Book kells selected plates (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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: Acceptable. Dover Publications October 1982 Softcover. Wear from age on front and back cover. Crease on bottom right front cover, small stain on upper left front cover. Minimal debris on back cover.

Soft Cover. Zustand: As New. AS NEW. Oversized in color illustrated softcovers. 32 pps. with 32 full color plates. Representative selection of reproductions in full color of original hand-painted illuminations from medieval editions of The Book of Kells.

Paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good plus paperback. Staple binding. 32 pages. Pages clean. Corners slightly bent.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 96 p. : illustrated (chiefly color.) ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0394739604 (pbk.); 9780394739601 (pbk.); 0394739639 LCCN: 80-7973 ; LC: ND3359.K4; Dewey: 745.6/7/0941822 ; OCLC: 6378391 ; color illustrated stiff paper wrappers ; Contents : Introduction to the Book of Kells -- Eight colour plates selected from the preliminaries -- The continental background of Latin and learning -- The island traditions -- Forty colour plates, including enlargements of details, selected from the Gospels -- The scribes and their texts -- The illumination and the artists -- The history of the manuscript. ; "The Book of Kells is the most spectacular of a group of manuscripts created in Ireland and northern Britain between the seventh and tenth centuries, a period when Irish monasticism was in the vanguard of Christian culture. It is a masterpiece of medieval art--a brilliantly illuminated copy of the four Gospels with full-page illustrations of Christ, the Virgin and the Evangelists and a wealth of smaller decorative painting. The strange, half-surrealist imagination displayed in its pages, the impeccable technique and the very fine state of preservation make it an object of endless fascination. The editor has chosen the most important of the large illustrations plus a series of enlargements showing the almost unbelievable minuteness of the detail--arabesques, interlaced patterns, weird and witty monsters and grotesqueries. He has also provided a scholarly analysis of these exuberant inventions, the artists, the text and the writing, and a full account of its historical background."--From publisher description : FINE. Book.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. fifth or later edition edition. 32 pages. 12.25x9.25x0.25 inches. In Stock.