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I‘ve been searching for a reasonably priced hardback version of this for a while and it‘s arrived and I‘m not disappointed! The illustrations are beautifully rendered and I can‘t wait to get stuck in and learn about these 12 game changing manuscripts! 👍🏼

What I was eagerly awaiting, to do some art research.

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 258 #bookstoread #tbrpile #bookstagram

This book is as gorgeously illustrated as one would expect. The text has lots of little nuggets of information about the manuscripts, the libraries where they are kept. and some of the deductions we can make about the scribes and origins of the books. Obviously he couldn't reproduce the complete manuscripts and there were times it felt a bit like reading museum wall labels for exhibits one can't see but still very enjoyable overall.

#coffeeandabook

I‘m on hour four of the #readathon! Using this time to continue reading some books that I‘ve started but set aside for one reason or another but still intend to finish. What are you reading??

Library haul for today. The hardest thing about being there every day is not taking home...everything.

#librarieslovelitsy #librarylove #litsyloveslibraries

For being a book about a fairly dry subject this was an enjoyably chatty book with a mix of academic work, history, and personal anecdotes. De Hamel really gave a representative overview of the history of the illuminated manuscript by skillfully using his chosen twelve texts, bringing the books to life rather than leave them as museum pieces. You‘ll want to read the Notes for some wacky tidbits of information (see above 😂😂)

Struggling with my concentration even though this book is excellent.

If Jorge Luis Borges‘ Library of Babel could have existed in reality, it would have been something like the Long Room of Trinity College.

At the end of this chapter I will recount how Pope Benedict XVI and the Archbishop of Canterbury both bowed down before me, on live television, in front of the high altar of Westminster Abbey.

#24in48 #24in48readathon #hour12challenge “What is the #bestfirstline in your stack?”

From a fascinating book that I‘ve already started about medieval manuscripts: “At the end of this chapter I will recount how Pope Benedict XVI and the Archbishop of Canterbury both bowed down before me, on live television, in front of the high altar of Westminster Abbey.”

#illustrations #imagery #medieval #meetingswithremarkablemanuscripts #amreading #christianity #historical

An illustration from the Gospels of Saint Augustine (late sixth century) with multiple scenes from the Passion of Christ, from the entry into Jerusalem through to the carrying of the cross.

No-one got me this for Christmas so bought myself it as a pressie. Going to lock the door and hibernate with it.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

I had a GREAT Christmas book haul this year (does it sound less greedy if it‘s books? 😆). This one is a beauty!

#BooksAboutBooks

#merrychristmas #christmaspresent #bookhaul Sherlock Holmes‘ London Through the Eyes if Scotland Yard by Marcia Wilson. Away Off Shore by Nathaniel Philbrick. Magdalene: Poems by Marie Howe. The Book of Bibles. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel. Le Mort d‘Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. Linguistic Archaeology by Edo Nyland. The Voynich Manuscript edited by Raymond Clemens. 😍😍😍

Assignments have been submitted and Christmas pressies bought. Now I get to hunker down with what probably is the prettiest book I own! #nonfiction #history

It‘s illustrated and fascinating and I had to buy it!

And it was! A belated birthday present from my sister

Three measures of delight and one of mild panic: these library reservations/holds all came in at once! (They may mostly be slim volumes but three are poetry so I can't just zip through them.) #libraryhaul 📚

A break from The Fireman. I need to find thinner books to lug around!!

Some gorgeous pictures in this beautiful book about books...