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Dante Alighieris long poem The Divine Comedy has been one of the foundational texts of European literature for over 700 years. Yet many mysteries s...

Dante Alighieris long poem The Divine Comedy has been one of the foundational texts of European literature for over 700 years. Yet many mysteries s...

In the absence of a tradition of self-portraiture, how could artists signal their presence within a painting? Centred on late Timurid manuscript pa...

With their decorations, images, bright pigments and finishing touches of gold leaf, illuminated manuscripts are beautiful objects page by page. Dra...

Medieval prayer books held not only the devotions and meditations of Christianity, but also housed, slipped between pages, sundry notes, reminders,...

The result of 35 years of experience in the publishing and printing industry, this bible provides all the information needed by anyone who wants to...

Fourteen historical manuscripts, supported by other manuscript examples, are used to explore fifteen selected writing styles. Dr Michelle P. Brown ...

This book explores first-hand Dunhuang manuscripts from a period of over 700 years, from 220 to 960, and as such makes a major contribution to pass...

A deep dive into the visual forms, material contexts, social lives, and global circulations of booksIn the twenty-first century, debates on the fut...

In 2010, the world's wealthiest art institution, the J. Paul Getty Museum, found itself confronted by a century-old genocide. The Armenian Church w...

Examinations of the use of diagrams, symbols etc. found as commentary in medieval texts. In our electronic age, we are accustomed to the use of ic...

This book provides a detailed and carefully researched catalogue of over 140 manuscripts related to the Mevlevi Sufis in their formative period dur...