MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS

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MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS

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ISBN: 9780141977492
Title: MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS
Author: DE HAMEL CHRISTOPHER
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is rather 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 this book, which is entirely new, is to invite the reader into an intimate conversation with a selection of the most famous manuscripts in existence, and to let each of those manuscripts illuminate the Middle Ages and sometimes the modern world too. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts invites the reader to accompany the author on exclusive private visits to a dozen very varied collections, in different parts of the world, to discover twelve great manuscripts and to explore their historical and intellectual significance.

Imprint: Penguin Books
RRP: $29.99

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Dimensions 198 × 129 mm

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