Studies in Carolingian Manuscripts

by Florentine Mutherich

Book cover: Studies in Carolingian Manuscripts

Extent: 568 pages

Publisher: Pindar Press

Subjects: Art & Art History

Language: English

(Paperback) (Published)

(December 2004)

ISBN: 9781904597193

Price: $38.00

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(Hardback) (Published)

(December 2004)

ISBN: 9781899828678

Price: $250.00

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Florentine Mutherich, an expert in Carolingian illuminated manuscripts, presents a selection of her studies, exploring aspects of Carolingian book illumination. Topics include court schools, monastic and episcopal schools and different manuscript types including Bibles, Gospel books, Psalters and secular works.


For the last forty years Florentine Mutherich has worked as editor of the corpus of Carolingian illuminated manuscripts she has recently published the School of Reims and is currently preparing the Franco-Saxon schools. In addition to her work on these volumes, she has explored various aspects of Carolingian book illumination. This volume presents a selection of her studies where the different types of school – court schools, and monastic and episcopal schools – are represented, as well as the different types of manuscripts. These are mostly Bibles, Gospel books, Psalters and Sacramentaries, but also secular works such as copies of late antique authors, Vergil, Aratus and the treatises of Roman land surveyors. Other articles deal with special problems such as the relationship to Roman or to Byzantine art.

  • By (author) Florentine Mutherich