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  1. Books - At a Price

    Date released
    15 Dec 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1541
    NoS ID
    022751
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Books - at a Price. DESCRIPTION: An auction in London, to dispose of the Dyson Perrins collection of illuminated manuscripts, underlined their value to the connoisseurs. The highest...

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  2. Lindisfarne Gospels, The (1995 Video)

    Director
    Clive Izard
    Producer
    Kate Barnes
    Subject
    Art; English language and literature; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL/NTSC). col. 35 min., £11.00 (+VAT +p&p) (Granada) £12.95 (inclusive) (British Library)

    The story of the creation of the Lindesfarne Gospels by Anglo-Saxon monks following the death of Cuthbert in 687, combining location footage (Holy Island or Lindesfarne, Chester-le-Street, Farne Islands,...

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  3. Collector buys historic manuscript (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    An unidentified male collector is interviewed about his purchase of an illuminated manuscript for 1.3 million pounds. He says he purchased the unique item to keep it in England, and may put it into the...

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  4. Gospel Book of Henry the Lion, The (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Art; English language and literature; History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    Looks at the Gospel Book of Henry the Lion, a manuscript from the Middle Ages said to be one of the most valuable books in the world.

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  5. To Write and to Paint/To Read and to Look: On Medieval Manuscripts (1986 Video)

    Director
    Patrick Vandergeten; Dirk de Wit
    Subject
    Crafts
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min.

    By using original material and shots of old techniques, the successive steps in the process of making a manuscript are shown: 1) the preparations of a parchment, 2) the work of the copyist, 3) the activity...

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  6. Trinity Apocalypse, The (Cd-Rom) (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    The full text and 91 images from the 35 folios of the ‘Trinity Apocalypse’, an outstanding example of the English illuminated manuscript, produced around 1250. Includes full-colour images and the...

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  7. World of the Lindisfarne Gospels, The (2003)

    Subject
    Art; History; Literature; Religious studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

    The Lindisfarne Gospels is the greatest of Anglo-Saxon treasures and one of the world’s great works of art. It is a volume of the four Gospels, in Latin, created in the early eighth century, with...

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  8. Sultan Baybars’ Qur’An (2002)

    Subject
    Art; Librarianship; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (Hybrid), £12.95

    The Royal Mamluk Baybars’ Qur’an is recognised as the masterpiece of its time. It was produced in Cairo during 1304-6 and is called after the Mamluk ruler Baybar II who commissioned it. The calligraphic...

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