Although the monastery was dissolved in 1805, its library was spared and remains brimming with ancient manuscripts today. Honouring the two countries’ shared history, the Swiss library has ...

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 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The History Museum of Mobile is excited to announce the next major exhibition, Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts, 13th – 18th Centuries, opening January 10 ...

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.

The Book of Kells is considered the finest example of the "Insular" style of illuminated manuscripts — from the Latin word for island, the island being Celtic Britain — that were produced in ...

The Lindisfarne Gospels are an illuminated manuscript created around 715-720 AD on the island of Lindisfarne, off the northeast coast of England. This remarkable work is one of the most important ...

The Potomac, Maryland, artist has focused on Hebrew illuminated manuscripts for much of her career and her deep research in medieval European and Middle Eastern paintings and manuscripts informs ...

Illuminated manuscripts on display at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. “We start from the 1200s here, some early, very early things," Kowalski said.

(Getty Museum) Review by Michael Dirda “The Book of Kells,” “The Lindisfarne Gospels” and “The Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry” are not just illuminated manuscripts from the ...

Islamic manuscripts can be referred to as illuminated, illustrated, or painted works. According to Ali Darabi, Iran firmly adheres to the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible ...