Gothic Manuscripts 1285-1385 Tapa dura - 1986

Harvey Miller / Oxford University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE/Very Good. Folio, brown cloth. Complete in two volumes. 208, 240 pp. Vol. 1 450 illustrations, 8 in color. Both vols clean and sharp; DJ edges sunned but clean and crisp otherwise.

Harvey Miller Publishers, London, first edition, 1986. 2 vols, cloth, folio, 34 cm,. 70 pp, 450 ills + 231 pp. From the blurb: "This volume covers the period from 1285-1385, a century in which English painting flourished with great mastery and produced works of exceptional quality and characteristic style, as exemplified in the East Anglian school that developed both in the provinces and in London. Courtly and aristocratic patronage accounted for many elements in the style of illumination and decoration, in which French, Flemish and Italian influences played some part, while ecclesiastical and private devotional needs determined the type of book. In her introductory text. Professor Sandler explains the grouping of manuscripts, discusses the components of the books and their decorative repertoire, and sets book illumination in the context of the other arts of the 14th century and against its historical background. 158 manuscripts are included in the catalogue, to provide a well-balanced survey… Leer más

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