Later Gothic Manuscripts (A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles) Vol. I - II

London: Harvey Miller, 1996 2 volumes 4to (33 cm), 296 pp; 434 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. This book meticulously catalogs the rich and largely overlooked illuminations of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Scott has curated a selection of 140 illuminated books with keen insight, encompassing those housing the finest works of art as well as illuminations accompanying some of the great masterpieces of Middle English literature. Among the notable liturgical works featured are the Carmelite, Abingdon, and Sherborne Missals, the Bedford Hours, and the Lovell Lectionary. The catalog also encompasses illustrated editions of Chaucer, Lydgate, and Gower, along with representations of medical, botanical, and typographical books, as well as works of chivalry and chronicles of the Kings of England. Offering a fifteenth-century perspective on court, church, and the appreciation for decoration and ornamentation, this book will captivate historians of art and society.