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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594206112
ISBN-13
9781594206115
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234231952
Product Key Features
Book Title
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts : Twelve Journeys Into the Medieval World
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Christianity / History, Book, General, History / Medieval, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Art, Religion, Reference, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
48.7 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-031392
Reviews
UK Praise for MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS: "An extraordinary book, a work of scholarship and history salted with the author's excitement...It is full of delights, as well as surprising reminders of the shifting ground of knowledge." - Tom Stoppard "Reading is my life, but only about once a decade do I find a book that seems to tilt the world, so afterwards it appears different." Fiammetta Rocco, Economist '1843' "Encountering an original medieval manuscript is in some ways like encountering a famous person, says De Hamel. With meticulous biblio-sleuthing he seeks to divine the hidden "character" of the celebrity documents under his scrutiny. ... De Hamel's book, scholarly but unfailingly readable, is the beginning of wisdom in all things scribal and scriptural." - Ian Thomson, Observer "Christopher de Hamel is one of the world's leading palaeographers ... In this splendid new book he has numerous fascinating, scandalous, funny and gloriously entertaining tales. ... His enthusiasm, irreverence and wit are irresistible. ... Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is, like each one of the 12 treasures it celebrates, a book of marvels." - John Banville, Financial Times "He has undertaken an almost impossible task. Instead of guiding our own exploration of these beautiful objects, his book has to serve as a substitute for the real thing. In this, he succeeds brilliantly, producing a truly wonderful book in the process - wise, entertaining and informative. ... Beneath his urbane manner, Christopher de Hamel is a formidable scholar." - Jonathan Sumption, Spectator "With scholarly elegance, Christopher de Hamel opens the door and invites us to join him for the intellectual expedition of a lifetime...This is an endlessly fascinating and enjoyable book." - Neil MacGregor "Erudite and enthusiastic...de Hamel has catalogued more medieval manuscripts than anyone in history; everyone, not only academics should listen to what he has said." - Economist "Spectacular ... Manuscripts are the lifeblood of medieval history. De Hamel, the librarian of Corpus Christi, has spent a lifetime handling, cataloguing and interpreting these gorgeous objects....If I could walk you to your nearest bookshop, take 30 from your wallet, and place this wonderful book in your hands, I would." - Peter Thonemann, Sunday Times One of the cultural highlights of the autumn...Christopher de Hamel has turned a lifelong obsession with ancient literature into a book that critics are comparing to A History of the World in 100 Objects and the wonderful The Hare with Amber Eyes." - Kirsty Ward, Newsnight "He reveals a stupendous discovery has made about this book that no one had noticed in its centuries on this earth. ... De Hamel makes an informative, entertaining book (the most suitable medium, after all), and no one but he could have written it." - Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph "Christopher de Hamel's learned adventures amid some of the West's greatest manuscript treasures effortlessly outclass Eco's The Name of the Rose in elegance and excitement. They are also much funnier." - Diarmaid MacCulloch, "A palaeographer's fascinating investigation of medieval culture.A former librarian of Parker Library at Cambridge and cataloger of illuminated manuscripts for Sotheby's, de Hamel (Fellow, Corpus Christi Coll., Cambrid≥ Bibles: An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print, 2011, etc.) brings extensive expertise to his meticulous examination of 12 celebrated manuscripts created from the sixth to the 16th century...The book is sumptuously illustrated...A rare, erudite, and delightfully entertaining history." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) UK Praise for MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS: "An extraordinary book, a work of scholarship and history salted with the author's excitement...It is full of delights, as well as surprising reminders of the shifting ground of knowledge." - Tom Stoppard "Reading is my life, but only about once a decade do I find a book that seems to tilt the world, so afterwards it appears different." Fiammetta Rocco, Economist '1843' "Encountering an original medieval manuscript is in some ways like encountering a famous person, says De Hamel. With meticulous biblio-sleuthing he seeks to divine the hidden "character" of the celebrity documents under his scrutiny. ... De Hamel's book, scholarly but unfailingly readable, is the beginning of wisdom in all things scribal and scriptural." - Ian Thomson, Observer "Christopher de Hamel is one of the world's leading palaeographers ... In this splendid new book he has numerous fascinating, scandalous, funny and gloriously entertaining tales. ... His enthusiasm, irreverence and wit are irresistible. ... Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is, like each one of the 12 treasures it celebrates, a book of marvels." - John Banville, Financial Times "He has undertaken an almost impossible task. Instead of guiding our own exploration of these beautiful objects, his book has to serve as a substitute for the real thing. In this, he succeeds brilliantly, producing a truly wonderful book in the process - wise, entertaining and informative. ... Beneath his urbane manner, Christopher de Hamel is a formidable scholar." - Jonathan Sumption, Spectator "With scholarly elegance, Christopher de Hamel opens the door and invites us to join him for the intellectual expedition of a lifetime...This is an endlessly fascinating and enjoyable book." - Neil MacGregor "Erudite and enthusiastic...de Hamel has catalogued more medieval manuscripts than anyone in history; everyone, not only academics should listen to what he has said." - Economist "Spectacular ... Manuscripts are the lifeblood of medieval history. De Hamel, the librarian of Corpus Christi, has spent a lifetime handling, cataloguing and interpreting these gorgeous objects....If I could walk you to your nearest bookshop, take 30 from your wallet, and place this wonderful book in your hands, I would." - Peter Thonemann, Sunday Times One of the cultural highlights of the autumn...Christopher de Hamel has turned a lifelong obsession with ancient literature into a book that critics are comparing to A History of the World in 100 Objects and the wonderful The Hare with Amber Eyes." - Kirsty Ward, Newsnight "He reveals a stupendous discovery has made about this book that no one had noticed in its centuries on this earth. ... De Hamel makes an informative, entertaining book (the most suitable medium, after all), and no one but he could have written it." - Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph "Christopher de Hamel's learned adventures amid some of the West's greatest manuscript treasures effortlessly outclass Eco's The Name of the Rose in elegance and excitement. They are also much funnier." - Diarmaid MacCulloch
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
091
Synopsis
An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts. Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize. A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Book Gift Guide Pick Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader into intimate conversations with these texts to explore what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history - and about the modern world, too. In so doing, de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints, scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, and collectors. He traces the elaborate journeys that these exceptionally precious artifacts have made through time and shows us how they have been copied, how they have been embroiled in politics, how they have been regarded as objects of supreme beauty and as symbols of national identity, and who has owned them or lusted after them (and how we can tell). From the earliest book in medieval England to the incomparable Book of Kells to the oldest manuscript of the Canterbury Tales , these encounters tell a narrative of intellectual culture and art over the course of a millennium. Two of the manuscripts visited are now in libraries of North America, the Morgan Library in New York and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the reader, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts allows us to experience some of the greatest works of art in our culture to give us a different perspective on history and on how we come by knowledge., An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts. Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize. A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Book Gift Guide Pick! Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader into intimate conversations with these texts to explore what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history - and about the modern world, too. In so doing, de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints, scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, and collectors. He traces the elaborate journeys that these exceptionally precious artifacts have made through time and shows us how they have been copied, how they have been embroiled in politics, how they have been regarded as objects of supreme beauty and as symbols of national identity, and who has owned them or lusted after them (and how we can tell). From the earliest book in medieval England to the incomparable Book of Kells to the oldest manuscript of the Canterbury Tales , these encounters tell a narrative of intellectual culture and art over the course of a millennium. Two of the manuscripts visited are now in libraries of North America, the Morgan Library in New York and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the reader, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts allows us to experience some of the greatest works of art in our culture to give us a different perspective on history and on how we come by knowledge.
LC Classification Number
Z106.5.E85D44 2017
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