Renaissance painting in manuscripts: Treasures from the British Library

by Dr. Thomas Kren, Janet Backhouse, Derek H. Turner

First edition. For two centuries the British Museum, from which the British Library was created two decades ago, has collected manuscripts that cover the history of European illumination; this volume focuses on a single period in that history, 1450 to 1560, and its three major schools. Thomas Kren writes on the Flemish manuscripts, 1475-1550, Mark Evans on the Italian, 1460-1560, and Janet Backhouse on the French, 1450-1530. Fully illustrated, with many plates in full color. Genealogical table, bibliography, index. A very attractive book, in fine condition. xiv, 210 pages. decorated cloth, slipcase.. 4to..

210 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Thomas Kren was the Director of Collections at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, specializing in 15th- and 16th-century Netherlandish and French Manuscript illumination & 17th-century Netherlandish painters in Italy.