People have been coming up with clever ways to bring light to the darkness since we lived in caves, so it’s no surprise we ...

You need not be a history buff to delight in ‘The Manuscripts Club’ Christopher de Hamel tours illuminated manuscripts with scholarly authority, highly engaging prose and magnificent art ...

What it is: An illuminated manuscript of the four Christian gospels, made in the ninth century Where it is from: The island of Iona in Scotland's Inner Hebrides When it was made: About 1,200 years ...

This particular illuminated manuscript is what’s known as a book of hours, an exceedingly popular prayer object and calendar secular people would commission and then pass down as a family heirloom.

Every element of an illuminated manuscript would have to be made by hand – the word “manuscript” literally means handwritten.Let’s assume that our manuscript was a book of prayer created by monks in a ...

An illuminated folio from the most treasured manuscript of The Shahnameh, Persia’s Book of Kings, will reappear on October 26 alongside ornate texts and artifacts for Sotheby’s London’s ...

Charlton's discovery of and subsequent focus on illuminated manuscript style-art happened by chance, but immediately felt like a perfect fit, melding her academic focuses on art and history. She ...

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The first show is titled “Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts from the 13th to 18th Centuries.” “I kind of became fascinated with illuminated manuscripts when I was doing an exhibition on ...

Its sticker read, “1285 A.D. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. $75.” Right beneath their noses was an object alleging to be over 700 years old. The best of Artnet News in your inbox.

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What it is: An illuminated manuscript of the four Christian gospels, made in the ninth century Where it is from: The island of Iona in Scotland's Inner Hebrides When it was made: About 1,200 years ...