Renaissance illumination of books and manuscripts

Splendor solis : tractat. alchymic. Germanice : Mus. Brit. Bibl. Harl. : 3469 Plut. / [Thomas Hofmeier ; Peter Kidd ; Jörg Völlnagel].

Book illumination in the Middle Ages : an introduction / Otto Pächt ; with a preface by J.J.G. Alexander.

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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance

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Splendor solis : tractat. alchymic. Germanice : Mus. Brit. Bibl. Harl. : 3469 Plut. / [Thomas Hofmeier ; Peter Kidd ; Jörg Völlnagel].

Book illumination in the Middle Ages : an introduction / Otto Pächt ; with a preface by J.J.G. Alexander.