Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts : Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World (Hardcover)

from Stbalbach

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a wondrous discovery. Christopher de Hamel is one of the world's leading experts on mediaeval manuscript and in 12 chapters he takes us on a tour of 12 manuscripts in 12 libraries. There is far more to it then I ever imagined but the more one learns the mor...

from Steve38

A remarkable book. Mr De Hamel easily conveys his lifetime of interest, enthusiam and deep knowledge of manuscripts to me, the lay reader. He takes his 'meeting' quite literally. Introducing each manuscript as if it was an old frienc. Which in Mr De Hamel's case, they are. He knows them intimatel...

from Lukerik

“This is a book about visiting important medieval manuscripts and what they tell us and why they matter.” Job done. Twelve chapters. Twelve manuscripts. Each chapter follows the same formula. De Hamel gives you the history of how the book came to be in its current library and describes his visit....

from drmaf

I have to say that this is one of the most intriguing and unusual books I have ever read. The author, an expert on and passionately in love with extraordinarily rare and precious manuscripts, leads the reader on a personal journey to discover 12 of the rarest illuminated manuscripts in the world,...

from neal_

Masterful. An authoritative, instructive, absorbing and entertaining account of some of the most beautiful documents in the world.