Corpus of illuminated manuscripts 20: Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts of the Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp - Lieve Watteeuw

Bound cloth with orig. dustjacket, 303pp., 23x31cm.,illustrated throughout in color, as new. ISBN 9789042929159.
Leuven, Peeters, 2013
From the 16th to the 19th century, illuminated manuscripts were collected by the great printer-publisher Christophe Plantin and his Moretus successors and descendants. Ranging in date from the 9th to the mid-16th centuries, the manuscripts in the Museum Plantin-Moretus come from all over Europe, chiefly the Southern Netherlands and France with a significant representation of 15th-century Dutch illumination. More surprisingly, about a quarter of the collection comes from England: manuscripts of the 10th to 15th centuries that left the country with Catholic refugees. Alongside the acknowledged masterpieces and rarities, like the Bohemian Bible of 1402, are volumes that have remained virtually unknown, their aesthetic appeal and historical or textual interest often passing unnoticed in the absence of published reproductions. In this beautifully produced catalogue, each of the 102 volumes is illustrated in colour, with more extensive coverage of the 55 volumes with the most rewarding illumination. For the first time it is possible to gauge the extent and nature of this fascinating and under-explored collection, still housed in the building on the Vrijdagmarkt in Antwerp to which Plantin moved his famous sign of the Golden Compasses in 1576. Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, 20 - Low Countries Series 15. [Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts of the Museum Plantin Moretus, Antwerp.]

2013, 301pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. 31x23cm. In very good condition. [Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp.]

Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts of the Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp: (Low Countries Series 15) (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts: Low Countries Series 15) cataloge hard cover, 310 x 230 mm, 303 pages, red linen binding with white print, fabric wrap, lots of illustrations, in good condition; Book condition: Fine; Binding: Hardcover [Auteur: C Reynolds And L. Watteeuw] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Peeters Publishers] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts of the Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp: (Low Countries Series 15) (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts: Low Countries Series 15)]

From the 16th to the 19th century, illuminated manuscripts were collected by the great printer-publisher Christophe Plantin and his Moretus successors and descendants. Ranging in date from the 9th to the mid-16th centuries, the manuscripts in the Museum Plantin-Moretus come from all over Europe, chiefly the Southern Netherlands and France with a significant representation of 15th-century Dutch illumination. More surprisingly, about a quarter of the collection comes from England: manuscripts of the 10th to 15th centuries that left the country with Catholic refugees. Alongside the acknowledged masterpieces and rarities, like the Bohemian Bible of 1402, are volumes that have remained virtually unknown, their aesthetic appeal and historical or textual interest often passing unnoticed in the absence of published reproductions. In this beautifully produced catalogue, each of the 102 volumes is illustrated in colour, with more extensive coverage of the 55 volumes with the most rewarding illumination. For the first time it is possible to gauge the extent and nature of this fascinating and under-explored collection, still housed in the building on the Vrijdagmarkt in Antwerp to which Plantin moved his famous sign of the Golden Compasses in 1576. Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, 20 - Low Countries Series 15.
Bound, Pages: 303 p. illustrated in color. fine condition. new. ISBN 9789042929159. [Auteur: Watteeuw L, Reynolds C.] [Uitgever: , , 2013] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts of the Museum Plantin Moretus, Antwerp.]