The Book of Kells / Bernard Meehan
- Author:
- Meehan, Bernard
- Published:
- New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm
- Contents:
- Introduction -- Historical background. Later history of the manuscript -- Binding and rebinding -- Later additions and annotations -- The elements of the book: Hebrew names -- Canon tables -- The Virgin and Child -- Breves Causae and Argumenta -- The Gospels -- Matthew's Gospel -- Mark's Gospel -- Luke's Gospel -- John's Gospel -- Decoration: Antecedents and influences -- Symbols and themes -- Imaging the Gospels -- Concealed illustrations -- Uncertainties -- Scribes and artists: The scribes' work -- The scribes -- The artists -- The speed of scribes and artists -- Physical features of the book. Vellum -- Tools used -- Pigments and inks -- Constructing the decoration -- Bindings and shrines -- Preludes and parallels -- Structure of the book with a guide to noteworthy pages: Counting the leaves -- Collation map.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780500238943 (hbk.)
0500238944 (hbk.) - Note:
- "250 illustrations, 230 in color."
In slipcase. - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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