Illustrations and major decoration of sixteen Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, fully described and indexed, are reproduced here in 454 photographs, many for the first time. Manuscripts included are: the Athelstan Psalter, the Harley Psalter, the Bury Psalter, the Paris Psalter, the Boulogne Gospels, the Arenberg Gospels, the Trinity Gospels, the Eadui Codex, Pembroke College MS 301, the Bury Gospels, the Judith of Flanders Gospels (Pierpont Morgan MSS 709 and 708), the Monte Casino Gospel Book, the Hereford Gospels, the Psychomachia of Prudentius, and the Junius Manuscript.

About the Author
Thomas H. Ohlgren (professor emeritus from Purdue University) has published extensively on the development of the outlaw legends of Robin Hood and on the study of Insular manuscripts.


Book Information
ISBN 9781879288102
Author Thomas H. Ohlgren
Format Hardback
Page Count 590
Imprint Medieval Institute Publications
Publisher Medieval Institute Publications