Bible Moralisee: Vienna, Cod.Vind.2554: Vol 2 (Manuscripts in Miniature S.) by Guest, Gerald B

Harvey Miller, 1995. 1st. hardcover. New. 10x8x1.

Hardback. New.

Harvey Miller Pub, 1995. Hardcover. New. 280 pages. 8.25x6.25x1.25 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Turnhout Brepols 1995. Hardback, 280 p., , 136 in colour, 150 x 200 mm. ISBN 9781872501925. This is the reproduction of the moralized Bible, made in the first half of the 13th century, in which biblical scenes are juxtaposed with theological and allegorical interpretative images.The moralized Bible, in which biblical scenes are juxtaposed with theological and allegorical interpretative images, was a new and original type of biblical manuscript that emerged in Paris in the 1220s. The book reproduced here in facsimile in one of the most beautiful of the surviving copies that was made in the firt half of the 13th century, and its glorious pages, with over 1000 illuminated medallions, vie with the translucent stained glass windows of the great Gothic cathedrals. Languages : English.

Harvey Miller Publishers, 1995-01-01. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!