Illuminating the Roman d'Alexandre: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264: The Manuscript as Monument

(Part of the Gallica Series)

by Mark Cruse

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Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264 is one of the most famous and most sumptuous illuminated manuscripts of the entire Middle Ages. Completed in 1344 in Tournai, in what is now Belgium, the manuscript preserves the fullest version of the interpolated Old French Roman d'Alexandre (Romance of Alexander the Great), and some of the most vivid illustrations of any medieval romance, ranking amongst the greatest achievements of the illuminator's art,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1843842807

ISBN13:9781843842804

Release Date:October 2011

Publisher:Boydell & Brewer

Length:252 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.9" x 9.7"

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Illuminating the Roman d'Alexandre: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264: The Manuscript as Monument

(Part of the Gallica Series)

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