Studies in Manuscript Illumination, 1200-1400

By Lucy Freeman Sandler

Book Overview

The author is Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of Art History at New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, and a leading authority on English medieval manuscript illumination. This volume bring together twenty-six of Professor Sandler's studies, focusing on illustrated manuscripts produced in England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, particularly on the illuminated psalters. The marginal illustrations in these psalters are a topic of particular interest, and there are a number of iconographic studies derived from this material. A separate section deals with the illustrated encyclopedias of the period, particularly the Omne bonum.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904597610
• ISBN13: 9781904597612
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Pindar Press
• Length: 812 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.