Old Testament Miniatures - Hardcover

Old Testament miniatures : a medieval picture book with 283 paintings

New Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; [5], 209 pages color illustrations, color facsimiles ; 41 cm. Notes; Full title: Old Testament miniatures : a medieval picture book with 283 paintings from the Creation to the story of David. Introduction and legends by Sydney C. Cockerell, preface by John Plummer. Reproduction of 46 leaves of an imperfect manuscript of Old Testament illustrations now in the Morgan Library, with additional reproductions of 2 leaves in the Bibliothe?que nationale, Paris, and another now in the possession of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Ludwig, Aachen, Germany. Previously published in 1927 for the Roxburghe Club under the title: A Book of Old Testament illustrations of the middle of the thirteenth century. The descriptive pages have been inserted between the plates and pertinent Biblical passages have been supplied.Includes bibliographical references (page 4). Contents; Preface -- Selected bibliography -- The book and its history -- Notes to the plates -- The plates with commentaries. Subjects; Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. M.638. Bible. Old Testament Illustrations. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval France. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic France. Manuscripts Medieval 13th Thirteenth Century. 1 Kg. Artikel-Nr. 419250

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