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Janet Backhouse

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in Corsham, Wiltshire, The United Kingdom

February 08, 1938

Died

November 03, 2004

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Janet Backhouse, a respected authority in her field, was a former curator of illuminated manuscripts for The British Library.

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Average rating: 4.14 · 255 ratings · 25 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lindisfarne Gospels 4.09 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the British Library 4.48 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The illuminated manuscript 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1979 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medieval Rural Life in the Luttrell Psalter 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bedford Hours 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sherborne Missal it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hastings Hours by Janet Backhouse, British Library really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illuminations from Books of Hours 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Luttrell psalter 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Becket Leaves (Manuscripts in Colour Series) by Janet Backhouse, Christopher de Hamel 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is, however, very important never to lose sight of the fact that the miniatures in illuminated books were not conceived as individual and independent paintings. They are book illustrations and are thus always intimately connected with a text.”
― Janet Backhouse, The illuminated manuscript

tags: history, illumination, manuscripts, medieval

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“Anglo-Saxon England had the richest tradition of written vernacular literature of any country in Europe, including a large body of original poetry and many translations of earlier Latin works.”
― Janet Backhouse, The illuminated manuscript

tags: history, illumination, manuscripts, medieval

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“Anglo-Saxon and Irish saints and scholars played a vital role in the conversion of Europe, especially during the seventh and eighth centuries, and through them insular art influenced the work of early continental illuminators.”
― Janet Backhouse, The illuminated manuscript

tags: history, illumination, manuscripts, medieval

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