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What is An Introduction to Illuminated Manuscripts (V & A introductions to the decorative arts) about?
Explains the separate craft disiplines in the art of illumination. It unravels codicology- the detective examination of how a book was made by an analysis of the parts combined with a consideration of historical data and provenance-and looks at the development of illumination from the seventh century Book of Dorrow until the mid-sixteenth century, when the printed book displaced it.
- Author
- John P Harthan; Victoria and Albert Museum
- Publisher
- Stemmer House; Brand: Stemmer House Pub; Stemmer House Pub
- Published
- 1983
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780880450195
- Subjects
- Crafts & Hobbies, Art, Design
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