GATHERINGS IN HONOR OF DOROTHY E. MINER,1974 1st ed

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Gatherings in Honor of Dorothy E. Miner. Edited by Ursula E. McCracken, Lilian M. C. Randall, and Richard H. Randall, Jr. Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, 1974. First Edition, Blue Cloth, Quarto (11x8.5 inches), xvii+353 pages, with numerous black and while illustrations and photographs throughout.

Festschrift for Dorothy Miner - art historian and curator of manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

19 articles by eminent contributors in the field of medieval manuscripts and early book publishing.

Index: Ernest KITZINGER : A pair of silver book covers in the Sion Treasure. - Kurt WEITZMANN : An illustrated Greek New Testament of the tenth century in the Walters Art Gallery. -Francis WORMALD: The Monastic Library. - Richard ETTINGHAUSEN : Further comments on Mamluk playing cards. - Hanns SWARZENSKI : The style of Nicholas of Verdun : Saint-Amand and Reims. - L. M. J. DELAISSE : The importance of books of Hours for the history of the medieval book. - Howard M. NIXON : French bookbindings for Sir Richard Wingfield and Jean Grolier, Etc.

Fine condition: Slight rubbing to cover, Internally clean and fresh.

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