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| Bibliotheque Nationale (France). Departement Des Manuscrits | 5 |
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The Holkham Bible picture book
Hassall, W O (1912-); British Library
1954
The facsim. is reproduced from the 14th century Anglo-Norman ms. in the British Museum (MS. Add. 47680). "100 numbered copies... specially bound in full red niger morocco and signed by Dr. W.O. Hass...
The Art of the French book from early manuscripts to the present time
Lejard, André (1899-)
[1947]
"This book is based on the world-famous collection in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris". Bibliography: p. 165-166.
Fragmenta et picturae Vergiliana codicis vaticani latini 3225 : phototypice expressa, consilio et opera curatorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae
Virgil
In officina Danesi, 1930
Contains fragments of Georg, books 3-4 and Aeneid, books 1-6.
An early Breton gospel book : a ninth-century manuscript from the collection of H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence, 1887-1965
Wormald, Francis (1904-1972); Alexander, J J G (1935-); Roxburghe Club
1977
The manuscript is in Latin, written in Brittany. Text of a paper read to the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1955.
The Shāh-nāmah of Firdausī : the book of the Persian kings, with 24 illustrations from a fifteenth-century Persian manuscript in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society
Binyon, Laurence (1869-1943); Wilkinson, J V S; Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
1931
Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.
The Gorleston psalter : a manuscript of the beginning of the fourteenth century in the library of C.W. Dyson Perrins described in relation to other East Anglian books of the period
Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle (1867-1962); Perrins, Charles William Dyson (1864-1958)
1907
With a preface by C.W. Dyson Perrins. "A map of the places in East Anglia named in the text" on t.p. The coloured frontispiece is mounted.
Illuminated manuscripts : their origin, history and characteristics : a sketch
Quaile, Edward
1897
"With twenty-six examples from books of hours in his possession."
The illustrations in the manuscripts of the Septuagint (v.3 pt.1)
Friend, Albert Mathias; Weitzmann, Kurt (1904-1993); DeWald, Ernest T (1891-1968); Princeton University. Department of Art and Archaeology
1941-
"Published for the Department of art and archaeology of Princeton University." Volume 3 is published in four parts: Pt.1. Vaticanus Graecus 1927 -- Pt.2. Vaticanus Graecus 752 -- Pt.3. Psalters with...
The illustrations in the manuscripts of the Septuagint (v.3 pt.2)
Friend, Albert Mathias; Weitzmann, Kurt (1904-1993); DeWald, Ernest T (1891-1968); Princeton University. Department of Art and Archaeology
1941-
"Published for the Department of art and archaeology of Princeton University." Volume 3 is published in four parts: Pt.1. Vaticanus Graecus 1927 -- Pt.2. Vaticanus Graecus 752 -- Pt.3. Psalters with...
A practical treatise on the art of illuminating : with examples, chromographed in fac-simile and in outline, of the styles prevailing at different periods, from the sixth century to the present time
Ward, Marcus; Foster, Vere (1819-1900); Marcus Ward & Co
[1873]
Title on plates: Vere Foster's Advanced water color drawing : illuminating.
English minstrelsy
Abrahall, H C Hoskyns
[1872]
Extracts from various poets. Plates printed by Rell Brothers.