Chi Ro from Matthew's Gospel, from the Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 700 AD There were many prominent styles of illuminated manuscripts over the centuries – and most cultures had some form or another of ...

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 ...

The objects on view include exquisitely illuminated manuscripts featuring gold leaf and finely detailed ... was first translated into Arabic in about 800 C.E. and into Latin about 350 years later. The ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going on display for the very first time. The 15th-century Arma Christi was found in a shoebox filled with ...

Whoever said it doesn’t pay to learn art history ought to talk with Will Sideri—a 24-year-old from Colby College who just scooped a long-lost page from a fabled illuminated manuscript at an ...

With sponsorship by the Emperor and influential imperial bishops, the great churches of the empire were provided with priceless equipment and choice manuscripts. The intense intellectual, cultural and ...

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 ...

Check out Devon Eastland's appraisal of an illuminated manuscript "Book of Hours," ca. 1470 in Santa Fe's Museum Hill, Hour 1.

What it tells us about the past: The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript — a handwritten and heavily illustrated document ornamented with paints made from gold and silver.