The Manuscripts Club: The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts

by Christopher de Hamel

Book Overview

* A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice *

The acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us to the extraordinary keepers and companions of medieval manuscripts over a thousand years of history

The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them and recognize their crucial role in the transmission of knowledge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525559418
• ISBN13: 9780525559412
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"