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A handbook of the art of illumination as practised during the middle ages : with a description of the metals, pigments, and processes employed by the artists at different periods: PB 1866.1

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Titles

A handbook of the art of illumination as practised during the middle ages : with a description of the metals, pigments, and processes employed by the artists at different periods

Maker(s)

Author: Shaw, Henry
Publisher: Bell and Daldy

Categories

Description

Most of the reproductions are given twice: as wood-engravings, printed in black, and as lithographs, in colors.

Viii, 66 p, [26] leaves of plates : ill. facsims. (partly col.) ; 39 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay

Dating

Production date: AD 1866

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1866.1
Primary reference Number: 98981
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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