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James Johnson Sweeney.
Irish Illuminated Manuscripts of the Early Christian Period.

Publisher: Collins/Unesco, 1966 reprint (previously issued 1965).
Series: Fontana Unesco Art Books.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Amilcare Pizzi, Milan.
Size: 109x166x9mm.
Page count: text 24pp; plates 28pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some scuffs on the covers, a bit of wear at the edges and corners, and a mild kink throughout to the top outside corner; spine a bit grubby with some wrinkling and creasing; covers and pages rather yellowed with age; binding starting to split internally, but no pages are detached; text and plates appear to be free of marking.


This item £2.50
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 127g.

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Concentrates mainly on the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow.

Introduction: 18pp
Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations:2 monochrome text illustrations, plus 28 pages of colour plates (4 of these printed as foldouts)
Maps & plans:no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: no

 
See also | Illuminated manuscripts | Ireland | Book of Kells |

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