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WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE AND THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION'Endlessly fascinati...

From the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts, a captivating account of the...

Christopher de Hamel is one of the world's best-known scholars and writers on illuminated manuscr...

The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and l...

Medieval manuscripts are among Western civilization's greatest glories. Laboriously written by ha...

Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize

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Illuminated manuscripts survive in great numbers from the Middle Ages. They are often beautifully...

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