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Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work
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By:
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Jonathan J. G. Alexander
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Yale Univ Pr
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Released:
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December, 1994
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5.0 / 5.0
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This book introduces the reader to the people and processes involved in the production of manuscripts, and is interesting as a resource for methods of book production as much as it is for the insight it gives into the lives of the very real people whose efforts and whose lives went into the... more info
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The Gothic Cathedral
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By:
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Otto Georg Von, Simson, Otto Von Simson
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From:
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Princeton Univ Pr
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Released:
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01 July, 1988
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5.0 / 5.0
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As an art historian, museum curator, and traveler to France I found this book very useful. Most books on Gothic Architecture look at style as though it exists for its own sake. Simson places the beginnings of Gothic Architecture into the intellectual and historical context that gave this... more info
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The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts and Walled Cities of the Middle Ages
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By:
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Joseph Kaufmann, H. W. Kaufmann, Robert M. Jurga
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From:
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DaCapo Press
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Released:
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May, 2001
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5.0 / 5.0
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It does not matter if you all ready are a "fort-geek" or some one, who just want a book on the topic: This book will for sure please you."The Medieval Fortress" is a nice big (app. 11" x 8.5" or 28,5 x 22 cm), 319p. book, which covers the development of fortified places through out Europe and... more info
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The Age of Van Eyck: The Mediterranean World and Early Netherlandish Painting 1430-1530
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By:
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Till-Holger Borchert, Elena Parma, Andreas Beyer
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Thames & Hudson
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Released:
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September, 2002
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Not Rated
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Art of Memory
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By:
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Francis A. Yates
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University of Chicago Press
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Released:
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December, 1974
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Rating:
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4.2 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
In this era of gigabytes and floppy disks, it is easy to forget that once upon a time we had to commit things to memory. Yates does a wonderful job of recovering the ``art of memory,'' a complex and fascinating set of techniques that were in common use for thousands of years. Orators would construct... more info
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Medieval Farming and Technology: The Impact of Agricultural Change in Northwest Europe (Technology and Change in History , No 1)
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By:
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Grenville Astill, John Langdon
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Brill Academic Publishers
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August, 1997
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The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force and Society Since A.D. 1000
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By:
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William H. McNeill
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From:
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University of Chicago Press
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Released:
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September, 1984
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4.8 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
McNeill shows how military conflict and the advances in technology have stimulated mankind to better itself within the flux of a constantly changing balance of power. "Of War and Men" by Robt O'Connell also addresses this time honored conflict with a focus on culture, weapons technology and warfare.... more info
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The Bedford Hours
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By:
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Janet Backhouse
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New Amsterdam Books
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01 January, 1990
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
Like most of Janet Backhouse's work, this is an excellent, concise study of a particular manuscript in the collection of the British Library. This particular manuscript is a 15th c. book of hours, commissioned from a Parisian workshop by John, Duke of Bedford. The text reads easily. Ms.... more info
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Glory of Byzantium: Arts and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261
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By:
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Helen C. Evans, William D. Wixom, Edited by Helen C. Evans
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Yale Univ Pr
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Released:
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01 October, 2000
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
One of the greatest sources of information on Byzantium!
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The Art of Courtly Love
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By:
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Andreas Capellanus, John Jay Parry
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From:
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Columbia University Press
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Released:
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15 October, 1990
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4.3 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
I bought this as research material for codes of conduct. The feel of the book shows the writers background in the clergy, the book focuses more on the traditional courting behavior than on love itself. Its wonderful as a complex example of a code of conduct, but sheds little light in the direction... more info
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Historic Maritime Maps: Used for HIstoric Exploration 1290-1699
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By:
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Donald Wigal
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Parkstone Press
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01 January, 2001
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1.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
I got suckered by this book. The typos are abominable; the text trite. Sure the maps are good, but most are the same classics you see in any history of maps book.
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Holy Terrors: Gargoyles on Medieval Buildings
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By:
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Janetta Rebold Benton
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Abbeville Press, Inc.
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April, 1997
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
...I got the two books Holy Terror's and American Gargolyes... it was a great deal. The book is loaded with pictures of gargoyles from across america and desrcibes what type of gargoyle and where it is located in america. The photographs are beautiful and descriptive through out the book. If you... more info
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The Legacy of Ghengis Kahn: Courtly Arts and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353
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By:
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Linda Komaroff, Stefano Carboni
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Yale Univ Pr
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01 November, 2002
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Not Rated
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Islamic Art in Context: Art, Architecture, and the Literary World (Perspectives (Harry N Abrams, Inc))
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By:
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Robert Irwin, Harry N. Abrams
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From:
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Harry N Abrams
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Released:
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September, 1997
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4.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
This book has great plates and is a great picture book. It also approaches the subject of Islamic art in a way unique compared to most introductory western art books. Rather then go chronologically, it breaks the subject up by themes. This works great for this material. This book is very readable,... more info
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