Western Illuminated Manuscripts: A Catalogue of the Collection in Cambridge University Library

by Patrick Zutshi and Paul Binski

Cambridge University Library's collection of illuminated manuscripts is of international significance. It originates in the medieval university and stands alongside the holdings of the colleges and the Fitzwilliam Museum. The University Library contains major European examples of medieval illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, with acknowledged masterpieces of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance book art, as well as illuminated literary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052184892X
• ISBN13: 9780521848923
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 6.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 8.9" x 10.9"