Janet Backhouse
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To accompany the major exhibition opening at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Janet Backhouse explores the varied roles of patronage in the art of the later Middle Ages.
Published September 14 2003
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Janet Backhouse reviews a new history of the Bible.
Published March 19 2002
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Janet Backhouse looks at A History of Reading in the West, edited by Cavallo, Gulgielmo and Chartier Roger (eds) and Incunabula Studies in Fifteenth-Century Printed Books Presented to Lotte Hellinga edited by Martin Davies. Published May 31 2000
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From Augustine to Alfred - Janet Backhouse discusses the material evidence and new views that are the backcloth to the major exhibition of Anglo-Saxon art and culture opening at the British Museum this month.
Published November 1 1991
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Janet Backhouse quarries the contents of Henry's manuscript library and discusses what they tell us of his taste, interests and the attempts of others to curry favour. Published May 31 1991
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Janet Backhouse explores the Illuminated Books of Gothic England. Published November 1 1987
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