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Illumination of books and manuscripts

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Images about Illumination of books and manuscripts

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  • A craftsman illuminating a document. Woodcut by J. Amman.

Works from the collections

140 works

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    The Book of Kells / [Sir Edward Sullivan].

    Sullivan, Edward, Sir, 1852-1928. | Date: 1914
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    Die Apotheke in der Buchmalerei / W.-H. Hein und D.A. Wittop Koning.

    Hein, Wolfgang Hagen. | Date: [1981], ©1981
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    Palm-leaf and paper : illustrated manuscripts of India and Southeast Asia / by John Guy ; with an essay by O.P. Agrawal.

    Guy, John, 1949- | Date: 1982
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    A descriptive catalogue of the Latin manuscripts in the John Rylands library at Manchester / by Montague Rhodes James.

    John Rylands Library. | Date: [1921]
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    Imaging Aristotle : verbal and visual representation in fourteenth-century France / Claire Richter Sherman.

    Sherman, Claire Richter. | Date: [1995], ©1995
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Medieval
Illumination of books and manuscripts - Specimens
Manuscript
India
England
Italy
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
France
United Kingdom

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