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Codices Illustres: The World’s Most Famous Manuscripts
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[The ultimate shopping catalogue for facsimile books]
by Norbert Wolf, Ingo F. Walther
ISBN: 3822858528 Publisher: Taschen America.
Publish Date: 2001 Binding: Hardcover, 504 pages

A History of Illuminated Manuscripts
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[A wonderful book about Books of Hours]
by Christopher de Hamel. ISBN 0714829498
Publisher: Phaidon
Publish Date: 1997
Binding: Paper, 270 pages

The Illuminated Page - Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting
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[Another great book on Books]

by Janet Backhouse. ISBN 0802043461
Publisher: University of Toronto Press.
Publish Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover, 240 pages

 

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‘The Art of Calligraphy’
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[An excellent book on period calligraphy]

by David Harris.
ISBN 1564588491. Publisher: DK Publishing.
Publish Date: 1995. Binding: Hardcover, 128 pages

Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work
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[All your questions answered]

by Jonathan J.G. Alexander. ISBN: 0300060734
Publisher: Yale University Press.
Publish Date: 1992. Binding: Paper, 214 pages

The Complete Guide to Calligraphy, Techniques and Materials
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[Even more questions answered]

by Judy Martin. ISBN: 071482318X
Publisher: Phaidon.
Publish Date: 1992. Binding: Hardcover, 160 pages

Medieval Calligraphy - Its History & Technique
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[Beginner’s Calligraphy]

by Marc Drogin. ISBN: 0486261425. Publsher: Dover.
Publish Date: 1980. Binding: Paper, 200 pages