R. M. Thomson [editor] — The Bury Bible

Woodbridge, The Boydell Press, 2001. Cloth. A very smart copy of this illustrated edition of the Bury Bible, edited by Australian professor Rodney M. Thomson. Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontispiece, forty-eight colour plates at 100% or 90% of their original sizing, and nineteen black-and-white supplementary plates. Collated complete. The Bury Bible is a large illustrated bible written at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, England between 1121 and 1148. The book was created by an artist known as Master Hugo, influenced by Byzantine paintings, and the only surviving major work of his. It is an important example of Romanesque illumination from Norman England, with chapters on the book itself, the context, and the miniatures, alongside descriptions and commentary. Includes an index to the rear. Edited by Rodney M. Thomson, an Australian historian and Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Tasmania. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound with most of the colour plates detached but present. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .