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About The Artwork This image is part of my ongoing and worldwide photo project 'Libraries'. The atmosphere in this precious library hall of a private collector shows more of the time when it was created and more of the spirit of its creator J.P. Morgan, than any contemporary and any public library ever will. I admire the extraordinary collection of books, manuscripts and artefacts, the collector brought together during his lifetime. Original Created: 2017 Subjects: Architecture Materials: Paper Styles: Fine Art Mediums: Color Digital Paper Details & Dimensions Photography: Color on Paper Artist Produced Limited Edition of: 10 Size: 62.4 W x 50 H x 0.1 D in Frame: Not Framed Ready to Hang: Not applicable Packaging: Ships Rolled in a Tube

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THE ILLUMINATION OF BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS - RARE BOOK COLLECTION This collection is 2.0 GB in size. This might take some time to download depending on your connection speed. You will be able to download in sections or all together once the payment has been completed. The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 123 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library revealing the enchanting art of ILLUMINATED BOOKS & MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION. Discover the fascinating art of the Middle Ages expressed through the illumination of books and manuscripts. Learn about the history, theory, and practice of illuminating. Study examples from some of the finest medieval illuminations in existence. Read about miniature art, emblematic illumination, traditional methods for illumination on both paper and vellum, missal painting, manuscript ornamentation, and much more. Also included in this astonishing collection are catalogs containing examples and details of rare illuminated books alongside several manuals and guides for modern illuminators and artists seeking to replicate the medieval masterpieces. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, this is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in book illumination, medieval art and illuminated manuscripts. The full list of titles included speaks for itself…. This is a DIGITAL item! All of the books have been scanned in HQ and preserved forever in modern pdf format, easy to read on any laptop, computer, e-reader, tablet or even smartphone. You can also print any page you wish, or even books in their entirety. Most of the books are written in English with several additional texts in French and German. Full List of Books Included: A Book of Good Cheer - The Hayes Lithographing Company (1908) A booke of Christmas carols, illuminated from ancient manuscripts in the British museum - J. Cundall (1846) A Catalogue of the early printed books and illuminated manuscripts collected by R. Bennett (1900) A Christmas carol - A. T. Crispin (1873) A collection of choice manuscripts, incunables, books of hours, maps, music autographs, woodcut books (1909) A collection of excessively rare books, letters and illuminated manuscripts ... to be sold December 14 and 15, 1909 - Anderson Galleries Inc. A companion to Manual of illumination - containing borders, capitals, texts, and detail finishings, etc. - J. J. Laing (1901) A descriptive and illustrated catalogue of miniature paintings of the Jaina Kalpasåutra as executed in the early western Indian style - W. N. Brown (1922) A guide to the manuscripts, autographs, charters, seals, illuminations and bindings exhibited in the Department of Manuscripts (1906) A handbook of the art of illumination, as practised during the Middle Ages - H. Shaw (1866) A history of minature art - J. L. Propert (1887) A manual of illumination on paper and vellum - J. W. Bradley (1861) A practical treatise on the art of illuminating - M. Ward (1873) A primer of the art of illumination for the use of beginners - F. Delamotte (1874) A Roman alphabet and how to use it - F. F. Frederick (1917) A text-book of free-hand lettering - F. T. Daniels (1909) A textbook on lettering and sign painting (1902) A very proper treatise, wherein is briefly sett forthe the arte of limming, which teacheth the order in drawing & tracing of letters, vinets, flowers, armes and imagery - R. Tottel (1573) Ancient English Christmas carols 1400 to 1700 - E. Rickert (1910) Aphorisms of the wise & good - T. Bessent (1862) Arts and crafts in the middle ages - J. Addison (1914) Becker's ornamental penmanship. A series of analytical and finished alphabets - G. J. Becker (1854) Book bindings - historical and decorative - Maggs Bros (1921) Borders, initials, etc. from illuminated M.S.S - unknown author (1800) Bulletin de la Société française de reproductions de manuscrits à peintures Vols. 1 - 2 (1911) Bulletin de la Société française de reproductions de manuscrits à peintures Vols. 5 - 6 (1911) Catalogue of a series of illuminations from mss. principally of the Italian and French schools - Burlington Fine Arts Club (1886) Catalogue of an exhibition of illuminated and painted manuscripts - Grolier Club (1892) Catalogue of an exhibition of illuminated and painted manuscripts, together with a few early printed books with illuminations - Grolier Club (1892) Catalogue of an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, principally Biblical and liturgical - John Rylands Library (1908) Catalogue of manuscripts - mostly illuminated, many in fine bindings, offered for sale by J. & J. Leighton, London (1900) Catalogue of twenty-eight illuminated manuscripts and two illuminated printed books, the property of Henry Yates Thompson - sold at auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (1919) Celtic illuminative art in the gospel books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells - S. Robinson (1908) Chateau de Chantilly - le cabinet des livres du Musée Condé - cent reproductions Church decoration - a practical manual of appropriate ornamentation - unknown author (1860) Der Sachsenspiegel Vol. 1 - (1921) Der Sachsenspiegel Vol. 2 - (1921) Description des peintures et autres ornements conte nus dans les manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque nationale - H. L. Bordier (1883) Die deutsche Buchmalerei in ihren stilistischen Entwicklungsphasen; mit 6 Farbentafeln und 64 Abbildungen - F. Jacobi (1923) Die Miniaturen der Universitäts-Bibliothek zu Heidelberg Vol. 1 - G. K. Heidelberg (1887) Die Miniaturen des fruhen Mittelalters - H. Hieber (1912) Die ottonische Kölner Buchmalerei ein beitrag zur entwicklungsgeschichte der frühmittelalterlichen kunst in Westdeutschland - H. Ehl (1922) Early drawings and illuminations - an introduction to the study of illustrated manuscripts - W. de Gray Birch (1879) Early illustrated books - a history of the decoration and illustration of books in the 15th and 16th centuries A. W. Pollard (1893) Elementary instruction in the art of illuminating and missal painting on vellum - a guide to modern illuminators - D. Larent de Lara (1860) Emblematic illumination; or, Forms, colours, and emblems - suitable for illuminating texts of holy scripture in large style, in oils or water-colours - F. M. Redgrave (1860) English illuminated manuscripts - E. M. Thompson (1895) English minstrelsy - H. Abrahall (1860) Examples of the art of book-illumination during the middle ages reproduced in facsimile - B. Quaritch (1889) Exhibition of illuminated manuscripts - Burlington Fine Arts Club (1908) Fac-similé de livres copiés et enluminés pour le roi Charles V (1903) Facsimiles of choice examples selected from illuminated manuscripts, unpublished drawings and illustrated books of early date - B. Quartich (1890) Fac-similes of the miniatures & ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish manuscripts - J. O. Westwood (1868) Free-hand lettering - V. T. Wilson (1905) Guide for drawing the acanthus, and every description of ornamental foliage - J. Page (1886) Guide to the art of illuminating and missal painting - G. A. Audsley (1861) Histoire de l'ornementation des manuscrits - F. Denis (1857) Illuminated manuscripts. ... With twenty-one illustrations - J. W. Bradley (1920) Illuminated manuscripts - J. A. Herbert (1911) Illuminated manuscripts - J. W. Bradley (1905) Illuminated manuscripts - their origin, history and characteristics - E. Quaille (1897) Illuminated manuscripts and bindings of manuscripts exhibited in the Grenville Library - British Museum (1923) Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their technique - J. H. Middleton (1892) Illuminated ornaments, selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries - H. Shaw (1833) Illumination and its development in the present day - S. Farnsworth (1922) La miniature en Orient - E. Kuhnel (1921) Lapidario del rey d. Alfonso X; codice original (1881) L'art de l'enluminure - métier, histoire, pratique - A. Labitte (1893) Leaves from a Christmas bough - E. Bond (1867) Les évangiles des dimanches et fêtes de l'année Vol. 1 - Catholic Church (1864) Les évangiles des dimanches et fêtes de l'année Vol. 2 - Catholic Church (1864) Les évangiles des dimanches et fêtes de l'année - Appendice - Catholic Church (1864) Les manuscrits et la miniature - A. Lecoy de La Marche (1884) Les miniaturistes français - H. Martin (1906) Les peintres de manuscrits et la miniature en France - H. Martin (1909) Lessons in the art of illuminating - a series of examples selected from works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum - W. J. Loftie (1895) Manual of illuminated and missal painting - E. Jewitt (1860) Manuscrits sur velin avec miniatures du Xe au XVIe siècle, soigneusement décrits et mis en vente (1910) Miniatures and borders from the Book of hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan, in the British Museum (1894) Miniaturmalerei im islamischen Orient - E. Kuhnel (1923) Oeuvre de Jehan Foucquet. Heures de Maistre Estienne Chevalier Vol. 1 - J. Fouquet (1866) Oeuvre de Jehan Foucquet. Heures de Maistre Estienne Chevalier Vol. 2 - J. Fouquet (1866) Of the decorative illustration of books old and new - W. Crane (1905) Of the tumbler of Our Lady & other miracles - A. Kemp-Welch (1908) One with Christ in glory. Thoughts on John XVII., with a revised version from a critical Greek text, and the Authorized version illuminated - J. Inglis (1871) Palæography. Notes upon the history of writing and the medieval art of illumination - B. Quaritch (1894) Poklad svatovítský a knihovna kapitulní (1903) Portfolio of ancient capital letters, monograms, quaint designs, etc. etc. coloured and tinted; eighteen plates (1859) Printing and writing materials, their evolution - A. M. Smith (1904) Psalterium et cantica - some account of an illuminated psalter for the use o