Gold
The British Library Exhibition Book
$37.32
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
17 August 2022
Summary
Gold is universally appreciated for its beauty and value. Since ancient times, people have found all kinds of ways to incorporate gold into handmade books and documents – gold writing, gold pages, pictures ornamented with gold, gold book covers. This exhibition will bring together some of the British Library’s most luxurious golden illuminated manuscripts from around the world to explore the different techniques used to apply gold and to tell the story of gold’s significance.
The exhi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712354462 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0712354468 |
| Author: | Kathleen Doyle, Annabel Gallop, Eleanor Jackson |
| Publisher: | British Library Publishing |
| Imprint: | British Library Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 17 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 314g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 189mm |
| Series: | British Library Exhibition Cat |
About The Author
Kathleen Doyle
Dr. Kathleen Doyle is the Lead Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library. She received her PhD in Medieval Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, where her thesis focussed on 12th-century Cistercian manuscripts and the use of images in monastic art. Her latest publications are with Charlotte Denoël, Medieval Illumination: Manuscript Art in England and France 700-1200 (2018), also available in French, and with Scot McKendrick, The Art of the Bible: Illuminated Manuscripts from the Medieval World (2016), which has been translated into Dutch, French Annabel works on Malay and Indonesian manuscripts, with a particular interest in letters, documents, and seals, and on the illumination of Qur’ans and other Islamic manuscripts from Southeast Asia. Eleanor Jackson is Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library. She recently received her PhD in History of Art from the University of York, where her thesis focused on Insular pocket Gospel-books. Her research interests include medieval reading practices, book design and illumination.
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