The Bible in the Twelfth Century: An Exhibition of Manuscripts at the Houghton Library

  • Softcover
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Harvard Collection Library, 1988
By Light, Laura
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Harvard Collection Library, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto, 114 pages. Illustrated with 25 plates in black and white. ¶ Brilliantly describes the exhibition of 39 manuscripts dating all from the twelfth century held by The Harvard Collection Library. The paleography of the twelfth century is famously difficult to discern scripts, and even countries, of origin. Laura Light does an outstanding job of guiding us through the collection.

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Title

The Bible in the Twelfth Century: An Exhibition of Manuscripts at the Houghton Library

Author

Light, Laura

Binding

Softcover

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

The Harvard Collection Library: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date

1988

Edition

First Edition


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