Books by Laura Cleaver
The market for rare books has been characterized as unpredictable, and driven by the whims of a s... more The market for rare books has been characterized as unpredictable, and driven by the whims of a small number of rich individuals. Yet behind the headlines announcing new auction records, a range of sources make it possible to analyze the market as a whole. This book introduces the economics of the trade in manuscripts and rare books during the turbulent period ca. 1890–1939. It demonstrates how surviving sources, even when incomplete and inconsistent, can be used to tackle questions about the operation of the rare book trade, including how books were priced, profit margins, accounting practices, and books as investments, from the perspectives of both dealers and collectors.
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This Element examines the trade in rare books and manuscripts between Britain and America during ... more This Element examines the trade in rare books and manuscripts between Britain and America during a period known as the “Golden Age” of collecting. Through analysis of contemporary press reports, personal correspondence, trade publications and sales records, this study contrasts American and British perspectives as rare books passed through the commercial market. The aim is to compare the rhetoric and reality of the book trade in order to assess its impact on emerging cultural institutions, contemporary scholarship and shifting notions of national identity. By analysing how markets emerged, dealers functioned and buyers navigated the market, this Element interrogates accepted narratives about the ways in which major rare book and manuscript collections were formed and how they were valued by contemporaries.
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Art and Nature: Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, 2009
Isidore of Seville’s seventh-century account of the etymology of words provided the following des... more Isidore of Seville’s seventh-century account of the etymology of words provided the following description of nature (natura): ‘Nature is so called because it causes something to be born, for it has the power of engendering and creating. Some people say that this is God, by whom all things have been created and exist’. Nature has not given birth to this volume of studies, but it has inspired it. The generative process of this project, which was conceived in 2007, has been a considerable one. The numerous and intricate relationships between the natural world and works of art and architecture were discussed at a workshop held at the Courtauld Institute of Art in June 2008. This was followed by a day of sessions at the International Medieval Congress held at Leeds in July that year, and the papers given there have subsequently been revised for publication here. The contributions included in this volume focus on particular examples of references to the natural world in art and architecture from across Europe, made between c. 1000 and c.1400. As a group, however, they provide much broader insights into the understanding and use of the natural world by artists, architects and commentators throughout the period.
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On the facade of Chartres cathedral serene personifications of the arts of grammar, rhetoric, dia... more On the facade of Chartres cathedral serene personifications of the arts of grammar, rhetoric, dialectic, music, arithmetic, geometry and astronomy present passers-by with a vision of education as an improving process leading to greater knowledge of God. The arts proved a popular subject in medieval imagery, and were included in manuscripts, stained-glass and luxury metalwork objects as well as on the facades of churches. These idealized figures contrast with many textual accounts of education, in which authors recorded the hardships of student poverty and the temptations of drink and women to be found in the cities where teachers were increasingly establishing themselves.
This book considers how and why education was explored in the art and architecture of the twelfth century. Through analysis of imagery in a wide range of media, it examines how teachers and students sought to use images to enhance their reputations and the status of their studies. It also investigates how the ideal models often set out in imagery compared with contemporary practice in an era that saw significant changes, beginning with a shift away from monastic education and culminating in the appearance of the first universities.
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Manuscript Studies, 2023
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Manuscript Studies, 2023
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Ordinare il mondo: diagrammi e simboli nelle pergamene di Vercelli, 2018
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Collecting the Past: British Collectors and their Collections from the 18th to the 20th Centuries, 2018
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Writing History in the Anglo-Norman World: Manuscripts, Makers and Readers, c. 1066-1250, 2018
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Miniature Masterpiece: The Coetivy Hours, ed. Jill Unkel, 2018
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Manuscript Studies, 2017
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A Companion to the Abbey of Le Bec in the Central Middle Ages ed. B. Pohl and L. Gathagan
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Image and Christianity; Visual Media in the Middle Ages, 2014
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Books by Laura Cleaver
This book considers how and why education was explored in the art and architecture of the twelfth century. Through analysis of imagery in a wide range of media, it examines how teachers and students sought to use images to enhance their reputations and the status of their studies. It also investigates how the ideal models often set out in imagery compared with contemporary practice in an era that saw significant changes, beginning with a shift away from monastic education and culminating in the appearance of the first universities.
Articles by Laura Cleaver
This book considers how and why education was explored in the art and architecture of the twelfth century. Through analysis of imagery in a wide range of media, it examines how teachers and students sought to use images to enhance their reputations and the status of their studies. It also investigates how the ideal models often set out in imagery compared with contemporary practice in an era that saw significant changes, beginning with a shift away from monastic education and culminating in the appearance of the first universities.
under the names of individuals, many of whom can be identified from other 12th- and 13th-century sources. This suggests that monks increasingly acquired and held their own books in this period, and that these were only later given to the communal
resource. Examining the surviving books associated with members of the community at Christ Church between c. 1180 and c. 1250, this essay will offer some observations on the varied means by which books were produced and how they came to be part of
the monks’ library in this period.
This is still in development...
Look out for our book on the Latin Psalter Manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin and the Chester Beatty Library, published March 2015.
And here:
https://trinity-college-library-dublin.culturalspot.org/exhibit/transmitting-the-anglo-saxon-past/mALy-xTqtakHJg
For more information see https://www.tcd.ie/History_of_Art/research/migrant-manuscripts.php
For more information see https://www.tcd.ie/History_of_Art/research/history-books.php