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Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp

by L. Watteeuw

Medieval Illumination of books and manuscriptsMedieval ManuscriptsCatalogsMuseum Plantin-MoretusIllumination of books and manuscripts, catalogsManuscripts, catalogsArt, belgian

In this beautifully produced catalogue, each of the 102 volumes is illustrated in colour, with more extensive coverage of the 55 volumes with the most rewarding illumination. For the first time it is possible to gauge the extent and nature of this fascinating and under-explored collection, still housed in the building on the Vrijdagmarkt in Antwerp to which Plantin moved his famous sign of the Golden Compasses in 1576--Publisher.

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