The Lindisfarne Gospels
by Backhouse, Janet
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0714821489
- ISBN 13
- 9780714821481
- Seller
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About This Item
Oxford : Phaidon, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Bookplate of John F. Ashby to front pastedown. Physical description: 96 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. Notes: Paperback edition published 1987, reprinted 1990. Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-94) and index. Contents: 1. Lindisfarne and Saint Cuthbert -- 2. The men who made the manuscript -- 3. The text of the Gospels -- 4. The script -- 5. Who the manuscript was made -- 6. The great decorated pages -- 7. The smaller initials -- 8. Some comparisons -- 9. The later history of the manuscript. Subjects: British Library; Department of Manuscripts; Lindisfarne Gospels; Illustrations; New Testament; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon; England - Migration & Early Medieval - Manuscript studies; Gospels Critical studies.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 396572
- Title
- The Lindisfarne Gospels
- Author
- Backhouse, Janet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0714821489
- ISBN 13
- 9780714821481
- Publisher
- Oxford : Phaidon
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1981
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