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Colour Your Own Medieval Animals
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Colour Your Own Medieval Animals
SERIA: Colour Your Own
Type : Books
SKU: VV1486750
ISBN: 9781911216223
Pages: 48
Cover: Paperback
Year: 2017
Publisher: Pavilion Books Group (Pavilion Books Group)
Your Price: $72.36
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Краткая аннотация:
Аннотация к книге "Colour Your Own Medieval Animals" Exclusive illustrations to colour in carefully selected from the British Library's archive. Before the invention of the printing press, books were written out by hand, and were priceless objects. The most precious books were illuminated with pictures highlighted with gold or with bright colours. Real and imaginary animals populated the pages of medieval books, particularly encyclopedias. This new colouring book is packed with familiar and exotic creatures carefully selected from the extensive collection of the British Library. The animal illustrations have been sourced from a range of documents, including charters and seals and historical and literary manuscripts, from Homer to the Codex Sinaiticus, from Beowulf to Chaucer, and from Magna Carta to the papers of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Each of the original drawings is reproduced in colour, so that you can decide whether you prefer to choose your own colours, or to use the colours that the artist intended.... |
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