English Illuminated Manuscripts

by Edward Maunde Thompson

Various works explained such as - David Playing the Lyre - Illustration of Psalm IX - Adoration of the Magi - Scene from the Life of Offa - The Annunciation and more. Illustrated.Originally published 1895.

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 19, 2011

About the author

Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB (1840 – 14 September 1929) was a British palaeographer and a Principal Library and first Director of the British Museum. He is best remembered today for his study of William Shakespeare's handwriting in the manuscript of the play Sir Thomas More.