Music in Medieval Manuscripts

Music was an important element of cultural life throughout the Middle Ages. Most of our knowledge of medieval music comes from surviving manuscripts, almost all of them connected with the Church. In this book, the history of music writing is covered, ...

The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin

The Book of Kells is the most spectacular of a group of manuscripts created in Ireland and northern Britain between the 7th and l0th centuries, a period when Irish monasticism was in the vanguard of Christian culture. Its earliest history remains con ...

The Book of Durrow

The Book of Durrow is an early medieval Gospel book decorated with carpet pages and framed symbols of the Evangelists. Housed in the Library of Trinity College Dublin, it is regarded as second only to the Book of Kells. The opening words of the four ...

Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: A List of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England Up to 1100 (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies S.)

From Durrow to Kells: The Insular Gospel-books 650-800

Shows examples of medieval British Gospel-books, discusses what is known abou their history, and assesses the books as art.

The Benedictional of Saint Aethelwold: A Masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon Art - a Facsimile

"The Benedictional of St Aethelwold", a book of ceremonial blessings made for St Aethelwold, Bishop of Winchester from 963-984, is one of the most lavishly decorated manuscripts to have survived from Anglo-Saxon England. St Aethelwold was o ...

Medieval Birds in the Sherborne Missal

The Sherborne Missal, one of the most important surviving medieval English manuscripts, contains a wealth of marginal illustrations of wild birds, painted with skill and vivacity. Some of the birds are imaginary creations of the artist but the majori ...

Medieval Rural Life in the Luttrell Psalter (The Medieval World in Manuscripts)

The Luttrell Psalter was written and illuminated in England early in the 14th Century for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell of Irnham in Lincolnshire. It is celebrated for its marginal illustrations showing scenes of life in the medieval English countryside.

Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts (The Medieval World in Manuscripts)

The ways of war in the Middle Ages never cease to fascinate: knights in shining armour, colourful tournaments and heroic deeds appeal to the modern imagination, while the technical ingenuity of mighty war engines is a source of wonder.

This ...

The Medieval Church in Manuscripts

The influence of the Church on medieval life was all-pervasive. Through the wealth of medieval imagery contained in illuminated manuscripts, Justin Clegg provides an overview of the structure and workings of the Church. The book features an examinati ...