Western Illuminated Manuscripts
A Catalogue of the Collection in Cambridge University Library

Beautifully illustrated throughout, this catalogue evaluates Cambridge University Library's world-class collection of illuminated manuscripts for the very first time.

Paul Binski (Author), Patrick Zutshi (Author), Stella Panayotova (With)

9780521848923, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 31 March 2011

532 pages, 720 b/w illus. 192 colour illus.
28.3 x 22.7 x 5 cm, 2.77 kg

'Paul Binski and Patrick Zutshi decided 'to keep the catalogue within a manageable compass and to ensure that its completion was not inordinately delayed' and should be congratulated on achieving their end to the benefit of all with an interest in medieval manuscripts.' The Burlington Magazine

Cambridge University Library's collection of illuminated manuscripts is of international significance. It originates in the medieval university and stands alongside the holdings of the colleges and the Fitzwilliam Museum. The University Library contains major European examples of medieval illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, with acknowledged masterpieces of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance book art, as well as illuminated literary texts, including the first complete Chaucer manuscript. This catalogue provides scholars and researchers easy access to the University Library's illuminated manuscripts, evaluating the importance of many of them for the very first time. It contains descriptions of famous manuscripts, for example the Life of Edward the Confessor attributed to Matthew Paris, as well as hundreds of lesser-known items. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the catalogue contains descriptions of individual manuscripts with up-to-date assessments of their style, origins and importance, together with bibliographical references.

Preface
Introduction
List of manuscripts catalogued
The catalogue: the British Isles
France
Flanders
The northern Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Spain
Bibliography
Index of iconography
Index of artists, scribes and binders
Index of authors and titles
Index of types of books and texts
Index of provenance
Index of manuscripts
General index.

Subject Areas: Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter [WCS], Literary studies: general [DSB], History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400 [ACK]