Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594206112 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 640 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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He traces the elaborate journeys which these exceptionally precious artifacts have made through time, shows us how they have been copied, who has owned them or lusted after them (and how we can tell), how they have been embroiled in politics, how they have been regarded as objects of supreme beauty and as symbols of national identity. Two of the manuscripts visited are now in libraries of North America, the Morgan Library in New York and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Winner of THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE and THE DUFF COOPER PRIZEAn extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS is a remarkable examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader into intimate conversations with these texts to explore what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history - and sometimes about the modern world too. In so doing, de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints, scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, and collectors. From the earliest book in medieval England to the incomparable Book of Kells to the oldest manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, these encounters tell a na
Christopher de Hamel is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; he was until recently librarian of Parker Library in Cambridge, a collection which includes many, even most, of the earliest manuscripts in English language and history. De Hamel lives in London and Cambridge. . Christopher de Hamel is perhaps the best-known writer on medieval manuscripts in the world. In the course of a long career at Sotheby's he catalogued more il
With meticulous biblio-sleuthing he seeks to divine the hidden "character" of the celebrity documents under his scrutiny. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is, like each one of the 12 treasures it celebrates, a book of marvels." – John Banville, Financial Times “He has undertaken an almost impossible task. De Hamel's book, scholarly but unfailingly readable, is the beginning of wisdom in all things scribal and scriptural." – Ian Thomson, Observer "Christopher de Hamel is one of the world's leading palaeographers In this splendid new book he has numerous fascinating, scandalous, funny and gloriously entertaining tales. De Hamel makes an informative, entertaining book (the most suitable medium, after all), and no one but he could have written it." - Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph "Christopher de Hamel's learned adventures amid some of the West's greatest manuscript treasures effortlessly outclass Ec