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The "romance" of Alexander the Great is a unique illuminated codex on his life and was the most widely-read romance in the ...
A medieval scribe copied stories about a knight and a wizard into a manuscript around 750 years ago. The knight […] ...
The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World, showcases medieval manuscripts detailing ... This richly illuminated book contains a copy of the Regime ...
Manuscripts drawn from the collections of the university library and Cambridge’s historic colleges will go on display.
So just what is the Voynich Manuscript, and would the information contained in it really revolutionize our understanding of Medieval history, if we could just decode it? Appeals court rules Trump ...
This richly illustrated book showcases the medieval fascination with magic through 20 illuminated manuscripts; including an astronomical companion made for Charlemagne’s son, The Sworn Book of ...
Usually the letters used more frequently (the lowercase) were kept closer (or lower) on a compositor's ("person who sets the type or text for printing") desk. In his book "Medieval Calligraphy ...
The fair has a jewel of a 16th-century illuminated manuscript ... the Netherlands A medieval manuscript unseen for 60 years, hand-painted by the renowned French illuminator Jean Pichore and ...