THE ART OF THE BIBLE
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
SCOT McKENDRICK KATHLEEN DOYLE
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NOTES FOR THE READER
ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF ART AND BEAUTY
THE BIBLES
1 THE GOLDEN CANON TABLES 30 13 THE TIBERIUS PSALTER IO4
Glimpses of Early Christian Splendour in Constantinople A Grand Christological Cycle
2 THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS 36 14 THE THEODORE PSALTER IIO
Spectacular Anglo-Saxon Ornament A Byzantine Visual Commentary on the Psalms
3 THE VESPASIAN PSALTER 44 15 THE SILOS APOCALYPSE Il8
The Earliest Narrative Initials in Western Europe A Spanish Vision of the Apocalypse
4 THE HARLEY GOLDEN GOSPELS 50 16 THE STAVELOT BIBLE Il6
The Gospels Written in Gold Monumental Art
5 THE CANTERBURY ROYAL BIBLE 56 17 THE EGERTON GOSPEL LECTIO NARY 132
An Early Canterbury Bible Illuminating the Liturgy
6 THE MOUTIER-GRANDVAL BIBLE 6z 18 THE BURNEY GOSPELS 138
Symbolic Figurative Art An Imperial Tetraevangelion
7 THE LOTHAR PSALTER 68 19 THE PSALTER OF QUEEN MELISENDE 144
An Imperial Psalter -4 Psalter for a Crusader Queen
8 THE /ETHELSTAN GOSPELS 74 20 THE WINCHESTER PSALTER 152
A Royal Gift An Illustrated Bilingual Psalter
9 THE GUEST-COUTTS NEW TESTAMENT 80 21 THE WORMS BIBLE 160
An Illuminated New Testament from Constantinople A Romanesque Giant Bible
10 THE HARLEY PSALTER 86 22 THE FLOREFFE BIBLE 166
An Anglo-Saxon Masterpiece Visual Biblical Exegesis
11 THE OLD ENGLISH HEXATEUCH 92 23 THE ARNSTEIN BIBLE I74
The Earliest Illustrated Western Vernacular Bible A Grand Monastic Bible
12 THE HARLEY ECHTERNACH GOSPELS 98 24 THE HARLEY GREEK GOSPELS 180
Imperial Style Gospels to Aid Devotion 25 A SYRIAC LECTI ONARY 186 36 A BIBLE H1STO RIA I.E OF CHARLES V 258
A Syrian Visualization of the Gospels The Bible as History
26 THE HARLEY BIBLE MORALISEE T92 37 THE PADUAN BIBLE PICTURE BOOK 266
Royal Instruction The Old Testament in Pictures
27 AN APOCALYPSE 198 38 THE KING'S BIBLIA PAUPERUM ZJZ
An English Illustrated Apocalypse The Old Testament Revealed in the New
28 A BOLOGNESE BIBLE 2O4 39 THE GREAT BIBLE OF THE
Italian Splendour KINGS OF ENGLAND 20 O
A Late Medieval Giant Bible
29 A GOSPEL LECTIO NARY OF THE
SAINTE-CHAPELLE 2IO 40 THE BIBLE HISTORIAI.F. OF CHARLES
Picturing the Gospels in Medieval Paris OF FRANCE 288
Learning Wisdom from the Bible
30 THE QUEEN MARY PSALTER 2l6
Unprecedented Psalter Illustration 41 A DUTCH HISTORY BIBLE 294
Seeing Salvation in the Netherlands
31 THE WELLES APOCALYPSE 224
Revelation in French 42 THE BIBLE HISTORIALE OF EDWARD IV 3OO
A Bible fit for a King
32 THE HOLKHAM BIBLE PICTURE BOOK 23O
The Bible in Pictures 43 THE GOSPELS OF CARDINAL
FRANCESCO GONZAGA 308
33 THE ST OMER PSALTER 236 A Renaissance Cardinal's Gospel-Book
Glorious Marginal Imagery
44 AN ARMENIAN GOSPELS 316
34 A BIBLE OF CLEMENT VII 242 Painting the Gospels in Persia
A Papal Bible
45 AN ETHIOPIAN OCTATEUCH AND GOSPELS 322
35 THE GOSPELS OF TSAR IVAN ALEXANDER 250 Reviving former Ethiopian Splendour
Slavonic Emulation of Byzantine Splendour
THE ORIGINS OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY'S
COLLECTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS 3Z8
FURTHER READING 33 I
INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS 332
GENERAL INDEX 33 3
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 335