The Manuscripts

by John Lowden

The Bibles Moralisees are by far the richest and most complex attempt at biblical illustration ever undertaken. Seven of them survive today, made primarily for the kings and queens of France between the early thirteenth and late fifteenth centuries. John Lowden s pioneering two-volume study brings new material to light and offers a wholly new approach to understanding the Bibles, which contain literally thousands of figures.Volume I, based on exhaustive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271019093
• ISBN13: 9780271019093
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 3.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.8" x 11.4"