Download or read book Manuscript Treasures of Durham Cathedral written by Richard Gameson and published by Third Millennium Information. This book was released on 2010 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful book showcasing in lavish detail the highlights of Durham Cathedral's collection of medieval manuscripts, the finest collection of any English cathedral.
Download or read book Treasures of Durham University Library written by Durham University Library and published by Third Millennium Information. This book was released on 2007 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasures of Durham University Library explores the extensive library collection through illuminating illustrated text and fascinating behind-the-scenes details. The historic core of the collection, which consists of over seventy thousand rare books and manuscripts printed before 1850, is the library assembled by John Cosin, bishop of Durham (1660-72) and the more recent deposit of the library from Bamburgh Castle.The full collection of Durham University ranges from late antique papyri to modern literary manuscripts, as well as embracing substantial archival and photographic materials. The medieval manuscripts include the best-preserved service-book produced in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest, and a collection of the works of Thomas Hoccleve that was transcribed by the poet himself; while amongst the modern literary manuscripts are extracts from Kilvert's Diary and letters of Gerard Manley Hopkins. ''Surprisingly few people, including many within the university itself, are aware of just how extensive and diverse the University Library's holdings. This is clearly a collection worth knowing. It is a very real joy to welcome here such a handsome and readable survey.'' - Bill Bryson
Download or read book Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts written by Christopher de Hamel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts. Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize. A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Book Gift Guide Pick! Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader into intimate conversations with these texts to explore what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history - and about the modern world, too. In so doing, de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints, scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, and collectors. He traces the elaborate journeys that these exceptionally precious artifacts have made through time and shows us how they have been copied, how they have been embroiled in politics, how they have been regarded as objects of supreme beauty and as symbols of national identity, and who has owned them or lusted after them (and how we can tell). From the earliest book in medieval England to the incomparable Book of Kells to the oldest manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, these encounters tell a narrative of intellectual culture and art over the course of a millennium. Two of the manuscripts visited are now in libraries of North America, the Morgan Library in New York and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the reader, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts allows us to experience some of the greatest works of art in our culture to give us a different perspective on history and on how we come by knowledge.
Download or read book The St Cuthbert Gospel written by Claire Breay and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now dated to the early eighth century, the manuscript contains a beautifully written copy of the Gospel of John in Latin and is famous for the craftsmanship and condition of its contemporary decorated leather binding. Found in Cuthbert's coffin when it was opened in Durham Cathedral in 1104, the Gospel was acquired for the national collection in 2012 after a major fundraising campaign.This new collection of essays is the most substantial study of the book since the 1960s. It includes detailed commentary on Cuthbert in his historical context; the codicology, text, script and medieval history of the manuscript; the structure and decoration of the binding; the other relics found in Cuthbert's coffin; and the post-medieval ownership of the book --
Download or read book Durham Cathedral Manuscripts to the End of the Twelfth Century Plates written by Cathedral Church (Durham, City of) and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Treasures from Durham Cathedral written by Durham Cathedral and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Catalogue of Durham Cathedral Music Manuscripts written by Durham Cathedral and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1986 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The organ books and part-books used in Durham Cathedral over the centuries form the greatest part of this collection, those from the early seventeenth century being particularly well known and of special interest to music scholars and historians. In addition, instrumental music is significantly represented here in the donations made by Philip Falle (1656-1742) and Richard Fawcett (1714-1782), both prebendaries of the cathedral.
Download or read book Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Durham Cathedral Manuscripts to the End of the Twelfth Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lindisfarne Gospels written by Richard Gameson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterpiece of medieval manuscript production and decoration, its Latin text glossed throughout in Old English, the Lindisfarne Gospels is a vital witness to the book culture, art, and Christianity of the Anglo-Saxons and their interactions with Ireland, Italy, and the wider world. The expert studies in this collection examine in turn the archaeology of Holy Island, relations between Ireland and Northumbria, early Northumbrian book culture, the relationship of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the Church universal, the canon table apparatus of the manuscript, the decoration of its Canon Tables, its systems of liturgical readings, the mathematical principles underlying the design of its carpet pages, points of comparison and contrast with the Book of Durrow, the Latin and Old English texts, the nature of the glossator’s ink, and the meaning of enigmatic words and phrases within the vernacular gloss. Approaching the material from a series of new perspectives, the contributors shed new light on numerous aspects of this magnificent manuscript, its milieux, and its significance.
Download or read book Durham Cathedral Manuscripts to the End of the XIIth Century written by Cathedral library (Durham, Grande-Bretagne) and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rites of Durham written by William Claxton and published by Publications of the Surtees So. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illuminated Manuscripts written by Richard Hayman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand and their illustration using brightly coloured pigments and gold embellishments was a labour of love and an act of piety in itself. The results are stunning. The works emanating from the scriptoria of monasteries were mainly religious texts, including illuminated bibles, psalters, and works for private devotion known as books of hours. Illuminated Manuscripts describes the origin and history of illumination in the Middle Ages, covering the artists and their techniques, and the patrons who commissioned them. It explains the subject matter found in medieval works, such as saints and Bible stories and the use of ornamental flourishes, and is illustrated with many fine examples of the genre including the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells.
Download or read book Treasures of Art in Great Britain written by Gustav Friedrich Waagen and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life in a Medieval Monastery written by Anne Boyd and published by Sacristy Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to life at a medieval monastery, this book brings alive the monastic community of Durham and offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of Durham Cathedral.
Download or read book Durham Cathedral Manuscripts to the End of the Twelfth Century written by Durham Cathedral and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Treasures of Durham Cathedral written by Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
