Author: MORGAN, Nigel - PANAYOTOVA, Stella (eds.)
Title: A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part Two
Description: Harvey Miller 2012 2 vol. Size:230 x 330 mm. Illustrations:900 col. Italy and the Iberian Peninsula. It covers manuscripts produced in Italy and the Iberian Peninsula, ranging from the early Gospels of St Augustine made in sixth-century Rome, through the carefully designed patristic texts from twelfth-century Tuscany and Lombardy, the great law books of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Bologna, the opulent Books of Hours, elegant Humanistic volumes and enormous Choir Books of the fifteenth century, and finally to the richly decorated and densely ornamented books of sixteenth-century Spain ¶ Two-volume set. "Every manuscript and cutting is illustrated to a very high standard by at least one and often several images, ensuring the value of this project not only in describing the Cambridge collections, but as a tool for future research."

Keywords: Illuminated manuscripts