The Medieval Book: Illustrated from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Vol. 28
For centuries philologists, linguists, and historians have read medieval books to study the language of a given work or to establish an accurate and readable text. Art historians also have considered illuminated manuscripts as important repositories for works of art. But in recent decades new interest has developed in the over-all physical format of the medieval book and its historical context – how manuscript books were made and how they have deepened our understanding of the intellectual...
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A beautifully illustrated study of medieval manuscript books that details how they were made, and their place in society. Shailor first examines the manuscript book as an archaeological artifact, then groups books by genre—both religious and secular—tBooknewsReprint, with a new forward by Howard F. Stein, of the esteemed original of 1952. Reprinted from the 1988 edition published by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale. Illustrates and discusses medieval books from the Library. Useful to the medievalist, but also accessible to the general reader. About a dozen of the 100 plates are in color. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
\ BooknewsReprint, with a new forward by Howard F. Stein, of the esteemed original of 1952. Reprinted from the 1988 edition published by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale. Illustrates and discusses medieval books from the Library. Useful to the medievalist, but also accessible to the general reader. About a dozen of the 100 plates are in color. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
