A Medieval Illuminated Address Book

by Janet Backhouse, British Library

This Stunningly Beautiful Colour-illustrated Luxury Engagement diary celebrates 1000 years of English literature, featuring unique manuscripts now in The British Library. Examples range from the early eleventh-century manuscript of the epic poem Beowulf, through the works of the Gawain poet, Chaucer, Shakespeare, the Romantic poets, Jane Austen, the Brontes, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and Charles Dickens to major twentieth-century writers such as Virginia Woolf and Wilfred Owen.Sturdily produced in a large week-to-a-view format, with literary quotations, calligraphic script, and colour illustrations throughout, bound in a luxury cloth quarter binding with a ribbon marker, the Literary Engagements Diary 2001 is a handsome and practical gift idea for any literary enthusiast.

96 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

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