Isbn: 9781541675087 - the gilded page: the secret lives of medieval manuscripts (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: New. 2021. Hardback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 352 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A breathtaking journey into the hidden history of medieval manuscripts, from the Lindisfarne Gospels to the ornate Psalter of Henry VIII"A delightimmersive, conversational, and intensely visual, full of gorgeous illustrations and shimmering description." Helen Castor, author of She-WolvesMedieval manuscripts can tell us much about power and art, knowledge and beauty. Many have survived because of an author's statuspart of the reason we have so much of Chaucer's writing, for example, is because he was a London-based government official first and a poet second. Other works by the less influential have narrowly avoided ruin, like the book of illiterate Margery Kempe, found in a country house closet, the cover nibbled on by mice. Scholar Mary Wellesley recounts the amazing origins of these remarkable manuscripts, surfacing the important roles played by women and ordinary peoplethe grinders, binders, and scribesin their creation and survival.The Gilded Page is the story of the written word in the manuscript age. Rich and surprising, it shows how the most exquisite objects ever made by human hands came from unexpected places."MaryWellesley is a born storyteller and The Gilded Page is as good as historical writing gets. This is a sensational debut by a wonderfully gifted historian." Dan Jones, bestselling author of The Plantagenets and The Templars. …

Zustand: New. Klappentext The story of the written word in the pre-Gutenberg age. Ranging from the earliest intact book in Europe, to the only known literary manuscript to be written in Shakespeare s hand, scholar Mary Wellesley reveals the secret liv.