中世の本、とくに彩色写本についての専門用語をABC順に、辞書のようにして
解説した本。収録されている語は、写本のさし絵に関するもののみではない。
インクや卵白や金箔など写本装飾に使う物質、尖筆や鵞ペンなどの道具類、
「ロマネスク」などの様式、「ロマンス」「聖人伝」「クロニクル」などの文学ジャンル、
「奥付」「帖」など写本に限らず他の本にもあてはまる、つまり書誌学全般に関わる語、
「ミサの昇階唱」など写本に登場するキリスト教の典礼etcに関する語、など多岐にわたる。
英文は難しくないが、カトリックに関する語などをはじめ、ジーニアスなどの学習辞典には
載っていない単語も多数使用されているため、リーダーズ等の辞書が必要になるだろう。
また、56点のカラー写真と31点のモノクロ写真が掲載されており、
本文の理解を助けてくれる。印刷もきれいにできているので、
中世写本のきれいな写真を眺めているだけでも楽しいかもしれない。
けっこう薄いし小型で、手軽に参照できる。

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Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms ペーパーバック – 1994/7/28
英語版
Michelle P. Brown
(著)
What is a florilegium? What is an incipit? What is batarde script? This book--part of the Museum's popular Looking at series--offers definitions of these and numerous other techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer are presented in an easily portable format. With numerous illustrations, many of them in color, this volume will be invaluable to all readers wishing to increase their understanding and enjoyment of illuminated manuscripts.
- 本の長さ128ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社J Paul Getty Museum Pubns
- 発売日1994/7/28
- 寸法15.88 x 1.27 x 23.5 cm
- ISBN-100892362170
- ISBN-13978-0892362172
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Michelle P. Brown is a Curator of the Manuscript Collections of The British Library.
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- 出版社 : J Paul Getty Museum Pubns (1994/7/28)
- 発売日 : 1994/7/28
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 128ページ
- ISBN-10 : 0892362170
- ISBN-13 : 978-0892362172
- 寸法 : 15.88 x 1.27 x 23.5 cm
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Amazon Customer
5つ星のうち5.0
Open up to a whole new world
2015年11月7日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Excellent book for the person who wants to get a good basic grasp of these fabulous illuminated manuscripts & books. Beautifully coloured , some even gilded indicating the importance of sections or chapters as we know them today

Jan Dierckx
5つ星のうち5.0
A small but handy tool for those interested in the Middle Ages.
2009年7月19日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
127 pages, 60 color illustrations.
This is one of the most beautiful books about illuminated manuscripts I know. The layout of the entries, the explanatory notes, and the many (mostly) color illustrations make this book a very handy and synoptic handbook.
Because the editor planned an edition of rather moderate dimensions, some sacrifices had to be made. The rather important production of illuminated manuscripts by the Islamic world and far east countries like China and Japan are not included. I even wonder if they should have been included because the technical terms are more than sufficiently illustrated by the West-European examples. After all this is not an art history-book with an exhaustive intellectual content.
Everyone with an interest in the Middle-Ages of western Europe should have this book in his library. A lot of technical terms provide also some insight in medieval society. I would like to give an example. An excerpt from the notes for the entry 'Breviary': "...From the eleventh century on, the various volumes used during the Divine Office (psalter, antiphonal, lectionary, martyrology, and others) were combined to form the breviary which was initially only used by monks but was popularized - in a slightly abridged form - by the Dominicans and Franciscans in the 13th century...."
It's beautiful, it's interesting. What more can I say?
This is one of the most beautiful books about illuminated manuscripts I know. The layout of the entries, the explanatory notes, and the many (mostly) color illustrations make this book a very handy and synoptic handbook.
Because the editor planned an edition of rather moderate dimensions, some sacrifices had to be made. The rather important production of illuminated manuscripts by the Islamic world and far east countries like China and Japan are not included. I even wonder if they should have been included because the technical terms are more than sufficiently illustrated by the West-European examples. After all this is not an art history-book with an exhaustive intellectual content.
Everyone with an interest in the Middle-Ages of western Europe should have this book in his library. A lot of technical terms provide also some insight in medieval society. I would like to give an example. An excerpt from the notes for the entry 'Breviary': "...From the eleventh century on, the various volumes used during the Divine Office (psalter, antiphonal, lectionary, martyrology, and others) were combined to form the breviary which was initially only used by monks but was popularized - in a slightly abridged form - by the Dominicans and Franciscans in the 13th century...."
It's beautiful, it's interesting. What more can I say?

michelle brown
5つ星のうち4.0
Four Stars
2016年8月2日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
excellent book, efficiently provided

B. Marold
5つ星のうち5.0
A very good "first book" on the subject.
2013年1月15日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Like another reviewer, this book was not entirely what I expected, since I glossed over the part which said that it was "A Guide to Gechnical Terms" suggesting a dictionary. The book is arranged entirely on an alphabetical listing of terms relating to pre-Guttenberg illustrated books. What was surprising, and possibly a bit "putting offish", is that the entries cover a wide range of material, roughly divided into the areas of 1) Bookbinding techniques, 2) Symbols painted on the pages and 3) Historical information about major Illuminated manuscripts.
It is this variety which makes the book suitable for reading cover to cover. You never know what you don't know, or what may be relevant. I'm sure there are books which cover these three subjects individually. I was expecting that the book would cover the symbology and heraldry of the illustrations, but I welcome the others.
If you have NO books on illuminated manuscripts, then I suggest this one. If you have lots already, this one may be too shallow. It is certainly a good "first book" on the subject.
It is this variety which makes the book suitable for reading cover to cover. You never know what you don't know, or what may be relevant. I'm sure there are books which cover these three subjects individually. I was expecting that the book would cover the symbology and heraldry of the illustrations, but I welcome the others.
If you have NO books on illuminated manuscripts, then I suggest this one. If you have lots already, this one may be too shallow. It is certainly a good "first book" on the subject.

J. Wagner
5つ星のうち4.0
Not What I Expected
2010年3月6日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
While I realize that the book is a guide to technical terms, you need to know what they are on a manuscript first before you can look it up! Think of it like a dictionary for manuscripts, if you're looking at a manuscript described as an octavo, you can look it up and find the definition in this book. On the other hand, if you're looking at a manuscript and have no idea what an element on the page is called, you're out of luck.
I was hoping the book would be a breakdown of manuscripts by their parts in a more educational formats, but alas, that is not the case. This book is for you if you have the technical terms presented to you and you are needing the definition.
That said, it's got great information and wonderful illumination examples inside. I'll be keeping the book anyway.
I was hoping the book would be a breakdown of manuscripts by their parts in a more educational formats, but alas, that is not the case. This book is for you if you have the technical terms presented to you and you are needing the definition.
That said, it's got great information and wonderful illumination examples inside. I'll be keeping the book anyway.