Shared language : vernacular manuscripts in the middle ages

• Date de parution : 12/04/2018
• Editeur : Paul Holberton
• EAN : 9780997184204
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : 128
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Arts et spectacles
• Thème : Monographie / Histoire de l'art / Essais / Dictionnaires
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

The thirty-six manuscripts included in this catalogue provide viewers unique access to the authentic, spontaneous vision of people in medieval France, Italy, Germany, the Low Counties, and Britain. As award-winning author Christopher de Hamel writes in the introduction «There is one way in which... Voir plus

The thirty-six manuscripts included in this catalogue provide viewers unique access to the authentic, spontaneous vision of people in medieval France, Italy, Germany, the Low Counties, and Britain. As award-winning author Christopher de Hamel writes in the introduction «There is one way in which manuscripts are different from all other works of art: they can talk ... Shared language is the basis of all communication, and manuscripts can actually speak to us.»