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    Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, New York, 2017

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    Librería: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, Estados Unidos de AmericaSteven Wolfe Books

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    paperback. Condición: Acceptable. DETAILS: tall PAPERBACK, glossy paper became stuck together on numerous pages, leading to print rubbing off onto opposite page, and surface scraped off a bit of one page, small price label removed from rear cover. HINDMAN, SANDRA. Old master drawings 1465 to 1670: exhibition, January 20th to 28th, 2017 : NOTE DAMAGE. New York: Les Enluminures, 2017, 39pp., . Full-page color illustrations and explanatory text. …

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, 2008

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    Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, New York, 2016

    0997184205 / 9780997184204

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    Librería: George Ong Books, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de AmericaGeorge Ong Books

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    Condición: Usado - Excelente

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    Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 118 pp., 4to, card wrapper. Bookseller catalogue of 35 items with scholarly descriptions; profusely illustrated. Printed price list laid in. Fine copy.

  • Editorial: Les Enluminures, Paris, 2018

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    Paperback. Condición: Good.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, 2008

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  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, 2008

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  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, New York, 2018

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    Librería: George Ong Books, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de AmericaGeorge Ong Books

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    Condición: Usado - Excelente

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    Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 126, [2] pp., 4to, card wrapper. Bookseller catalogue of 36 items with scholarly descriptions; profusely illustrated. Printed price list laid in. Fine copy.

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    Idioma: Francés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Paris, France, 1993

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    Librería: Meir Turner, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de AmericaMeir Turner

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    No Binding. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Postally unused. Divided back. 16 x 10.5 cm.Color photograph.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, 2008

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    Librería: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, Estados Unidos de AmericaKennys Bookstore

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  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, New York, 1994

    0983854688 / 9780983854685

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    Librería: George Ong Books, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de AmericaGeorge Ong Books

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    Condición: Usado - Excelente

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    Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 103, [1] pp., 4to, card wrapper, profusely illustrated in color. Bookseller catalogue describing 32 items in scholarly detail. Printed price list laid in. Fine.

  • Editorial: Les Enluminures, Paris, Ile-de-France / New York, New York, 2018

    0997184299 / 9780997184297

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    Librería: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, Estados Unidos de AmericaAndover Books and Antiquities

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    Softcover. 92 pp. Softcover. Very good condition; traces of wear on covers.

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    0997184299 / 9780997184297

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    Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, 2012

    0983854637 / 9780983854630

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    Librería: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Reino UnidoWeBuyBooks

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    paperback. Condición: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Limited, US, 2020

    0983854653 / 9780983854654

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    Librería: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, Reino UnidoRarewaves.com USA

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    Paperback. Condición: New. Throughout the history of Christianity, men and women have wrestled with the challenge of how to interpret, and how to follow, the Gospels. Intrinsic to this process is the concept of "reform", a recognition that changes is necessary in order to return to a more authentic Christian life. The approximately thirty-five manuscripts presented here trace this process from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries through the texts that inspired reform movements and communicated their ideas to others.…

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    Editorial: Les Enluminures, 2008

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  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Paris,, 1998

    0963425560 / 9780963425560

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    Librería: FIRENZELIBRI SRL, Reggello, FI, ItaliaFIRENZELIBRI SRL

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    Condición: MOLTO BUONO. Paris, Les Enluminures cm.18x24, pp.99,(1), 44 tavv. a colori nt. e una all'antiporta, brossura, cop. fig. a colori. Listino prezzi allegato. Le Louvre des Antiquaires - 2, Place du Palais-Royal - 75001 Paris.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Limited, US, 2020

    0997184205 / 9780997184204

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    Paperback. Condición: New. Most people today think of the Middle Ages as a time when cloistered monks wrote and read only in now-obscure languages. Of course, Latin was the language of those who aspired to literacy, and it was the language of the Church. But what many do not realize is that by the thirteenth and fourteenth century (and certainly well before Columbus discovered America in 1492), numerous books became available in the everyday languages spoken "at the court, on the street, and in the bedroom." This catalogue focuses on just such manuscripts, written for people at diverse levels of society, not only the privileged aristocracy, but doctors, artisans, townspeople, women, the clergy, and the lay devout. The Middle Classes imitated the nobility in commissioning vernacular manuscripts. Texts of patriotic history and good manners and courtly romance entered manorial households. Literacy moved away from the Latin-based monopoly of the Church. It may be that the owners were actually reading texts themselves, whereas a great prince or king of an earlier generation would often have heard a story read aloud. By the fourteenth century the mercantile classes needed to read in order to conduct commerce, and it was usually in their own languages. At the end of the Middle Ages probably most people in towns had some experience of literacy. Conventional Latin texts give a picture of a quite narrow intellectual elite, but the vernacular encompassed everyone. For example, giving advice to widows, a translator puts Saint Jerome's famous letters into French in a unique copy probably for a high-born woman. She is pictured in the book. Toiling in the Italian metal industry in towns, metalworkers can follow instructions on minting gold and silver coins in their own language. The manuscript is on paper in simple, yet readable script. Fancifully dressed carnival revelers cavort through the streets of medieval Nuremberg throwing fi reworks amidst fl oats and even an occasional elephant; the German text celebrates the sponsoring families of the event. The Founder and President of Les Enluminures (and medievalist), Sandra Hindman reminisces "I have worked on vernacular manuscripts all my life and they are closest to my heart. Like the experience of reading a good book today, vernacular manuscripts off er an adventure into an unknown world that brings to life people, places, and events of long ago.".…

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Limited, 2020

    0997184205 / 9780997184204

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    PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, 2020

    0983854653 / 9780983854654

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    Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Paris, 1999

    0963425595 / 9780963425591

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    Librería: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, Estados Unidos de AmericaAntique Emporium

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    Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Illustrated Edition. 8vo softcover catalog with 106 pages. Includes a price list.

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    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Limited, Chicago, 2020

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    Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Throughout the history of Christianity, men and women have wrestled with the challenge of how to interpret, and how to follow, the Gospels. Intrinsic to this process is the concept of "reform", a recognition that change is necessary in order to return to a more authentic Christian life. The approximately thirty-five manuscripts presented here trace this process from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries through the texts that inspired reform movements and communicated their ideas to others. Throughout the history of Christianity, men and women have wrestled with the challenge of how to interpret, and how to follow, the Gospels. Intrinsic to this process is the concept of "reform", a recognition that changes is necessary in order to return to a more authentic Christian life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, 2008

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    Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Paris/Chicago, Les Enluminures 2011, 2011

    0983854602 / 9780983854609

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    Librería: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, HolandaAntiquariaat Schot

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    57, 59 p. Paperback (In very good condition.).

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, 2023

    2956702475 / 9782956702474

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    Librería: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrlandaKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.

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    Condición: New. 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . .

  • Editorial: Les Enluminures, New York, first edition, 2014, 2014

    0983854696 / 9780983854692

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    Librería: Wykeham Books, LONDON, Reino UnidoWykeham Books

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    Laminated pictorial wrappers with flaps, 8vo, 35, [1] pp, colour ills, 21 cm, 11 items. From Sandra Hindman's introduction: "Law manuscripts are among the most complex codices of the Middle Ages. This coherent collection presents an overview of the development of western European law - civil and canon - from Justinian to the sixteenth century. Classic texts of civil law are included along with a significant group of commentaries on canon law, in which medieval canonists attempted to make sense of previously written texts. Working tools, such as class notes and a thesaurus, bring to life the school system of late medieval Europe, Examples of customary and municipal law complete the collection." Fine. Price-list laid in.…

  • Editorial: Paris: Les Enluminures,, 1996

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    Librería: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, Estados Unidos de AmericaD&D Galleries - ABAA

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    Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Paperback, 102 Pages, with the price list, VERY GOOD.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Limited, US, 2020

    0997184272 / 9780997184273

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    Librería: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, Reino UnidoRarewaves.com USA

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    Paperback. Condición: New. 1st. This beautiful catalogue explores four books that are remarkable survivals of what people read in the Middle Ages - the fi nest of medieval Bibles (the greatest text of Western civilization), one of the oldest Books of Hours (the most famous medieval manuscripts of all), Biography (the unique legend of an Anglo-Saxon princess), and the History of Troy (the oldest chivalric story in European history). These are all manuscripts unknown on the market for at least eighty years. One of the four was last described in print in 1588; the others were last catalogued for sale in 1909, 1932 and 1938 respectively. All are richly illustrated, with a total of 133 miniatures between them, as well as hundreds of borders and illuminated animals and grotesques. Some of the fi nest artists of the period were responsible for the miniatures, and at least two of them likely issue directly from the greatest of European courts. Prize-winning author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts, Christopher de Hamel, wrote the Introduction and Catalogue. Founder and President of Les Enluminures, Sandra Hindman is responsible for the Preface. Les Enluminures is an internationally recognized leader in the fi eld of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, miniatures, and fi nger rings. Dr. Sandra Hindman, an expert on medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination and Professor Emerita at Northwestern University, founded Les Enluminures in Paris in 1991 in association with her Chicago-based business. The New York City location opened in May 2012. Keegan Goepfert (M.A., Courtauld) became Vice-President of the company in 2012. For over twenty-seven years, Les Enluminures has forged and maintained relationships with the world's most prestigious public and private collections. International clients include the Musée du Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the J. Paul Getty Museum, among many others. The gallery has exhibited in most major art fairs in the United States and Europe, and we organize three to four exhibitions in our gallery spaces annually.…

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures 2018-03-31, 2018

    0997184205 / 9780997184204

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    Librería: Chiron Media, Wallingford, Reino UnidoChiron Media

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    Paperback. Condición: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Limited, US, 2020

    0991517202 / 9780991517206

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    Paperback. Condición: New. Although the earliest records of written French date from the 9th century, it was not until the 13th century, when there was an explosion of texts in the 'mother tongue', that French became widespread as a written language. And only in 1539, by King Francis I, was French deemed the official language of the kingdom.This beautifully illustrated catalogue explores the rise, affirmation, and triumph of the French vernacular, focusing on a group of sixteen manuscripts all written in the French language between about 1300 and 1525. Because many of these manucscripts are virtually unknowna nd previously unpublished, first-hand study of them offers a unique opportunity to reassess certain approaches to later medieval French literature. Mostly illuminated, the manuscripts are widely diverse. They are written in verse and in prose. Some are translations from the Latin, others new compositions entirely in French. They treat a wide variety of subjects ranging from literature and science, to philosohpy and theology, and to history and goverment. There are some unique texts that exist only in the manuscripts included here. A significant nuber of the volumes boast royal provenance. There are signed and dated works by newly identified scribes, as well as works by famous calligraphers. Some of the manuscripts still have their original bindings.PRefaced with an introductory essay by Sandra Hindman, the catalogue divides the manuscripts into five sections: I) Literature and Science: The Rise and Affirmaton of the Vernaular; II) Philosophy and Theology: Translations and Adaptations of the Classics; III) History and Genealogy: the Nation and the Individual; IV) Women Writers and Women Bibliophiles: Memory and Self-Assertion; V) From Manuscript to Print: The Circulation of Texts and the Triumph of the French Vernacular.Published to accompany a travelling exhibition at Les Enluminures gallery in New York and in Paris as well as a colloquium at the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA), this publication will shed new light on many of these themes and, it is hoped, contribute to the ongoing re-evaluation of medieval literary history and medieval art history. Each work will be catalogued with detailed scholarly descriptions and comparative material.…

  • Idioma: Inglés

    Editorial: Les Enluminures, Limited, Chicago, 2020

    0997184205 / 9780997184204

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    Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Most people today think of the Middle Ages as a time when cloistered monks wrote and read only in now-obscure languages. Of course, Latin was the language of those who aspired to literacy, and it was the language of the Church. But what many do not realize is that by the thirteenth and fourteenth century (and certainly well before Columbus discovered America in 1492), numerous books became available in the everyday languages spoken "at the court, on the street, and in the bedroom." This catalog focuses on just such manuscripts, written for people at diverse levels of society, not only the privileged aristocracy, but doctors, artisans, townspeople, women, the clergy, and the lay devout. The Middle Classes imitated the nobility in commissioning vernacular manuscripts. Texts of patriotic history and good manners and courtly romance entered manorial households. Literacy moved away from the Latin-based monopoly of the Church. It may be that the owners were actually reading texts themselves, whereas a great prince or king of an earlier generation would often have heard a story read aloud. By the fourteenth century the mercantile classes needed to read in order to conduct commerce, and it was usually in their own languages. At the end of the Middle Ages probably most people in towns had some experience of literacy. Conventional Latin texts give a picture of a quite narrow intellectual elite, but the vernacular encompassed everyone. For example, giving advice to widows, a translator puts Saint Jerome's famous letters into French in a unique copy probably for a high-born woman. She is pictured in the book. Toiling in the Italian metal industry in towns, metalworkers can follow instructions on minting gold and silver coins in their own language. The manuscript is on paper in simple, yet readable script. Fancifully dressed carnival revelers cavort through the streets of medieval Nuremberg throwing fireworks amidst floats and even an occasional elephant; the German text celebrates the sponsoring families of the event. The Founder and President of Les Enluminures (and medievalist), Sandra Hindman reminisces "I have worked on vernacular manuscripts all my life and they are closest to my heart. Like the experience of reading a good book today, vernacular manuscripts offer an adventure into an unknown world that brings to life people, places, and events of long ago." The thirty-six manuscripts included in this catalogue provide viewers unique access to the authentic, spontaneous vision of people in medieval France, Italy, Germany, the Low Counties, and Britain. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…