The Art of Illuminated Manuscripts - J.O. Westwood - Bracken 1st HC (1988)

The Art of Illuminated Manuscripts: Illustrated Sacred Writings

Author: J.O. Westwood
Publisher: Bracken Books
Edition: Oversized 1st HC
Condition: VG+ in VG+ DJ
ISBN: 185170177X

Description: It is a large-format 1988 facsimile reprint by Bracken Books of Victorian scholar John Obadiah Westwood's classic 19th-century work on medieval biblical art. Originally published in 1843–1845 as Palaeographia Sacra Pictoria, the book showcases Westwood's meticulous hand-copied facsimiles of ancient biblical manuscripts created between the 4th and 16th centuries. It examines Greek, Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Irish, Hebrew, Persian, and Armenian sacred texts, pairing paleographical history with descriptions of each manuscript's calligraphy and decoration.