How beautiful are illuminated ‘Megillot Esther’
During the day of Shushan Purim, I normally walk through the city of Jerusalem and stop at one of the Chabad Purim tents ...
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Written by Celtic monks 1,200 years ago, this rare Irish treasure is tucked away in a ...
MUSKEGON, MI -- The Hackley Public Library stuns with its high ceilings and painted-glass windows. There’s plenty to discover ...
The Art Newspaper9 天
Rare 15th-century manuscript is star of exhibition at Château de Chantilly in France
Richly coloured and decorated work is going on show after conservation, partly funded by the Tefaf Museum Restoration Fund ...
TEFAF Returns With Majesty in an Uncertain Market
The fair has a jewel of a 16th-century illuminated manuscript, and other museum-quality items, but fewer standouts over all.
A once-in-a-generation chance to see the world’s most beautiful book
A show in Chantilly will reveal the ‘Mona Lisa’ of illuminated manuscripts — a rarely exhibited 15th-century prayer book ...
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Book of Kells: A 1,200-year-old manuscript made by monks escaping the Vikings
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 ...
Yale Environment 36011 天
Illuminated and ordinary: Exhibition explores the world of Islamic manuscripts
The objects on view include exquisitely illuminated manuscripts featuring gold leaf and finely detailed illustrations. An 18th-century Qur’an on view is open to beautifully decorated pages bearing the ...
BBC1 个月
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 ...