Product Description

This sumptuously illustrated new title focuses on one hundred major varieties of flowers and plants that appear in medieval manuscripts and provides intriguing explanation of their uses, history and symbolism. An A-Z format, packed with fascinating facts, provides a book that will have a wide appeal for all those interested in flowers and gardening as well as those interested in medieval art and history.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98426 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-31
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

Review
An exquisit A-Z guide to medieval botany, sumptuously illustrated with superb depictions of flowers and plants, intricate boarders and trails of golden ivy. --Rare Books Review

contains a great wealth of images repoduced from the British Library's wonderful collection of medieval and early 16th century illustrated manuscripts.....designed to flood the eye with beautiful images. By targeting a general audience ot opens a very special and beautiful body of work to their consideration. --Huntia 14 2009

About the Author
Celia Fisher wrote her PhD thesis on flowers in illuminated manuscripts, is the author of Flowers and Fruit( National Gallery, 1998) and Flowers in Medieval Manuscripts (British Library,2004), and has published extensively in art and gardening journals.

Customer Reviews

look inside before you buy
I was so disappointed when I received this book. There is one small paragraph on each page, with such basic information that it could have been for the younger market. The pictures are clear but in some cases slightly uninspiring. If you want pictures of medieval flowers buy a book on illuminated manuscripts, not this one. I will definately only buy a book from now on that I can look inside first!

An excellent reference
I consider this book both a delight to view and read. It is interesting to see how flowers and their use were depicted in the 14 and 15 centuary. The information given regarding each flower type is interesting if not extensive but I believe there is a good balance between the pictorial display, manuscript depiction and origin. If more detail is needed then references are given for further reading.