[Scriptoris] Book Recommendations?

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Nicolaea,

You might want to see the selections at Collin County Community College
library, just east of Jupiter on Spring Creek Parkway. They will be
upstairs. Visconti Hours and the like. Nice thumbing through to give 'em a
"test run."

Second the suggestion about George Braziller's offerings. If you hit it
right, Half-Price Books have them in sections on period art or period
history, but you have to ask where they are located. Different stores stash
them different places. One was even found in the Latin language books
section because all the photos had works that were Latin. Lord love a duck!

For ordering, try the website www.JohnNealBooks.com. He has a wide selection
of How-tos, Hours, Collections, etc. of books, plus calligraphic and
illumination supplies. Some can be quite pricey (well over $100!) due to all
the color photography (which might preclude some bringing their investments
to an out-of-town show and tell....me, for instance, due to having books
previously ruined by careless handlers).

Lete Bithespring

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on 2/10/03 8:53 PM, g_r.cathan at att.net at g_r.cathan at att.net wrote:

> Nicolaea,
>
> What kind of books are you looking for?  Compilations like Leaves of Gold,
> single source like the Winchester Bible, Instructional etc?
>
> You might be getting a large list from this group.  Problem is you still can't
> flip thought them.  I suggest checking out your larger libraries.
>
> One thing we could do is everyone going to the Kingdom Heraldic & Scribal
> Symposium bring 3 or 4 of thier favorite books as a show and tell.
>
> All that being said all most any book published by George Braziller, NY is
> good.
>
> Geoff Cathan
>
>
>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I am looking at expanding my illumination library and would like some
>> suggestions on books.
>> I have some Christmas money left over and am greedily trying to find info on
>> some good candidates.  I do all periods and styles, but the problem I am
>> running into is that I can find a book on the web that I think sounds
>> interesting, but have no idea if it would be a good resource or not because
>> I can't flip through it.  I tend to like lots of pretty pictures....
>>
>> Some that I am thinking about are:
>> The Uta Codex
>> The Benedictional of Aethelwold
>> The Winchester Bible
>> Stammhiem Missal
>> Leaves of Gold
>> (I could go on and on)
>>
>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
>> Nicolaea MacFionndlaigh
>>
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