A neat bit of historical detective work enabled the author of ‘Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts’ to identify Becket’s Anglo-Saxon Psalter, which he may have been holding when he was murdered.
The Book in the Cathedral: The Last Relic of Thomas Becket
(author)
£9.99
Edition:Hardback978024146958306/08/2020
Categories: 06. Summer Books 2020: Poetry and Essays, Literature, Reference & Ideas, Summer Books 2020
Tags: Books about Books, c 1154 to c 1485 (Plantagenet and Angevin period), Conservation, England, European history: medieval period, Event: Christopher de Hamel, History of art, History of religion, middle ages, restoration and care of artworks
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