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AEthelwold
Angevin Empire
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Anne Boleyn
Anthony Woodville
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Bede
Book of Cerne
book production
books of hours
Britain
Byzantine influences
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Chronica maiora
Codex Amiatinus
colophons
Dominicans
Eadfrith
Edward I
Edward II
Edward III
Edward IV
Edward the Confessor
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Gerald of Wales
Gregory the Great
Henry II
Henry III
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Historia ecclesiastica
history
Holkham Bible
illuminated manuscript
Insular manuscripts
John Siferwas
Lichfield Gospels
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne Gospels
Luttrell Psalter
manuscripts
Margery Kempe
marginal illustrations
Matthew Paris
medieval
miniatures
Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey
psalters
Richard III
scholasticism
Sherborne Missal
St Albans Psalter
St Chad Gospels
St Cuthbert
Thomas Becket
Vikings
Wars of the Roses
Product details
- ISBN 9781836390374
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Illumino explores the history of medieval Britain through the biographies of twelve remarkable illuminated manuscripts and of their creators and owners. The manuscripts each serve as portals into these lives and as springboards into the era of their production. For illuminated manuscripts are among the most intricate and fascinating forms of evidence for the Middle Ages, blending the fruits of human intellect – the arts, the sciences, politics, philosophy and faith – with the materiality of their production. By undertaking the detective work needed to determine the nature of each project and the underlying human-interest stories, this book reveals their manifold social, economic and cultural contexts and charts the exchange of ideas, techniques and materials over time and space. Featuring more than a hundred beautiful illustrations, this is a unique and accessible introduction to Britain’s history, art history and book history across a thousand years.
Michelle P. Brown is Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and was formerly Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library. Her books include Bede and the Theory of Everything (Reaktion, 2023).
