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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Christopher de Hamel
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Description for Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: ABC; ABK; ACK; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE AND THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Endlessly fascinating and enjoyable' Neil MacGregor 'A marvellous book' David Attenborough 'Full of delights' Tom Stoppard An extraordinary exploration of the medieval world - the most beguiling history book of the year This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, and yet ... Read more
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE AND THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Endlessly fascinating and enjoyable' Neil MacGregor 'A marvellous book' David Attenborough 'Full of delights' Tom Stoppard An extraordinary exploration of the medieval world - the most beguiling history book of the year This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, and yet ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141977492
SKU
9780141977492
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About Christopher de Hamel
In the course of a long career at Sotheby's Christopher de Hamel has probably handled and catalogued more illuminated manuscripts and over a wider range than any person alive. Since 2000, he has been Fellow and Librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The Parker Library, in his care, includes many of the earliest manuscripts in English language and history. He ... Read more
Reviews for Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
De Hamel's book, scholarly but unfailingly readable, is the beginning of wisdom in all things scribal and scriptural - Ian Thomson, The Observer
Ian Thomson, The Observer
Reading is my life, but only about once a decade do I find a book that seems to tilt the world, so afterwards it appears different.
Fiammetta Rocco
The ... Read more
Ian Thomson, The Observer
Reading is my life, but only about once a decade do I find a book that seems to tilt the world, so afterwards it appears different.
Fiammetta Rocco
The ... Read more