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Illuminating Books: What Are Illuminated Manuscripts?
In the Middle Ages, books were objects of extraordinary rarity and expense — hand-copied, hand-decorated, and accessible only to the Church and the very wealthy. This essay explores what illuminated manuscripts are, why they were made, and what they reveal…
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