Western Illuminated Manuscripts

Paul Binski is Professor of the History of Medieval Art at Cambridge University. He specializes in the art and architecture of medieval Western Europe. His previous publications include The Painted Chamber at Westminster (1986), Westminster Abbey and the Plantagenets (1995), which won the Longman's History Today Prize, and Becket's Crown, Art and Imagination in Gothic England, 1170–1300 (2004), winner of the 2006 Historians of British Art Prize and the Ace-Mercers 2005 International Book Prize. Patrick Zutshi is Keeper of Manuscripts and University Archives at Cambridge University Library and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. He has published extensively on the medieval papacy, from the twelfth century onwards, including Original Papal Documents in England, 1305–1415 (1990). He frequently lectures on aspects of papal history, and has published articles on university history and the provenance of medieval manuscripts.

• Preface; Introduction; List of manuscripts catalogued; The catalogue: the British Isles; France; Flanders; The northern Netherlands; Germany; Italy; Spain; Bibliography; Index of iconography; Index of artists, scribes and binders; Index of authors and titles; Index of types of books and texts; Index of provenance; Index of manuscripts; General index.

'Impressive … A concise, lucid account of the sources and art historical aspects of the collection introduces the volume and there are exceptionally useful indexes.' Art Newspaper