Janet Backhouse (1938–2004)
Autor/a de The Lindisfarne Gospels
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Janet Backhouse
The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in The British Library (1997) 234 exemplars
William Caxton: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Quincentary of the Introduction of Printing into England (1976) — Compiler — 23 exemplars
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- Nom normalitzat
- Backhouse, Janet
- Nom oficial
- Backhouse, Janet Moira
- Data de naixement
- 1938-02-08
- Data de defunció
- 2004-11-03
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Corsham, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Causa de la mort
- cancer
- Llocs de residència
- Corsham, Wiltshire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Educació
- Stonar School
University of London (Bedford College)
University of London Institute of Historical Research - Professions
- medievalist
art historian
curator - Relacions
- Turner, D. H. (collaborator)
Backhouse, David (brother) - Organitzacions
- British Library
British Museum
Henry Bradshaw Society
National Art Collections Fund (advisory council 1995) - Premis i honors
- Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London (1983)
Comité Internationale de Paléographie Latine (1993)
Honorary Member, The Society of Scribes & Illuminators
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Ressenyes
William Caxton: An Exhibition to Commemorate the… de Janet Backhouse
The catalog from a 1976 British Library exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of printing in England. Full of useful information and background about Caxton and his career.
The Lindisfarne Gospels, a manuscript produced in the Northumbrian island monastery of Lindisfarne at the end of the seventh century in honour of Saint Cuthbert, is one of the world's foremost masterpieces of book painting. It is a precious relic of early Christianity in England, and one of the nation's greatest treasures.
This is the first ever book to make the glories of the Lindisfarne Gospels accessible to a wide public. All the essential illuminated pages are reproduced impeccably in colour from an entirely new and accurate set of photographs.… (més)
This is the first ever book to make the glories of the Lindisfarne Gospels accessible to a wide public. All the essential illuminated pages are reproduced impeccably in colour from an entirely new and accurate set of photographs.… (més)
Co-published with the British Library.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 17
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 1,505
- Popularitat
- #17,077
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 10
- ISBN
- 32
- Llengües
- 1
- Preferit
- 4