The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the
British Library
If you’re familiar with Backhouse’s
The Illuminated Manuscript, then you’ll understand why you want
this one; it’s basically The Illuminated Manuscript on steroids.
An excellent book, with plenty of high-quality pictures and
details on the scribes who created them. It’s what I turn to first
when I’m looking for ideas on a scroll.
If it has a failing, it’s that it’s skewed heavily towards works
from the British Isles and northern European works. This is a general
characteristic of Backhouse’s books, because they’re (almost?) all
taken from manuscripts in the British Library.
