Christopher De Hamel
Autor de Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World
Sobre El Autor
Christopher De Hamel is the Fellow Librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. For 25 years he was responsible for all sales of medieval and illuminated manuscripts at Sotheby's in London. He has a doctorate from Oxford University and an honorary doctorate from St John's University, mostrar más Collegeville, Minnesota. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries mostrar menos
Obras de Christopher De Hamel
The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination: History and Techniques (British Library Guides) (2001) 116 copias
The Parker Library: Treasures from the Collection at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England (2000) 9 copias
Obras relacionadas
Meesterlijke Middeleeuwen miniaturen van Karel de Grote tot Karel de Stoute 800-1475 (2002) — Autor, algunas ediciones — 25 copias
Property of a Gentleman: The Formation, Organisation and Dispersal of the Private Library, 1620-1920 (1991) — Contribuidor — 20 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- De Hamel, Christopher
- Otros nombres
- de Hamel, Christopher Francis Rivers
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1950-11-20
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Otago, New Zealand
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK - Educación
- University of Oxford (D.Phil ∙ 1979)
University of Otago (BA|1971) - Ocupaciones
- scholar of medieval manuscripts
university professor
paleographer
librarian
manager
Director of medieval manuscript sales - Organizaciones
- Sotheby's
Cambridge University (Corpus Christi College | Parker librarian)
Association international e de Bibliophilie
Les Enluminures
Roxburghe Club (2001)
Comité international de Paléographie latine - Premios y honores
- St. John's University [Minnesota] (LittD ∙ Hon ∙ 1994)
University of Otago (LittD ∙ Hon)
Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries
Fellow, Royal Historical Society
Duff Cooper Prize (2016) (mostrar todos 7)
Wolfson History Prize (2017) - Agente
- Caroline Dawnay (United Agents)
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Debates
OT-Book of potential interest en Folio Society Devotees (octubre 2022)
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- Obras
- 29
- También por
- 7
- Miembros
- 2,865
- Popularidad
- #8,949
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 37
- ISBNs
- 50
- Idiomas
- 6
- Favorito
- 2
Whereas the earlier volume, as the name suggests, focuses on looking at, in great depth, specific manuscripts from across the centuries, this focuses on 12 individuals, from St Anselm through to some modern names (mostly unknown to me), who had interacted with books/manuscripts in some specific manner, whether as a collector, seller, publisher, illuminator, librarian, forger, editor, curator etc.
De Hamel describes the relationship between each person and books/manuscripts, and in doing so, often describes particular books as well.
These are not biographies as such but do paint a picture.
The book itself is lavishly illustrated and is beautiful to hold and read.
Whilst "Meetings" is my preferred read, I suspect if I had read these two books in reverse order, this would be my favourite!
A must read for anyone interested in books.
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