Manuscripta Illuminata: Approaches to Understanding Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts (Index of Christian Art #16) (Paperback)
Other Books in Series
This is book number 16 in the Index of Christian Art series.
- #3: Time in the Medieval World: Occupation of the Months and Signs of the Zodiac in the Index of Christian Art (Paperback): Not available to order
- #4: Abraham in Medieval Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Art (Index of Christian Art #4) (Paperback): $38.50
- #8: Between the Picture and the Word: Essays in Commemoration of John Plummer (Index of Christian Art #8) (Hardcover): Not available to order
- #9: Interactions: Occasional Papers (Index of Christian Art #9) (Hardcover): Not available to order
- #10: Romanesque Art and Thought in the Twelfth Century (Index of Christian Art #10) (Hardcover): Not available to order
- #11: Looking Beyond: Visions, Dreams, and Insights in Medieval Art and History (Index of Christian Art #11) (Paperback): Not available to order
- #12: Gothic Art and Thought in the Later Medieval Period: Essays in Honor of Willibald Sauerländer (Index of Christian Art #12) (Paperback): Not available to order
- #13: Insular and Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought in the Early Medieval Period (Index of Christian Art #13) (Paperback): Not available to order
- #14: From Minor to Major: The Minor Arts in Medieval Art History (Index of Christian Art #14) (Paperback): Not available to order
- #15: Patronage, Power, and Agency in Medieval Art (Index of Christian Art #15) (Paperback): $38.50
Description
Princeton University first started collecting Western manuscripts in 1876 and continues to this day with the specific aim of developing a research and teaching tool. That unique collection of medieval manuscripts forms the nucleus of this collection of essays. Stretching from Ottonian to the late Gothic-early Renaissance periods, these studies examine the secular as well as the religious and look at a variety of themes, from the book of hours to the grisaille manuscript. The studies all attempt to place the university's collection in the broader framework of manuscript studies, and a number of them deal with general topics not represented within the manuscript library. Written by some of the most celebrated scholars in the field, the studies make every effort to help us understand the power of the written and illuminated word.
The contributors are Adelaide Bennett, Walter Cahn, Marc Michael Epstein, Marilyn Aronberg Lavin, Henry Mayr-Harting, Elizabeth Moodey, Stella Panayotova, Virginia Reinburg, Mary Rouse, Richard Rouse, Lucy Freeman Sandler, Don C. Skemer, Anne Rudloff Stanton, and Patricia Stirnemann.
About the Author
Colum Hourihane is Director of the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University.