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Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries: London
Author | : Neil Ripley Ker |
Publisher | : Oxford : Clarendon P., 1969-1983 . |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Manuscripts |
ISBN | : 9780198182191 |
Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries: London
Author | : Neil Ripley Ker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Manuscripts, Medieval |
ISBN | : |
Treasures of the British Library
Author | : Nicolas Barker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Library resources |
ISBN | : 9780712304092 |
In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, to the foundation of the British Library in 1973 and to some outstanding acquisitions of the present day.
The Fall of Princes
Author | : Robert Goolrick |
Publisher | : Algonquin Books |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2015-08-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1616205385 |
“A heart-wrenching, beautiful, darkly comic, deeply necessary tale that stuns again and again with razor-sharp prose and glittering wit. Robert Goolrick is, without question, one of the greatest storytellers of our time.” —Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife In the spellbinding new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Goolrick, 1980s Manhattan shimmers like the mirage it was, as money, power, and invincibility seduce a group of young Wall Street turks. Together they reach the pinnacle, achieving the kind of wealth that grants them access to anything--and anyone. Until, one by one, they fall. Goolrick’s literary chops are on full display, painting an authentic portrait of a hedonistic era, tense and stylish, perfectly mixing adrenaline and melancholy. Stunning in its acute observations about great wealth and its absence, and deeply moving in its depiction of the ways in which these men learn to cope with both extremes, it’s a true tour de force. “An addictive slice of semiautobiographical fiction . . . Goolrick vividly plumbs the depths of fortune and regret. The result is a compulsively readable examination of the highs and lows of life in the big city.” —Publishers Weekly “A compelling, wholly seductive narrative voice . . . Goolrick’s stellar prose infuses this redemption story with a good deal of depth and despair, making it read like the literary version of The Wolf of Wall Street.” —Booklist “A dark, intoxicating morality tale . . . With his impeccable prose, Goolrick focuses his unflinching eye on the grittiness beneath the sleek facade of nightclubs, fashion, and monied Manhattan extravagance. Beautifully crafted, seductive, and provocative.” —Garth Stein, author of A Sudden Light and The Art of Racing in the Rain
The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination
Author | : Christopher De Hamel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
The British Library's collection of manuscripts is mined for a wealth of examples, illustrated in color, to this guide to illumination for the general reader. De Hamel (now librarian, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, UK, he's a leading scholar in the field) discusses first why then how manuscripts were illuminated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Junius Manuscript
Author | : Caedmon |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1941-01-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780231515955 |
The Junius Manuscript
Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts
Author | : Pamela J. Porter |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780802084002 |
The glamour associated with knights in shining armour, colourful tournaments and heroic deeds appeal strongly to the modern imagination. However, few pieces of military dress and equipment have survived to provide direct insight into the way that war was waged in the Middle Ages. For a comprehensive view of the nature of medieval warfare we rely on written documentation and the information preserved in paintings, sculptures, carvings, and other pictorial sources. The most numerous by far of these are the miniatures and drawings found in manuscript books, partly because books tend to survive better that other artefacts and partly because many individual volumes contain multiple representations. Pamela Porter presents and describes a variety of evocative manuscript illuminations in an effort to reveal them as a source of information about military dress, equipment, and practices.
The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living
Author | : Kuno Meyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : Epic literature, Irish |
ISBN | : |
Magic in Medieval Manuscripts
Author | : Sophie Page |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780802037978 |
Magic in Medieval Manuscripts explores the place of magic in the medieval world and the contradictory responses it evoked, through an exploration of images and texts in British Library manuscripts.