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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts about?
'An endlessly fascinating and enjoyable book' Neil MacGregor 'Full of delights' Tom Stoppard An extraordinary exploration of the medieval world - the most beguiling history book of the year This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, and yet there is an undeniable thrill in actually meeting and talking to a person of world stature. The idea for the book, which is entirely new, is to invite the reader into intimate conversations with twelve of the most famous manuscripts in existence and to explore with the author what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history - and sometimes about the modern world too. Christopher de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints, scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, collectors and the international community of manuscript scholars, showing us how he and his fellows piece together evidence to reach unexpected conclusions. He traces the elaborate journeys which these exceptionally precious artefacts have made through
Who reads Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Christopher de Hamel
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780241003091
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Archaeology, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.59 / 5 (142 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14