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Written by Celtic monks 1,200 years ago, this rare Irish treasure is tucked away in a Michigan library
The Hackley Public Library stuns with its high ceilings and painted-glass windows. There’s plenty to discover in Muskegon’s ...
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Illuminated and ordinary: Exhibition explores the world of Islamic manuscripts
The objects on view include exquisitely illuminated manuscripts featuring gold leaf and finely detailed ... Small clouds of gold leaf fill spaces between the text. “I’m trained as a Western ...
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How beautiful are illuminated ‘Megillot Esther’
(credit: The National Library of Israel/Ktiv Project) There has long been interest in illuminated Hebrew manuscripts, as documented in the beautiful 1969 book Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts by ...
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Rare medieval manuscript found in convent shoebox
A rare medieval illuminated manuscript has been uncovered in a York convent's archive. Dr Hannah Thomas discovered the 15th-Century Arma Christi at Bar Convent while cataloguing the religious ...
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Rare 15th-century manuscript is star of exhibition at Château de Chantilly in France
With its sumptuous painted miniatures in tempera and ink, gold and silver, the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is the most treasured illuminated manuscript of the collections of Château de ...