Christopher de Hamel
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Biography
In the course of a long career at Sotheby’s Christopher de Hamel has probably handled and catalogued more illuminated manuscripts and over a wider range than any person alive. Since 2000, he has been Fellow and Librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The Parker Library, in his care, includes many of the earliest manuscripts in English language and history. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Historical Society.
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GILDING THE LILLY, A HUNDRED MEDIEVAL AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LILLY LIBRARY
THE ROTHSCHILDS AND THEIR COLLECTIONS OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
THE BOOK, A HISTORY OF THE BIBLE
SCRIBES AND ILLUMINATORS
SYON ABBEY, THE LIBRARY OF THE BRIDGETTINE NUNS AND THEIR PEREGRINATIONS AFTER THE REFORMATION
A HISTORY OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
GLOSSED BOOKS OF THE BIBLE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE PARIS BOOK TRADE
