[Scriptoris] Period Display of Scrolls?

[Horn, Trisha D.]

> They did have something similar to what you describe, but it was not to
> display
> books for admiration, but to hold a book a scribe was copying, or books a
> scholar was studying.  Paintings of St. Jerome, or the Gospel authors,
> working
> at desks are a good place to find examples of period scribal workspace.
> "Saint
> Jerome in his Study", by Domenico Ghirlandaio c. 1480, is my personal
> favorite.
>  There's one by Carpaccio, "The Vision of St Augustine" (c. 1500), that
> also
> has some nice details in it.  The ecclesiatical legal documents in that
> picture
> are messily tossed on the floor, with books piled everywhere!  
> 
> --Serena
> 
	What are some good books (to purchase) that have these types of
medieval paintings in them?

	Raghnailt




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