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Title(s)
The pigments of British medieval illuminators : a scientific and cultural study / Richard Gameson, Andrew Beeby, Flavia Fiorillo, Catherine Nicholson, Paola Ricciardi and Suzanne Reynolds, with contributions from Mila Crippa, Anna Mazzinghi and Lucia Pereira-Pardo.
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Published/Created
London : Archetype Publications Ltd, 2023.
Totton, Hampshire : Hobbs the Printers Ltd.
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Physical Description
xvi, 471 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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Holdings
ND3128 .P54 2023 (LC)
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"This comprehensive and richly illustrated volume is the first-ever history of British medieval illuminators' pigments. It rests on first-hand investigation, with optimal scientific techniques, of a wide selection of manuscripts, ranging in date from the seventh century to the fifteenth. It provides an authoritative, engaging and accessible guide to this understudied field, for historians, art historians, librarians, conservators, heritage scientists, and anyone interested in the art, culture and techniques of book illumination."--Back cover. -
Subject Terms
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- British Isles. | Pigments.
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
The pigments, dyes and inks, and how best to identify them -- Conversion and colour, c.600-c.900 -- Conquests and chromophores, c.900-1066 -- Normans, Angevins, Plantagenets and pigments, c.1066-c.1250 -- A time of expansion: colour c.1250-c.1360 -- Colour after the Black Death, c.1360-c.1485 -- Conclusion: The chronology of colour -- Appendix I: The earliest recipe collections in British books -- Appendix II: Illuminators' materials in royal household accounts, 1289-1290 -- Appendix III: Instrumentation.
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