9780712304986 - Women and the Book (British Library Studies in Medieval Culture, Band 3) von Taylor, Jane; Smith, Leslie (2 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 26 cm. Notes: "The papers published in this volume consist in part of papers read at the St Hilda's Conference on Women and the Book in the Middle Ages, held in 1993, and in part of papers independently commissioned."--Preface, page 11; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Subjects: Women in literature; Women Books and reading History; Women in art; Books and reading in art; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. 3 Kg.

Sm.4to, (246x176mm), 304p. 8 colour & 78 monochrome illustrations. Cloth, dustjacket. (NEW BOOK) Fourteen papers which concentrate on the pictorial evidence for the relationship between mediaeval women and the book, and vividly illustrate the wide range of evidence and fascinating social and cultural insights it provides.