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Scribes & Illuminators

By: British Museum Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Medieval Craftsman

Last Stocked on 3/10/2015

Product Info

Title
Scribes & Illuminators
Product Line
Category
Author
Christopher De Hamel
Publish Year
1992
Pages
72
Dimensions
8.5x8.5x.2"
NKG Part #
2147572596
Type
Softcover

Description

Christopher de Hamel describes each stage of production from the preparation of the vellum, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the final decoration and illumination of the book. He then examines the role of the stationer or bookshop in co-ordinating book production and describes the supply of exemplars and the accuracy of texts. He follows the careers of a number of specific scribes and illuminators who emerge not as anonymous monks but as identifiable professional lay artisans. He also looks at those who bought the completed books, why they did so, and how much they paid.