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Gutenberg Bible Landmark in Learning

	Autor: J. Thorpe Wydawnictwo: Huntington Library Data wydania: 1997 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-873-28169-0 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 44.1 zł	Nasza cena: 44.1 zł Kup teraz!

The Huntington holds one of the three vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the US. Colour reproductions of several pages and initial letters from the bible accompany the text, which details the early history of printing and the way the Gutenberg Bible was printed. Also discussed is the history of the Huntington copy and its acquisition by Henry Huntington in 1911. więcej...

	Autor: S. Marmion Wydawnictwo: Huntington Library Data wydania: 2005 Kategoria: albumy ISBN: 978-0-873-28211-6 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 53.9 zł	Nasza cena: 53.9 zł Kup teraz!

Books of Hours are among the most striking examples of medieval illuminated manuscripts. Commissioned by wealthy men and women for their private religious devotions, these beautifully decorated books contain prayers for the eight canonical hours of the day. This book reproduces seventeen jewel-like miniature paintings by Simon Marmion from one of the finest Books of Hours in the Huntington Library's collections. Marmion, one of the most accomplished illuminators of the fifteenth century, produced this example sometime between więcej...