History of Book Illustration: 29 Points of View History of the Book Series

Contents: I. From the Caves to the Greeks. A Century of Palaeolithic Cave Art / Margaret W. Conkey. Papyrus and Ancient Writing: The First Hundred Years of Papyrology / Naphtali Lewis. Communication and Display: The Integration of Early Egyptian Art and Writing / John Baines. The Origins of the Illustrated Book / Nicholas Horsfall. A Tale of Two Cities: The Miniature Frescoes from Thera and the Origins of Greek Poetry / Sarah P. Morris II. Illuminated Manuscripts. The Lindisfarne Gospels / Francoise Henry. The Book of Signs: Writings and Visual Difference in Gothic Manuscript Illumination / Michael Camille.