| ISBN |
0241304377 (hardcover) |
| 9780241304372 (hardcover) |
| Author |
De Hamel, Christopher 1950- |
| Title |
The posthumous papers of the manuscripts club / Christopher de Hamel |
| Publisher |
[London] : Allen Lane, 2022 |
| Physical desc. |
616 pages ; illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
CB illustrations: pages 141 & 158 (Beatty Rosarium, W 99 f. 32v). |
| Reference to A. Chester Beatty: pages 449, 576, 579, 584. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The monk: Saint Anselm -- The prince: the Duc de Berry -- The bookseller: Vespasiano da Bisticci -- The illuminator: Simon Bening -- The antiquary: Sir Robert Cotton -- The rabbi: David Oppenheim -- The savant: Jean-Joseph Rive -- The librarian: Sir Frederic Madden -- The forger: Constantine Simonides -- The editor: Theodor Mommsen -- The collector: Sir Sydney Cockerell -- The curator: Belle da Costa Greene -- Epilogue: An evening at the Morgan. |
| Person as subject |
Anselm -- Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury -- 1033-1109 |
| Berry, Jean de France -- duc de -- 1340-1416 |
| Vespasiano -- da Bisticci -- 1421-1498 |
| Bening, Simon -- 1483 or 1484-1561 |
| Cotton, Robert -- Sir -- 1571-1631 |
| Oppenheim, David ben Abraham -- 1664-1736 |
| Rive, Jean-Joseph -- 1730-1791 |
| Madden, Frederic -- 1801-1873 |
| Simōnidēs, Kōnstantinos -- approximately 1820-approximately 1867 |
| Mommsen, Theodor -- 1817-1903 |
| Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle -- Sir -- 1867-1962 |
| Greene, Belle da Costa |
| Corporate name |
Morgan Library -- Manuscripts |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 99 |
| Beatty rosarium |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, European |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance |
| Manuscripts, Latin |
| Manuscripts, Greek |
| Manuscripts, Hebrew |
| Collectors and collecting |
| Librarians |
