Scribes and illuminators / Christopher de Hamel.
De Hamel, Christopher, 1950-
1992
Z124 .D3 1992 (Mapit)
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Title Scribes and illuminators / Christopher de Hamel.
Author De Hamel, Christopher, 1950-
ISBN 0802077072 (pbk.)
9780802077073 (pbk.)
Imprint Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1992.
Language English
Description 72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Call Number Z124 .D3 1992
Dewey Decimal Classification 381/.45002/094
745.6
Summary "This survey describes each stage of production from the preparation of the vellum, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the final decoration and illumination of the book. The author then examines the role of the stationer or bookshop in co-ordinating book production, describes the supply of exemplars and accuracy of texts, and then follows the careers of a number of specific scribes and illuminators who emerge not as anonymous monks but as identifiable professional lay artisans. He also looks at who bought the completed books and why, and how much they paid for them. Scribes and illuminators ends with a glimpse of how the manuscripts were stored, and how the patrons regarded the craftsmanship for which they had paid. The timespan ranges from the eleventh century through the golden age of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to the luxurious manuscripts in existence at the discovery of printing."--p. [4] of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 71) and index.
Series Medieval craftsmen.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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1. Paper- and parchment-makers
2. Ink-makers and scribes
3. Illuminators, binders and booksellers.

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