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Christopher de Hamel

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Dr Christopher de Hamel is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and is Fellow Librarian of the Parker Library, one of the most important small collections of early manuscripts in Britain. For 25 years from 1975 he was responsible for all sales of medieval manuscripts at Sotheby’s. He has doctorates from Oxford and Cambridge and honorary doctorates from St John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, and Otago University, New Zealand. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a member of the Comité international de paléographie. He is author of numerous books on illuminated manuscripts and book collecting, including Glossed Books of the Bible , The Book, A History of the Bible , and Bibles, An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print . He was recipient of a festschrift in 2010, The Medieval Book, Glosses from Friends and Colleagues of Christopher de Hamel

Christopher de Hamel

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Dr Christopher de Hamel is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and is Fellow Librarian of the Parker Library, one of the most important small collections of early manuscripts in Britain. For 25 years from 1975 he was responsible for all sales of medieval manuscripts at Sotheby’s. He has doctorates from Oxford and Cambridge and honorary doctorates from St John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, and Otago University, New Zealand. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a member of the Comité international de paléographie. He is author of numerous books on illuminated manuscripts and book collecting, including Glossed Books of the Bible , The Book, A History of the Bible , and Bibles, An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print . He was recipient of a festschrift in 2010, The Medieval Book, Glosses from Friends and Colleagues of Christopher de Hamel

Books from Christopher de Hamel

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

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A History of Illuminated Manuscripts

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Scribes And Illuminators

The Book in the Cathedral: The Last Relic of Thomas Becket

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The Book: A History of the Bible

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The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination: History and Techniques (British Library Guides)

Making Medieval Manuscripts

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Bibles: An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print

Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book Considered

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Rothschilds and their Collections of Illuminated Manuscripts

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections

Shared Language: Vernacular Manuscripts of the Middle Ages

An Intimate Art: 12 Books of Hours for 2012

The Burke Collection of Italian Manuscript Paintings

The Corpus Clock

Copistas e iluminadores

Liber Bestiarum

Becket Leaves

The Macclesfield Alphabet Book: A Facsimile

The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club