Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealan (by Ed. Margaret M. Manion et al)

•  1989 edition. 200 pages.
• Publisher. Thames and Hudson
• Hardcover. D/j. Large.  Colour photos. Index.
• Condition. Very good.

Presents the first comprehensive catalogue of manuscripts produced in the Middle Ages and Renaissance  which are now in public and private collections in New Zealand.

Over 180 entries describe complete books or fragments and provides paying special attention to text and provenance and the ways these items made their way to New Zealand.

This is a valuable  work of scholarship of particular use to art historians, textual scholars and paeleographers. It shows the fascinating links between text , image and decoration in the history of the hand-crafted book