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a guide to technical terms

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Understanding illuminated manuscripts

a guide to technical terms

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What is a breviary? What is an antiphonal? What is an incipit? This illustrated book offers definitions of the techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms. Included are numerous illustrations drawn from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and The British Library.

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English
Pages
127

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Understanding illuminated manuscripts: a guide to technical terms
1994, J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127).

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Malibu, Calif

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
745.6/7/0940902
Library of Congress
ND2889 .B76 1994, ND2889.B76 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
127 p. :
Number of pages
127

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1430816M
ISBN 10
0892362170
LCCN
93042239
OCLC/WorldCat
29389569
LibraryThing
41305
Goodreads
350745

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OL856520W

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