Sketches and proofs for Illuminated illustrations of the Bible : copied from select manuscripts of the Middle Ages, 1846-1847.

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Sketches and proofs for Illuminated illustrations of the Bible : copied from select manuscripts of the Middle Ages, 1846-1847.

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Westwood's inscription on the second flyleaf identifies this annotated volume as his own "large paper copy." Included are copies of manuscript illuminations in the form of chromolithograph proofs, tracings, watercolors, and line proofs. Also included are 5 pages detached from an actual illuminated manuscript(s) and one cutting from an actual French book of hours, c. 1500, by a Bourges miniaturist in the style of the Master of Spencer 6.

1 v. (209 leaves) : 125 ill. (some col.) ; 33 x 27 cm.

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Westwood, J.O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893

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British entomologist and paleographer, an authority on Anglo-Saxon and medieval manuscripts, and one of the pioneers in the publication of the pictures in illuminated manuscripts. From the description of Sketches and proofs for Illuminated illustrations of the Bible : copied from select manuscripts of the Middle Ages, 1846-1847. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79821976 British entomologist and paleographer, an authority on Anglo-Saxon and medieval manuscripts...