Illuminated Prophet Books: A Study of Byzantine Manuscripts of the Major and Minor Prophets

by John Lowden

The book takes as its starting point a small group of illuminated manuscripts made in Byzantium in the tenth to thirteenth centuries. These are fully illustrated here for the first time, and described in detail. This material provides the opportunity to discuss fundamental questions about the way all artist of this period worked and were trained, and what their intentions and expectations were. The study moves from a brief theoretical introduction,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271006048
• ISBN13: 9780271006048
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 11.3"