Illuminated Manuscripts (Shire Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784422363 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He is author of several books, including Church Misericords and Bench Ends, Coal Mining in Britain, The Iron Industry, The Green Man and The Tudor Reformation for Shire. About the Author Richard Hayman is a writer and historian with a longstanding interest in medieval art.
Richard Hayman is a writer and historian with a longstanding interest in medieval art. He is author of several books, including Church Misericords and Bench Ends, Coal Mining in Britain, The Iron Industry, The Green Man and The Tudor Reformation for Shire.
Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand, and their illustration using brightly colored pigments and gold embellishments was a labor of love and an act of piety in itself. The results are stunning. Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Illuminated Manuscripts describes the origin and history of illumination in the Middle Ages, covering the artists and their techniques, and the patrons who commissioned them. The works emanating from the scriptoria of monasteries were mainly religious texts, including illuminated bibles, psalters, and works for private devotion known as books of hours. It explains the subject matter found in medieval works, such as saints and Bible stories and the use of ornamenta