Illuminated manuscripts wield a magical allure. Written and decorated entirely by hand, these books—sacred and secular—represent a world in which ritual, legend, visions and miracles coexisted ...

The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula Part I includes manuscripts illuminated for royals, bishops, and aristocracy of the 13th to 16th centuries, as well as ...

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.

LONDON (Reuters) - Flecks of gold and vibrant swirls of royal blue grace the pages of illuminated royal manuscripts at the British Library in London, which will shortly go on show to the public.

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...