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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...