Research Catalog
The Book of Kells
- Title
- The Book of Kells / Bernard Meehan.
- Author
- Meehan, Bernard.
- Publication
- New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFG 13-26 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Mezzanine |
Details
- Description
- 256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 33 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- "250 illustrations, 230 in color."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 250) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Historical background. Later history of the manuscript -- Binding and rebinding -- Later additions and annotations -- The elements of the book: Hebrew names -- Canon tables -- The Virgin and Child -- Breves Causae and Argumenta -- The Gospels -- Matthew's Gospel -- Mark's Gospel -- Luke's Gospel -- John's Gospel -- Decoration: Antecedents and influences -- Symbols and themes -- Imaging the Gospels -- Concealed illustrations -- Uncertainties -- Scribes and artists: The scribes' work -- The scribes -- The artists -- The speed of scribes and artists -- Physical features of the book. Vellum -- Tools used -- Pigments and inks -- Constructing the decoration -- Bindings and shrines -- Preludes and parallels -- Structure of the book with a guide to noteworthy pages: Counting the leaves -- Collation map.
- Call Number
- JFG 13-26
- ISBN
- 9780500238943 (hbk.)
- 0500238944 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012931629
- OCLC
- 798408179
- Author
- Meehan, Bernard.
- Title
- The Book of Kells / Bernard Meehan.
- Imprint
- New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 250) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFG 13-26