The Early Medieval Bible. Its Production, Decoration and Use
London: Phaidon Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiv, 242pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over black cloth with silver lettering on red label of spine. "The significance of the Bible in the life, thought and culture of the early Middle Ages can hardly be overstated. Here eleven linked studies, embracing palaeography, history, art history, theology and textural scholarship, examine and interpret the evidence of Bible manuscripts (including gospel books and Psalters) in their cultural context from late antiquity to the thirteenth century. Subjects include the earliest Bible manuscripts, the Gospel in a missionary context, the scriptorium of Tours, the development of the early glossed Psalter, the Old Testament in tenth- and eleventh-century England, the Italian Giant Bibles, the origins of the Paris Bible, the illustrations of the early Gothic Psalter and the planning and production of the Hamburg Bible." (publisher). Illustrated with in-text b/w reproductions of motifs from illuminated Bibles and manuscripts. Includes index of people and places, and of manuscripts at rear. DJ with light wear along edges, minor tear, and bumped at lower right corner of binding. DJ in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition. g to vg. Item #37795
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