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Postcards on Parchment: The Social Lives of Medieval Books
Kathryn M. Rudy
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Description for Postcards on Parchment: The Social Lives of Medieval Books
Hardback. Num Pages: 362 pages, 80 color + 140 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DD; ACK; AKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 290 x 232 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1796.
Medieval prayer books held not only the devotions and meditations of Christianity, but also housed, slipped between pages, sundry notes, reminders, and ephemera, such as pilgrims’ badges, sworn oaths, and small painted images. Many of these last items have been classified as manuscript illumination, but Kathryn M. Rudy argues that these pictures should be called, instead, parchment paintings, similar to postcards. In a delightful study identifying this group of images for the first time, Rudy delineates how these objects functioned apart from the books in which they were kept. Whereas manuscript illuminations were designed to provide a visual narrative to ... Read more
Medieval prayer books held not only the devotions and meditations of Christianity, but also housed, slipped between pages, sundry notes, reminders, and ephemera, such as pilgrims’ badges, sworn oaths, and small painted images. Many of these last items have been classified as manuscript illumination, but Kathryn M. Rudy argues that these pictures should be called, instead, parchment paintings, similar to postcards. In a delightful study identifying this group of images for the first time, Rudy delineates how these objects functioned apart from the books in which they were kept. Whereas manuscript illuminations were designed to provide a visual narrative to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1795g
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300209891
SKU
V9780300209891
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Ref
99-14
About Kathryn M. Rudy
Kathryn M. Rudy is senior lecturer in the School of Art at the University of St. Andrews.
Reviews for Postcards on Parchment: The Social Lives of Medieval Books
'Yale has produced the first published book to identify and give us an insight into these types of images... It is a must for history lovers, but will be enjoyed by all who turn its glorious pages, with some unforgettable illustrations.'-Bill Spence, Yorkshire Gazette & Herald.
Bill Spence Yorkshire Gazette & Herald "Postcards on Parchment is a cornucopia of ... Read more
Bill Spence Yorkshire Gazette & Herald "Postcards on Parchment is a cornucopia of ... Read more