Michelle P. Brown is Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study,

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. She was previously (1986–2004) Curator of

Illuminated Manuscript An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is often supplemented with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers, liturgical services and psalms, the ...

s at the

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. She has been a historical consultant and on-screen expert on several radio and television programmes. She has published books on the

Lindisfarne Gospels The Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV) is an illuminated manuscript gospel book probably produced around the years 715–720 in the monastery at Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, which is now in the Bri ...

, the

Luttrell Psalter The Luttrell Psalter (British Library, Add MS 42130) is an illuminated psalter commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (1276–1345), lord of the manor of Irnham in Lincolnshire, written and illustrated on parchment ''circa'' 1320–1340 in England ...

and the Holkham Bible.

Books

As author

* ''A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600''. British Library & Toronto University Press: London & Toronto, 1990; rev. ed. 1994; 1999. * ''Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts''. British Library: London, 1991. * ''Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Glossary of Technical Terms''. British Library and

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: London & Malibu, 1994. * ''The Book of Cerne: Prayer, Patronage and Power in Ninth-Century England''. British Library & Toronto University Press: London & Toronto, 1996. * ''The British Library Guide to Writing and Scripts: History and Techniques''. British Library & Toronto University Press: London & Toronto, 1998. * with Patricia Lovett, ''The British Library Historical Source-Book for Scribes''. British Library & Toronto University Press: London & Toronto, 1999. * ''The Lindisfarne Gospels: Society, Spirituality and the Scribe''. British Library, Faksimile Verlag & Toronto University Press: London, Luzern & Toronto 2003. * ''Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels''. British Library: London, 2003. * ''How Christianity Came to Britain and Ireland''.

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: Oxford, 2006. (

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edition, 2007) * ''St Paul's Cathedral''. Jarrold: Norwich, 2006. * ''The Luttrell Psalter: A facsimile with Accompanying Commentary''.

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& British Library: London, 2006. * ''The World of the Luttrell Psalter''. British Library: London, 2006. * ''The Lion Companion to Christian Art''. Lion Hudson: Oxford, 2008. * ''Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age''. British Library & Toronto University Press: London & Toronto, 2008. * ''The Holkham Bible Picture-Book: A Facsimile with Accompanying Commentary, Transcription and Translation''. Folio Society & British Library: London, 2008. * ''The Lindisfarne Gospels and the Early Medieval World'' (2010)

As editor

* J. Bately, M. P. Brown and J. Roberts, eds, ''A Palaeographer's View: Selected Writings of Julian Brown''. Harvey Miller: London, 1991. * M. P. Brown and L. Webster, eds, ''The Transformation of the Roman World''. British Museum Press: London, 1997. * M. P. Brown and S. McKendrick, eds, ''The Illuminated Book in the Later Middle Ages. Studies in Honour of Janet Backhouse''. British Library & Toronto University Press: London & Toronto, 1997. * M. P. Brown and C. Farr, eds, ''Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe''. Leicester University Press: Leicester, 2001. * M. P. Brown and R. J. Kelly, eds, ''You're History: How People Make the Difference''. Continuum: London, 2006. * M. P. Brown, ed., ''In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000''.

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: Washington DC, 2006.

References

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