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"Dangerous work" : diary of an Arctic adventure

Obrazy
Autor
Arthur Conan Doyle ; ed. by Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2012
Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . vi
MAP . . vii
INTRODUCTION "I came of age at 80 degrees north latitude" . . 1

Facsimile of Arthur Conan Doyle's diary of his voyage as ship's surgeon aboard the Arctic whaler S.S. Hope, February 28 -August n, 1880 . . 17

Annotated transcript of Arthur Conan Doyle's diary of his voyage . . 219
"It was quite an ovation" Conan Doyle revisits the Arctic . . 303
Arthur Conan Doyle's Arctic writings . . 317
  The Glamour of the Arctic . . 319
  Life on a Greenland Whaler . . 326
  The Captain of the "Pole-Star" . . 335
  The Adventure of Black Peter . . 351
INDEX . . 365

The Lindisfarne gospels and the early medieval world

Obrazy
Autor
Michelle P. Brown
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2011
Table of Contents

Introduction: the Significance of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 35
The Text . . 35
Origins and Reception . . 36
What Did the Lindisfarne Gospels Mean to the Community of Faith and to its Maker? . . 38
What Did the Lindisfarne Gospels Mean to Wider Society? . . 39

1. The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 41
The World View . . 41
  East meets West . . 44
The Historical Background in Britain and Ireland: Constructing the Cultural Landscape . . 45
  Emerging into History: Prehistoric Roots and Roman Imperium . . 45
  The Aftermath of Empire: the early Anglo-Saxons and their Conversion . . 48
  Rebuilding Rome in Britain . . 57
  Creating the Cult of St Cuthbert: a Rallying Point for Reconciliation in the North . . 60

2. The Biography of the Book . . 63
Aldred's Colophon and Community Tradition concerning the Making of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 63
The Biographies of the Book's Makers . . 64
Transcription and Translation of Aldred's 'Colophon Group' . . 66
The Significance of Aldred's Additions . . 67
Genesis: the Book's Origins . . 70
The Scholarly Debate . . 70
The Lindisfarne Context for Production . . 71
The Lindisfarne Gospels and the Cult of St Cuthbert . . 72
The Viking Raid and the Later History of the Book . . 72
The Community of St Cuthbert - from Lindisfarne to Durham . . 74
Symeon of Durham and Possible References to the Lindisfarne Gospels in the Early 12th century . . 76
  Back to Lindisfarne? . . 77
The Dissolution and Later History . . 79
Later Medieval and Modern Additions and Ownership . . 79

3. The Text of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 83
The Place of the Lindisfarne Gospels in the Dissemination of Scripture . . 84
Wearmouth-Jarrow, the Ceolfrith Bibles and their Influence . . 85
The Lindisfarne Gospels' Textual Stemma . . 87
The Jerome Prefaces, the Canon Tables and the Gospels' Prefatory Matter . . 91
The Liturgical Evidence . . 92
Lindisfarne, Wearmouth-Jarrow and the Roman Rite . . 93

4. The Word made word: the Palaeography of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 95
The Text Script . . 95
The Lindisfarne Gospels and Insular Palaeography . . 95
  Palaeographical Description . . 100
  Punctuation . . 101
  Abbreviations . . 102
  Orthography . . 102
  Numerical Annotation and Corrections . . 102
Display Script and Major Initials . . 103
The Place of the Lindisfarne Gospels in Insular Display Scripts . . 104
The Use of Initials . . 105

5. The Art of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 107
Decorated Incipit Pages and Initials . . 108
Painted Crosses, Painted Prayer-mats, Painted Prayer . . 109
The Evangelist Miniatures . . 114
Early Christian Context and Insular Reception . . 116
The Lindisfarne Evangelist Miniatures and the Insular Tradition . . 117
Ornament: the Menagerie of the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Vortex of Creation . . 123
Styles and Principles of Design .  125

6. The Making ot the Undisfarne Gospels . . 135
Technical Innovation Used in Planning the Layout . . 135
Divine Geometry . . 141
Palette and Painting Technique . . 143
Materials and Pigment Analysis . . 144
Naturalistic or Stylised, Iconic or Aniconic? Cultural Implications of the Fainting Style . . 148
Sacred Codicology: Assembly, Writing and Binding . . 149
  Procedures for Making a Medieval Manuscript . . 149
  The Membrane and Quires . . 150
Collation, Dimensions, Pricking and Ruling . . 151
Binding History . . 151
The Original Binding . . 151
The Nineteenth-Century Treasure Binding, the Earlier Treasure Binding and the Cottonian Rebinding . . 153

Conclusion . . 155
Preaching with the Pen: the Meaning and Making of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 155

General Reading . . 162
Collations, Transcriptions, Glossaries and Printed Editions of the Text of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 162
Notes . . 163
Bibliography . . 170
Index . . 176

The golden age of flowers : botanical illustration in the age of discovery, 1600-1800

Obrazy
Autor
Celia Fisher
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2011
Table of Contents

Introduction . . 8

The Plants
Acacia . . 24
Agapanthus . . 25
Aloe . . 26
Alstroemeria . . 27
Amaryllis . . 28
Anemone . . 30
Arctotis . . 32
Argemone . . 33
Arum . . 34
Aster . . 36
Auricula . . 37
Babiana . . 38
Banksia . . 39
Bombax  . . 40
Bromeliad . . 41
Cactus . . 42
Caesalpinia . . 43
Calceolaria . . 44
Callistemon . . 45
Callistephus . . 46
Calycanthus . . 47
Camellia . . 48
Campsis . . 50
Canarina . . 51
Canna . . 52
Cercis . . 53
Cerinthe . .54
Chimonanthus . . 55
Chrysanthemum . . 56
Clematis . . 57
Cornus . . 58
Crinum . . 59
Curcuma . . 60
Cymbidium . . 61
Cypripedium . . 62
Datura . . 63
Dianthus . . 64
Digitalis . . 66
Dillenia . . 67
Dodecatheon . . 68
Eichhornia . . 69
Erica . . 70
Erythrina . . 72
Eucalyptus . . 73
Eucomia . . 74
Euphorbia . . 75
Fritillaria . . 76
Fuchsia . . 77
Gardenia . . 78
Gladiolus . . 79
Glaucium . . 80
Gloriosa . . 81
Gossypium . . 82
Grevillea . . 83
Haemanthus . . 84
Hamamelis . . 86
Hedychium . . 87
Heliconia . . 88
Helleborus . . 89
Hermodactylus . . 90
Hibiscus . . 91
Ipomoea . . 92
Iris . . 94
Kalmia . . 96
Kniphofia . . 97
Lathyrus . . 98
Lavendula . . 99
Lilium . . 100
Liriodendron . . 101  
Magnolia . . 102
Monarda . . 104
Narcissus . . 105
Nelumbo . . 106
Nepenthes . . 107
Nerine . . 108
Nerium . . 109
Nymphaea . . 110
Opuntia . . 111
Paeonia . . 112
Papaver . . 113
Passiflora . . 114
Pelargonium . . 116
Phaius . . 118
Phlox . . 119
Plumeria . . 120
Prosthechea . . 121
Protect . . 122
Rhododendron . . 124
Rose . . 126
Rudbeckia . . 128
Sarracenia . . 229
Seienicereus . . 130
Sprekelia . . 131
Stapelia . . 132
Strelitzia . . 133
Teleopea . . 134
Tropaeolum . . 135
Tulip . . 136
Vanda . . 138
Zantedeschia . . 239
Zinnia . . 140

Index . . 142
Further Reading . . 144

The story of graphic design : from the invention of writing to the birth of digital design

Obrazy
Autor
Patrick Cramsie
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2010
Table of Contents

Acknowledgements . . 7

INTRODUCTION - Graphic Design & Style . . 9
1. DESIGN AND SIGN - The Origin of the Alphabet, c.34,000-1,100 BC . . 17
2. A CLASSICAL EDUCATION - Ancient Greece & Rome, c.2000BC-c.AD350 . . 29
3. SPREADING THE WORD - Illuminated Manuscripts. C.350-C.1500 . . 47
4. THE BLACK ART - The Birth of Printing & Early German Printing, c. 1455 -c. 1530 . . 65
5. BACK TO THE FUTURE - Renaissance Italy & France, c.1460-c.1600 . . 83
6. POPULAR PUBLISHING - Dutch Renaissance & Popular Prints, c.1530-c. 1700 . . 101
7. PURITY IN PRINT - Rococo, Transitional & Modem, C.1700-C.1820 . . 111
8. THE TOOLS OF TRADE - Display Types & Victorian Design, c. 1800 -c. 1880 . . 123
9. MANUFACTURING THE MIDDLE AGES - Neo-Gothic & the Arts and Crafts. c.1840-c.1910 . . 137
10. THE STYLE OF THE STREET - Art Nouveau. C.1880-C.1914 . . 149
11. THE SIMPLE ART OF WAR - Sachplakat & First World War Graphics, c.1880-c.1920 . . 163
12. THE ISMS OF ART - Futurism, Dada, De Stijl & Constructivism, c.1900-c.1930 . . 175
13. FORM AND FUNCTION - Bauhaus & the New Typography, c.1919-c.1933 . . 189
14. THE WEIGHT OF TRADITION - Traditional Typography, c.1910-c.1947 . . 205
15. GOOD DESIGN IS GOOD BUSINESS - Commercial Modernism, c.1920 - c. 1960 . . 219
16. SYSTEMS AND SIGNS - Swiss Typography, c.1945-c.1972 . . 239
17. HANDMADE AND HOMESPUN - Illustrated Modernism & Psychedelia, C.1950-C.1970 . . 261
18. TEARING IT UP - Punk, c.1975-c.1985 . . 289
19. LESS IS A BORE - New Wave & Postmodernism, c.1970-0.1990 . . 297
20. PRINTING WITH PIXELS - Digital Expressionism & Postscript: The Digital Future, c.1984- . . 311

Endnotes . . 330
Bibliography . . 335
Picture List . . 340
Index . . 346

The Taymouth Hours : stories and the construction of the self in late Medieval England

Obrazy
Autor
Kathryn A. Smith
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2012
Table of Contents

List of Plates, Figures, Maps and Family Tree . . vi
Photographic Acknowledgements . . xviii
Acknowledgements . . xix
Abbreviations . . xxii

1 Introduction: Stories, Self and the Illustrated Devotional Manuscript . . 1
2 Sacred and Secular: The Anglo-Norman Devotions and their Illustration . . 61
3 Text and Image: The Latin Hours of the Holy Spirit, Trinity and Virgin and their Illustration . . 110
4 Temptation, Sin, Repentance and Redemption: From the Short Office of the Cross through the Office of the Dead . . 206
Afterword . . 293

Appendix: The Taymouth Hours . . 298
Bibliography . . 321
Index of Manuscripts Cited . . 350
Index . . 355

The book and the transformation of Britain, c.550-1050 : a study in written and visual literacy and orality

Obrazy
Autor
Michelle P. Brown
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2011
Table of Contents

Introduction: What Does 'Literacy' Mean in this Period? . . 7

1. Conversion: Scribes, the Sacred and Social Change . . 13
   From Pamphlet to Pandect: the Codex and the Codification of Scripture The Book as Speculum of the Transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages . . 22
   Visualising Sound in Graphic Form: New Ways of Teaching and Learning . . 30
   Disseminating Scripture: Being the Book - the Scribe as Evangelist . . 44

2. Creating communities of reading . . 57
   The Rise of Written Vernacular Languages . . 60
   Women and the Book in the pre-Alfredian Era . . 73
   Inscriptions - words to be seen and not heard? . . 78
   Books and other Icons . . 85

3. Language, literature and libraries . . 99
   The Impetus of Incomers . . 99
   Official Intervention? Assessing the Alfredian Contribution . . 109
   Libraries: the Collection and Retention of Cultural Memory . . 127
   Women and other Bibliophiles . . 144
   The Last Word . . 149

Notes . . 157
Bibliography . . 171
List of Illustrations . .179
Index . . 181

Medieval maps of the Holy Land

Obrazy
Autor
P.D.A. Harvey
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2012

Location

Table of Contents

List of illustrations . . vi
Preface . . ix
Abbreviations . . xi
Conventions followed text . . xv

1 The historical background . . 1
2 The literary background . . 6
3 The cartographic background . . 10
4 Maps of the Holy Land . . 17
5 The Ashburnham Libri map, late 12th century . . 31
6 The Tournai maps, late 12th century . . 40
7 The Oxford map of Matthew Paris, mid-13th century . . 60
8 The Acre map of Matthew Paris, mid-13th century . . 74
9 The earliest large Burchard map, circa 1300 . . 94
10 The grid maps, 1320-1339 . . 107
11 The later large Burchard maps, 14th to early 15th century . . 128
12 The small Burchard map, mid-14th century . . 141
13 Conclusion . . 155

General index . . 157
Index of manuscripts . . 160

Publishing the fine and applied arts 1500-2000

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2012
Table of Contents

Introduction . . vii
Contributors . . xi
List of those attending the Conference . . xiii
Colour Plates . . between pages xvi and 1

'It's pretty, but is it Art?' . . 1
Metal-cut Border Ornaments in Parisian printed Books of Hours as design sources for sixteenth-century English works of art . . 17
Publishing Palladia in England, 1650-1750 . . 35
The Young-Mans Time Well Spent: Learning to Draw from a Master . . 51
Building a Library: Evidence from Sir John Soane's Archive . . 79
Colour Printing and Design Reform: Owen Jones and the Birth of Chromolithography . . 101
Art Publishing and the Leisure Market, from the 1840s to the 1870s . . 127
The Art Collector and the Catalogue from the early 1620s to the early 2000s . . 157

Index . . 189

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