Research Catalog

Title

The art & science of illuminated manuscripts : a handbook / edited by Stella Panayotova.

Publication

• New York : Harvey Miller, 2021.
• London : Harvey Miller Publishers, 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors

Panayotova, Stella

Description

528 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm.

Summary

This book is designed to provide a guide for art historians, conservators and manuscript scholars to understand and support the increasingly popular cross-disciplinary research efforts focused on non-invasive scientific analyses of illuminated manuscripts. The results achieved by the research of the pioneering MINIARE research project based at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge led to the ground-breaking and acclaimed 2016 exhibition "COLOUR: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts." This was followed by an international Conference, in which art historians, paper and book conservators, and cultural heritage scientists were brought together to share new recent research not only on manuscripts but also on painting in other media. The Conference proceedings were published in the first two volumes of the HMMIMA series (2017-2018). The present publication includes 6 Essays by way of introducing and explaining the major topics being investigated, including the range of inks, pigments and paint binders used by illuminators; parchment-making; pigment recipes; and model books. The many analytical instruments and techniques that are used to investigate manuscripts are also discussed. Then follow 58 Case Studies of manuscripts from as early as the year 700 up to c.1600. All these are fully illustrated in colour and in great detail, and should act as examples to inform scholars in libraries, museums and other cultural institutions of the benefits of adding scientific tools to the range of methods used to investigate manuscripts.

Series Statement

Manuscripts in the Making ; 3

Uniform Title

Manuscripts in the making.

Alternative Title

Art and science of illuminated manuscripts : a handbook

Subject

• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts > Conservation and restoration

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: the integrated analyses of illuminated manuscripts / Stella Panayotova -- Pigment recipes and model books: mechanisms for knowledge transmission and the training of manuscript illuminators / Nancy K. Turner and Doris Oltrogge -- Science of the book: analytical methods for the study of illuminated manuscripts / Paola Ricciardi and Catherine Schmidt Patterson -- From pelt to painted page: Western medieval manuscript parchments / Edward Cheese -- Painting materals and techniques: in Byzantine and Slavonic illuminated manuscripts, c.800-c.1500 / Elina Dobrynina -- Painting materials and techniques: in Western illuminated manuscripts, c.600-c.1600 / Stella Panayotova

Call Number

ND2900

ISBN

• 9781912554591
• 1912554593

OCLC

1267987464

Title

The art & science of illuminated manuscripts : a handbook / edited by Stella Panayotova.

Imprint

New York : Harvey Miller, 2021.

Publisher

London : Harvey Miller Publishers, 2020.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Manuscripts in the Making ; 3

Manuscripts in the making.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Panayotova, Stella, editor.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR ND2900 .A78 2020

Pres. Div. ND2900 .A78 2020