The Art of the Book Its Place in Medieval Worship

This collection of articles, by scholars with established reputations in the field, focuses on medieval books designed for use in Christian worship, both public and private. Examples are drawn from French, Italian and Dutch work of the fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries. The contributors explore the various ways in which text and imagery complement and re-enforce one another, and the importance of music and chant is also addressed. The interdisciplinary focus ensures this title will be of wide interest to scholars in many different fields. University of Exeter Press 1998, reprint 2007.

Margaret M. Manion is professor emeritus in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne. Her publications include a facsimile edition of The Wharncliffe Hours and Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts in Australian Collections (with Vera F. Vines). Bernard J. Muir is a reader in medieval language and literature in the English Department at the University of Melbourne. His publications include A Pre-Conquest English Prayerbook, and The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry, the latter also published by the University of Exeter Press.