The "romance" of Alexander the Great is a unique illuminated codex on his life and was the most widely-read romance in the ...

This richly illustrated book showcases the medieval fascination with magic through 20 illuminated manuscripts; including an astronomical companion made for Charlemagne’s son, The Sworn Book of ...

Medieval manuscripts detailing ... He said: “It was guided by elaborate and sophisticated ideas about the body and the influence upon it of the wider world and even the cosmos. “The wide variety of ...

Emma Donoghue on her new novel inspired by the 19th century phenomenon of fasting girls plus how to shake hands with Illuminated Manuscripts with Christopher de Hamel Show more Medieval ...

The Arma Christi is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at the Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre in York A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going ...

Listening. Masculinity. Medieval illuminated manuscripts are our key to European art for hundreds of years but also to political and social movements. Christopher de Hamel, keeper of possibly the ...