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The Beauty of Books

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10 Votes (7.8)

2011 HD 30min United Kingdom English Ended
Documentary
miniseries books

Credits:

Richard Dormer poster

Richard Dormer

Narrator

Stephen Bayley poster

Stephen Bayley

Himself - Author & Design Critic

Rick Gekoski poster

Rick Gekoski

Himself - Writer & Rare Book Dealer

Michelle Brown poster

Michelle Brown

Herself - University of London

Christopher de Hamel poster

Christopher de Hamel

Himself - Corpus Christi College Cambridge

Alison Bailey poster

Alison Bailey

Herself - Curator British Library

Andrew Biswell poster

Andrew Biswell

Himself - Burgess Biographer

Alixe Bovey poster

Alixe Bovey

Herself - University of Kent

Michael Foreman poster

Michael Foreman

Himself - Illustrator

John Gray poster

John Gray

Himself - Designer

S1E1 - Ancient Bibles 2011-02-07

The British Library in London is home to 14 million books, on shelves that stretch over 600km. Extraordinary vessels of ideas and knowledge, they testify to the love affair we have with books. This series explores the enduring appeal and importance of books from a 4th century bible to present day paperbacks.

S1E2 - Medieval Masterpieces 2011-02-14

The medieval era was the heyday of illuminated manuscripts. In the 14th and 15th centuries, there was a flowering of religious texts set into beautifully-decorated pages. Among these devotional books were psalters, or books of psalms. Hundreds of these were produced, but the Luttrell Psalter is remarkable for its whimsical, humorous and vivid pictures of rural life and a demonic world that is terrifying and grotesque.

S1E3 - Illustrated Wonderlands 2011-02-21

The Victorians were masters of illustrated books, especially for children. Thanks to an emerging middle class readership, new printing technology and a sentimentalised regard for childhood, fairy tales and fantasy fiction containing words and pictures grew into an established genre.

S1E4 - Paperback Writer 2011-02-28

The paperback book democratized reading in the 20th century, and printing directly onto the covers became a way of selling a book in the mass market.

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