Quite unfairly, in 12th-century Europe, Ireland, a country steeped in spirituality, learning, and illuminated manuscripts ... had just assassinated the archbishop, Thomas Becket. The King was widely ...

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 ...

SAINTS & ART: The witness of St. Thomas Becket, whose feast day is ... “Hours” were illuminated manuscript prayerbooks, often commissioned by rulers or the wealthy, that were popular in ...

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.

A container that it is claimed once held a relic of St Thomas Becket is to go on display at a cathedral. The enamelled reliquary of the saint will go on display for two days from 15 November at ...

(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 ...

My doctoral research focused on medieval representations of the Trinity, but I have published on a range of topics, including the material legacy of Edward, the 'Black Prince' and illuminated ... five ...

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There is no such thing as a party of one, no reason to transmit meaning if no one is on the receiving end. But to create an illuminated manuscript is a different kind of task altogether. Every element ...

More than 850 years ago, on December 29, 1170, Sir Thomas Becket was brutally murdered. The former Archbishop of Canterbury had initially been a close friend of Henry II, but their relationship ...