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Book Synopsis
George Henderson's work on English biblical illumination sheds light on Anglo-Saxon and Norman manuscripts' sources and artists' creativity. His two volumes trace links to antique sources, innovations, and lost art, while the second volume focuses on thirteenth-century Anglo-French Apocalypses and medieval English seals.

Table of Contents
Preface

Losses and Lacunae in Early Insular Art

Bede and the Visual Arts

Late Antique Influences in Some Medieval English Illustrations of Genesis

The Sources of the Genesis Cycle at Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe

The Programme of Illustrations in Bodleian MS Junius Xl

The Joshua Cycle in B. M. Cotton MS Claudius B. IV

Cain's Jaw-bone

Narrative Illustration and Theological Exposition in Medieval Art

Bible Illustration in the Age of Laud

Additional Notes

Index

Studies in English Bible Illustration Volume I

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      Publisher: Pindar Press
      Publication Date: 31/12/1985
      ISBN13: 9780907132271, 978-0907132271
      ISBN10: 907132278
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      George Henderson's work on English biblical illumination sheds light on Anglo-Saxon and Norman manuscripts' sources and artists' creativity. His two volumes trace links to antique sources, innovations, and lost art, while the second volume focuses on thirteenth-century Anglo-French Apocalypses and medieval English seals.

      Table of Contents
      Preface

      Losses and Lacunae in Early Insular Art

      Bede and the Visual Arts

      Late Antique Influences in Some Medieval English Illustrations of Genesis

      The Sources of the Genesis Cycle at Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe

      The Programme of Illustrations in Bodleian MS Junius Xl

      The Joshua Cycle in B. M. Cotton MS Claudius B. IV

      Cain's Jaw-bone

      Narrative Illustration and Theological Exposition in Medieval Art

      Bible Illustration in the Age of Laud

      Additional Notes

      Index

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