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With this facsimile Brown has once again contributed significantly to medieval studies. --Richard K Emmerson, Archives
Brown's affordable facsimile will stimulate further research on art, drama, literature, religion and devotion, anti-Semitism, and even technology. --Adelaide Bennett, Speculum
Brown's affordable facsimile will stimulate further research on art, drama, literature, religion and devotion, anti-Semitism, and even technology. --Adelaide Bennett, Speculum
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This celebrated medieval picture-book tells the Biblical story, focusing upon the Creation to the Flood, the Life of Christ, and the Apocalypse, with the help of illustrations of everyday 14th-century England. It is based on the biblical narrative but also includes plenty of apocryphal episodes, for example Christ surfing on sunbeams as a child, and God telling Noah to hurry up with the Ark so that he is forced to finish the top section in wicker rather than wood. The costumes, tools, weapons and buildings in the pictures give a near documentary-style representation of many occupations in the age of Chaucer, such as dyer, smith, carpenter and midwife. This distinctive manuscript has now been carefully photographed and reproduced on special paper designed to replicate the look and feel of the original vellum. The facsimile includes Michelle P. Brown's full transcript and translation of the text, and a commentary based on her unrivalled knowledge of the period.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A very good facsimile well worth every penny. Although the bible itself is just like the original,in full colour and written in Norman French, the forward part gives an excellent translation in English of the details of the facsimile. I would well recommend it.
Format:Hardcover
The Holkham Bible facsimile is a very beautiful medieval picture book, focusing on the creation to the flood, the life of Christ, and the apocalypse. With the help of 14th-century illustrations the Bible stories are told in a way that anybody could "read". This is a must have for people interested in/collector of old Bibles!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Fine facsimile
2 July 2008
Format:Hardcover
I really am grateful I bought this facsimile of the Holkham Bible. This very affordable copy lets the average man enjoy the famed picture Bible right at the very comfort of his own home. The pages resemble the vellum used in the original and the color reproduction is no less inferior. Added to it the commentaries are erudite and excellent and will guide you to the picture Bible page by page explaining what was happening and will give you some historical background to the manners, dresses and architecture of that time when the manuscript was created. You can even figure it out, according to the author of the commentary, the name of the creator of this manuscript. His name was John Fifthhide! I didn't mean to spoil the fun....
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Holkham Bible - simply superb!
17 Feb 2011
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This book is a treasure - an excellent repropduction that I am delighted to own.
The book consists of two parts - the first part is a scholarly background and description of the document - well researched and quite readable.
The second part is the reproduced picture book that is the Holkham Bible, almost 700 years old! Printed on heavy paper in a sumptuous binding.
The book consists of two parts - the first part is a scholarly background and description of the document - well researched and quite readable.
The second part is the reproduced picture book that is the Holkham Bible, almost 700 years old! Printed on heavy paper in a sumptuous binding.
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