To Write and to Paint/To Read and to Look: On Medieval Manuscripts

Subtitle
On medieval manuscripts
Synopsis
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 of the illuminator, 4) the binding, and 5) the uses for the completed book.
Language
English
Country
Netherlands
Medium
Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min.
Year of production
1986
Availability
OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects
Crafts
Keywords
illuminated manuscripts

Credits

Director
Dirk de Wit; Patrick Vandergeten
Writer
Maurits Smeyers

Production Company

Name

KU Leuven

Notes
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters

Distributor

Name

MeMO nv

Phone
(010 31) +30 736400
Fax
(010 31) +30 734774
Address
Postbus 9822
3506 GV Utrecht
The Netherlands
Notes
PAL standard for UK use

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