The Posthumous Papers Of Manuscripts Club Christopher De Hamel Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Art General

The Illuminated Manuscripts Of Middle Ages Are Among Greatest Works European Art And Literature We Dazzled By Them Recognize Their Crucial Role In Transmission Knowledge But Generally Think Much Less About Countless Men Women Who Made Collected Preserved Through Centuries To Whom They Owe Existence This Entrancing Book Describes Some Extraordinary People Have Spent Lives Over Last Thousand Years A Monk Normandy Prince France Florentine Bookseller An English Antiquary Rabbi From Central Europe French Priest Keeper At British Museum Greek Forger German Polymath Connoisseur Woman Created Most Spectacular Library America - All Were Participants What Christopher De Hamel Calls Club Exhilarating Fraternity Fellow Enthusiasts Come With It Throw New Light On How Survived Been Used Very Different Kinds Many Circumstances Hamel\ S Unexpected Connections Discoveries Reveal Passion Which Crosses Boundaries Time Understand Themselves Better Knowing Keepers Companions 1850 (Or Thereabouts) John Ruskin Bought His First Manuscript \ Bookseller\ Back Alley\ Was Reaction: Worlds Every Leaf Opened Me Joy I Had Counting Letters Unravelling Arabesques As If Beaten Gold Cannot Be Told Members Share Such Wonders He Brings Us Scholarship Style Lifetime\ Experience Σελίδες: 624 Διαστάσεις: 16 6X16 6Cm