brothers: Nijmegen Masters at the French Court, 1400-1416 edited by Rob Duckers & Pieter Roelofs. 2005. 447pp. 12.4" x 9.9". Hardcover. Special Price $49.98
An in-depth exploration of the work of the Limbourg Brothers, 15th-century manuscript illuminators of the French court and creators of Les Belles Heures and Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The realistic images of their gilded miniatures still inspire wonder today. This book examines 126 individual pieces, beautifully reproduced in large color plates with detail views of related works, while fifteen essays by curators and art historians discuss the Limbourgs: their works and career, their influences, their followers, and their Christian world.
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B3099. Most Beautiful Bibles
The Most Beautiful Bibles. Andreas Fingernagel, Stephan Füssel, & Christian Gastgeber. 2008. 320pp. 9.5"x14.5". Hardcover.
Here are some of the most glorious printed reproductions that you have ever seen: two page spreads, full pages, enlarged sections, and greatly enlarged illuminated initials. The gold glows, often with delicate embossed patterns. The detail is so crisp, at times you may think you are looking at the original manuscripts with a magnifying glass. Both the calligraphic text and the illuminations are shown. Don't let the reasonable price fool you; it's a treasure.
The manuscripts are from the Austrian National Library, and illuminated Bibles from every epoch of the Middle Ages are presented. Each manuscript is described in detail. Theological and historical contexts of the illuminations are discussed. The manuscripts are put in their place in the history of painting and art. Also covers the evolution of the Bible and the medieval understanding of history that is inherent in these volumes of scripture and painting. Includes glossary.
This book was previously published as "In the Beginning was the Word."
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B2995. Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age
Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age
By Michelle P. Brown. 2007. 176pp. 7.27x10. Hardcover
An authoritative introduction to the art of book production in the Anglo-Saxon period and an historical overview of the period through its book culture. 140 color examples of the finest Anglo-Saxon Books in the British Library and other major collections.
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B3134. Illuminated Manuscripts of Germany and Central Europe/Kren
Illuminated Manuscripts of Germany and Central Europe in the J. Paul Getty Museum by Thomas Kren. 2009. 132pp. 6-5/8"x9-3/8". Paper.
This beautifully illustrated volume showcases full-color reproductions of masterpieces (9th-18th centuries) from such works as Carolingian manuscripts of the ninth century; several sumptuously illuminated Ottonian texts from
the late tenth and early eleventh centuries; two of the most celebrated examples of Romanesque illumination: the Helmarshausen Gospel book from the 1120s and the Stammheim Missal, made around 1170 for Saint Michael's
monastery in Hildesheim; The Life of the Blessed Hedwig from 1353; and the only known illuminations by the Cologne painter called the Master of Saint Veronica, ca. 1400. It also illustrates many richly colored illuminations from such manuscripts as a luxury psalter made in Würzburg, dating from the mid-thirteenth century; a copy of Rudolf von Ems's Weltchronik, produced in the early fifteenth century; and chivalric and dynastic manuscripts from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.
Now available.
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B3170. Faces of Power and Piety / Inglis
Faces of Power and Piety by Eric Inglis. 2008. 96pp. 7 x 9. Hardcover
This picture book presents enlarged details showing the faces from manuscripts. The illuminator's work included painting both historical figures and celebrated contemporaries. Medieval artists emphasized qualities such as power and piety. During the Renaissance actual likeness became an important concern. Modern illuminators can use these vivid and charming portraits to help "get the faces right."
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B3138. Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choir Books/Boehm
Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500 by Barbara Drake Boehm. 2008. 67pp. 8.5"x11". Paper.
Using stunning reproductions from the nearly 40 examples in Metropolitan Museum’s collection of illuminations and pages from Italian choral manuscripts, this book discusses music in the church, musical notation, types of musical manuscripts, illumination of choir books, and the illuminated letters from Gothic and Renaissance masters. Many of the initial letters are reproduced quarter-page size or larger and are filled with crisp detail. A great visual resource.
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B2996. Introduction to Manuscript Studies
Introduction to Manuscript Studies
By Raymond Clemens & Timothy Graham 2007. 352pp. Paperback.
Provides calligraphers and illuminators and others a comprehensive and accessible orientation into field of medieval manuscript studies. The first part on "Making the Medieval Manuscript" covers the prep of the writing surface through copying the text, rubrication, decoration, glossing, and annotation through to the binding and storage. Part 2, "Reading the Medieval Manuscript," focuses on the study of manuscripts, with chapters on transcribing and editing; reading texts damaged by fire, water, insects, and other factors; assessing evidence for origin and provenance; and describing and cataloguing manuscripts. The third part, "Some Manuscript Genres," discusses Bibles and biblical concordances, liturgical service books, Books of Hours, charters and cartularies, maps, and scrolls. The book concludes with an extensive glossary, a guide to dictionaries of medieval Latin, and a bibliography subdivided and keyed to the subsections of the volume's chapters. Fully illustrated with many color plates.
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B3053. An Abecedarium
An Abecedarium: Illuminated Alphabets from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II. 1997. 64pp. 5.25"x7.25". Hardcover $14.95.
A Roman capital alphabet and a gothic lowercase alphabet presented with intricate illumination. Each shown with the geometry of construction. The illumination that surrounds and frames the letters is in the naturalistic style of the Renaissance. The pages are from Mira calligraphiae monumenta.
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