The Book of Kells — 250 illustrations, 230 in color

📖 Auteur(s): Bernard Meehan
🏢 Uitgever: Thames and Hudson, New York, N.Y., ©2012
📄 Aantal pagina’s: 256
📝 Samenvatting: The Book of Kells is one of the great treasures of medieval Europe. Produced around 800. It presents a text of the Gospels employing decoration that is not only extraordinarily rich and colourful but also. In places. Deeply enigmatic. This new book will enrich people interested in manuscripts. In design. In Celtic art. In religious imagery. And in the world of Irish studies. It will be a revelation even to those familiar with the great Book of Kells. We are guided through full-page depictions of Christ. The Evangelists and their symbols. Lavish openings to the Gospels. Inventive lettering. And combinations of complex interlace. Animals and human figures. - Publisher. ©2012.
📌 Conditie: Hele mooie staat
💬 Opmerking: "Pages of the Book of Kells are reproduced under licence from the Board of Trinity College. Dublin"--Title page verso.
🗂️ Inhoud: Historical background : later history of the manuscript ; binding and rebinding ; later additions and annotations. The elements of the book : Hebrew names ; Canon tables ; The virgin and child ; Breves causae and Argumenta ; The gospels ; Matthew's gospel ; Mark's gospel ; Luke's gospel ; John's gospel. Decoration : Antecedents and influences ; Symbols and themes ; Imaging the gospels ; Concealed illustrations ; Uncertainties. Scribes and artists : The scribe's work ; The scribes ; The artists ; The speed of scribes and artists. Physical features of the book : Vellum ; Tools used ; Pigments and inks ; Constructing the decoration ; Bindings and shrines. Preludes and parallels. Structure of the book. With a guide to noteworthy pages : counting the leaves ; collation map.
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