View A FUNERAL SERVICE, THE NATIVITY, and THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, three historiated initials on three leaves from an early Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum By French ...

Depictions in original illuminated manuscripts, which are handwritten ... featuring both mythical and real animals, along with the Nativity, and figures from classic mythology.

The nativity is one of the most constant and ... British Library This page from a 13th century illuminated manuscript compresses the story into a severe, architectural design with strong primary ...

The British Library has digitized one of the most astounding works of art of the Middle Ages, an illuminated manuscript known as the Sherborne Missal, making it viewable in astonishing detail online.

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 most valuable collection of historic illuminated manuscripts ever to be offered at auction was unveiled for the first time today. Worth £16 million, the exquisitely illustrated selection of ...

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.