The Beauty of Books (2011 - 2011)

Name: The Beauty of Books
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-02-07
Cast: Richard Dormer, Stephen Bayley, Rick Gekoski, Michelle Brown, Christopher de Hamel

Documentary

Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

Richard Dormer

Narrator

Stephen Bayley

Himself - Author & Design Critic

Rick Gekoski

Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer

Michelle Brown

Herself - University of London

Christopher de Hamel

Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge

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Status: Ended
First Aired: 2011-02-07
Seasons: 1 seasons

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Season 1Episode 230 min

Medieval Masterpieces

The medieval era was the heyday of illuminated manuscripts. In the 14th and 15th centuries, there was a flowering of religious texts set into beautifully-decorated pages. Among these devotional books were psalters, or books of psalms. Hundreds of these were produced, but the Luttrell Psalter is remarkable for its whimsical, humorous and vivid pictures of rural life and a demonic world that is terrifying and grotesque.

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Ancient Bibles

30 min

The British Library in London is home to 14 million books, on shelves that stretch over 600km. Extraordinary vessels of ideas and knowledge, they testify to the love affair we have with books. This series explores the enduring appeal and importance of books from a 4th century bible to present day paperbacks.