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Title: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections by Margaret M. Manion, Vera F. Vines, Christopher De Hamel ISBN: 0-500-23544-9 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: 01 July, 1989 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: Catalogue of locations
Comment: This modestly-sized book is primarily concerned with listing the location of all medieval manuscripts and manuscript fragments in New Zealand. Now, that seems pretty obvious, based on the title, but you have no idea how literal the title is until you peruse this book.

Some of the better items are pictured in the section of the book devoted to plates. There are a fair number of both black and white and color reproductions. Otherwise, the book is mostly one huge list of title and provenance for New Zealand manuscripts. While the provenance items often contain some interesting tidbits about manuscript history, there is not really enough to make the book truly informative and useful for someone not living in New Zealand and looking for a list of manuscripts to request access for study.

I thought, based on the title, that this would be an exhibition catalogue of some sort, but it is not, not really. It's just not in the same league as Weick's Painted Prayers and other works of that ilk. Nor is the text informative enough to put this book at the same level as, say, de Hamel's A History of Illuminated Manuscripts.

That said, the book does have some good qualities. Again, there are a number of interesting tidbits contained in the various lists, and a number of the plates are artistically interesting. I would not suggest that someone looking for a coffee table book select this volume, but it is an acceptable addition to the collection if you collect books about illuminated manuscripts.