Traces the origins and development of writing, explains how scholars decipher ancient languages, and discusses social attitudes towards literacy and writing

A History of Writing

Arts & Photography

GAUR, Albertine

History & Criticism

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Prince of Librarians: The Life and Times of Antonio Panizzi of the British Museum

MILLER, Edward

Biographies & Memoirs

Written and illuminated in the early 14th century for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell of Irnham in Lincolnshire, The Luttrell Psalter is celebrated for its long series of attractive marginal illustrations showing scenes of rural life in medieval England. Here Janet Backhouse describes the manuscript's creation and history, illustrated with 40 colour and 20 black-and-white photographs reproduced from the original. This is the second volume in a series of high-quality, colour-illustrated books, each devoted to a single illuminated manuscript in The British Library's collections. Janet Backhouse is the author of many books, including "Books of Hours" (1985), "The Illuminated Manuscript" (1979), "The Lindisfarne Gospels" (1981), and "The Becket Leaves" (1988).

The Luttrell psalter

BACKHOUSE, Janet

<p>Buddhism, one of the great religions of the world whose followers today are numbered in hundreds of millions, owes its origin to the inspiration and teachings of one man, Prince Siddhartha, who preached in India over 2,500 years ago and became known as the Buddha, "the enlightened one". Here Patricia Herbert tells the story of the Buddha's life as it has evolved over the centuries, incorporating legends, miracles and local variations. As the narrative unfolds, each episode is shown in double-page illustrations from some of the manuscript paintings in the British Library's Oriental Collections. Patricia Herbert is curator of Southeast Asian books and manuscripts in the British Library's Oriental Collections.</p>

The life of the Buddha

Religion & Spirituality

Patricia Herbert

Buddhism

<p>extremely rare,very good condition</p>

Mozart's "Thematic Catalogue": A Facsimile

MOZART

Reference

First edition. A fascinating book which covers origins of the book, the history of writing, the book in the ancient world, the developement of scripts and styles of illumination, paper, and the cultural traditions of Islamic and Hebrew bookmaking. Illustrated. xxxii, 356, 2 pages. cloth.. 4to..

Scribes, Scripts and Books

Politics & Social Sciences

Avrin, Leila

Social Sciences

Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts

MICHELLE P. BROWN

Graphic Design

Alchemical theories are a central component of much of the thought, literature and visual arts of the middle ages and Renaissance. Chaucer, Donne, Ben Jonson and Shakespeare are all known to have been heavily steeped in the subject, but the influence of alchemical writings and images permeated much further, and still exerts a fascination today. This illustrated study is a scholarly and accessible introduction to the history, technical aspects, and concepts of Western European alchemy, as well as to the iconography of alchemical works, from antiquity to the beginning of the rise of chemistry in the 17th century. The work includes an illustrated glossary of alchemical terms and biographies of the major alchemists. It is intended for students of medieval and Renaissance art, literature and history; art historians; and anyone with a general interest in the hiostory and principles of alchemy or medieval culture.

The Mirror of Alchemy: Alchemical Ideas and Images in Manuscripts and Books from Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century

Literature & Fiction

Robert, Gareth

Jane Austen: A Family Record

Le Faye, Deirdre

Austen-Leigh, W.

Austen-Leigh, R.A.

Arts & Literature

Glaister's Encyclopedia of the Book

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall

Farren, Donald

Crafts & Hobbies

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