Manuscript Illumination in the Modern Age


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How medieval manuscripts were understood in the 19th and 20th centuries is the basis for this volume co-written by four art historians; Hindman (Northwestern U.), Michael Camille (U. of Chicago), Rowan Watson (Victoria and Albert Museum), and Nina Rowe (Block Museum, Northwestern U.). The attitudes










French Book-plates


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The Purchase of the Past


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Offers a broad and vivid overview of the culture of collecting in France over the long nineteenth-century.