Synopses & Reviews
Although the advent of the printing press heralded the end of the manuscript, the illuminated text still flourished through the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Many such manuscripts are works of extraordinary expressive power and have much to tell about the history of the graphic arts as well. Roger Wieck's catalogue carefully describes the extraordinary collection of graduals, breviaries, books of hours, and works of classical and vernacular literature assembled over the decades at Houghton Library.
About the Author
Roger S. Wieck is former Assistant Curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library.
Table of Contents
1. Foreword
2. Introduction
3. Acknowledgments
4. Note to the Catalogue
5. Selection of 50 Manuscripts Exhibited March 15 to June 3, 1983
6. Catalogue of Late Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts 1350-1525
7. List of Figures
8. Figures
Appendices 9. Bibliography of Frequently Cited Works
10. Index of Authors and Titles
11. Index of Artists and Scribes
12. Index of Previous Owners
13. Index by Century and Country
14. Index of Cited Manuscripts from Other Collections