These opening letters for one of the psalms are a classic illustration of medieval illumination, relying on vibrant colors, geometric patterns, and illustrated scenes (image courtesy the British ...

1.Crossing the Threshold -- 2.Illuminating Music -- 3.Why Saints Matter -- 4.Initiating the Renaissance -- 5.Cuttings and Collectors -- 6.Marking Time -- 7.Re-Enacting the Past -- 8.Reading the Bible ...

In conjunction with a display of illuminated manuscripts, the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College in Winter Park will present a lecture by Jeanne Miles, an expert on medieval illuminations, at ...

The Victorians certainly weren’t right about everything, but it’s hard to pore over a resplendent illuminated manuscript and fault them for their love of the Middle Ages. A quick glimpse at some of ...

Christ washing the feet of the apostles, from a prayer book illuminated by Master of Claude de France, circa 1518–20. (Harvard University, Houghton Library) The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston ...

Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings, What a King Should Know Dr Janina Ramirez examines the Secretum Secretorum Illuminated Manuscript.