San Antonio College Library

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Celtic.

Who were the medieval illuminators? How were their hand-produced books illustrated and decorated? In this beautiful book Jonathan Alexander presents a survey of manuscript illumination throughout Europe from the fourth to the sixteenth century. He discusses the social and historical context of the illuminators' lives, considers their methods of work, and presents a series of case studies to show the range and nature of the visual sources and the ways...

The authors discuss the importance of the Anglo-Saxon tradition of drawing in 13th century illumination, the role of the Court in the introduction of the French style of illumination, the elaboration of marginalia, and International Gothic style.

"Hebrew Manuscript Painting is the ninth in a new series of large-format, high-quality volumes featuring particularly interesting and appealing pages selected from the most important Eastern and Western manuscripts extant. On these charming pages are depicted illustrations of Jewish customs and holiday observances in manuscripts from Germany, France, Spain, and Italy. Joseph Gutmann of Wayne State University has selected and described the folios reproduced...

"The golden age of the Mughal empire comprised the reigns of three emperors: Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Their land, which they called Hindustan, was a conquered one; their language was Persian; they employed Hindu and Muslim artists and commissioned books and paintings with themes drawn from these varied traditions, and from Europe. This complex cultural framework produced some of the finest court paintings ever seen in the Subcontinent." "In...