MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN AUSTRALIAN COLLECTIONS

Published in 1984. Describes and discusses 96 illuminated manuscripts in public and private Australian collections. Includes Byzantine, Italian, English, French, Flemish, Dutch German and Spanish works from the 11th to the 16th century. Provides a detailed entry for each work, and includes an introductory essay commenting on their general significance. Lavishly illustrated. Includes a bibliography and an index. Manion is professor of Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne. Her other publications include a facsimile edition of the illustrated pages of the Wharncliffe Hours.