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Eric Millar

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Eric George Millar (1887–13 January 1966)[1][2] was the Keeper of Manuscripts from 1944 onwards at the British Museum and a scholar interested in English illuminated manuscripts. He produced the two-volume work English Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the XIIIth Century in 1926 and 1928.[3] He also produced a book on the Lindisfarne Gospels and a two-volume catalogue of the Chester Beatty Papyri.[2]

Millar was a member of the Athenaeum Club.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Eric George Millar". Dictionary of Art Historians.
  2. ^ a b c C. E. Wright (1968). "Preface". The British Museum Quarterly. 33 (1): 1–2. doi:10.2307/4423012. JSTOR 4423012.
  3. ^ Otto Homburger (1928). "Review: English Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the XIIIth Century". The Art Bulletin. 10 (4): 399–402. doi:10.2307/3045425. JSTOR 3045425.