Eric Millar Explained

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]

In 1934 he gave the Sandars Lectures on bibliography at the University of Cambridge on "Some Aspects of the Comparative Study of Illuminated Manuscripts".

Millar also produced a book on the Lindisfarne Gospels and a two-volume catalogue of the Chester Beatty Papyri.

Millar was a member of the Athenaeum Club.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eric George Millar. Dictionary of Art Historians.
2. C. E. Wright . 1968 . Preface . . 33 . 1 . 1–2 . 10.2307/4423012 . 4423012 .
3. Otto Homburger . 1928 . Review: English Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the XIIIth Century . The Art Bulletin . 10 . 4 . 399–402 . 10.2307/3045425. 3045425 .