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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An illuminated folio from the most treasured manuscript of The Shahnameh, Persia’s Book of Kings, will reappear on October 26 alongside ornate texts and artifacts for Sotheby’s London’s ...

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.