MAKING MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS

Many beautiful illuminated manuscripts survive from the Middle Ages and can be seen in libraries and museums throughout Europe. But who were the skilled craftsmen who made these exquisite books? What precisely is parchment? How were medieval manuscripts designed a nd executed? What were the inks and pigments, and how were they applied? This book looks at the work of scribes, illuminators and bo ok binders. Based principally on examples in the Bodleian Library, this lavishly illustrated account tells the story of manuscript p roduction...[Read more]