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This page lists all content on our site that has been tagged with "Illumination of books and manuscripts". You may find a variety of content here, from books, to exhibitions, to events.

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Cover of A companion to Manual of illumination

A companion to Manual of illumination
Cover of A descriptive and illustrated catalogue of miniature paintings of the Jaina Kalpasūtra as executed in the early western Indian style (with 45 plates

A descriptive and illustrated catalogue of miniature paintings of the Jaina Kalpasūtra as executed in the early western Indian style (with 45 plates)
Cover of A jeweler's eye Islamic arts of the book from the Vever Collection

A jeweler's eye
Cover of An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Vever Collection

An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Vever Collection
Cover of Calligraphers and painters

Calligraphers and painters v.3, no.2 (1959)
Cover of Fasciculus temporu[m] omnes antiquo[rum] chronicas strictim complectens felici numine incipit

Fasciculus temporu[m] omnes antiquo[rum] chronicas strictim complectens felici numine incipit
Cover of Gaietani [de] Thyenis Vince[n]tini philosophi preclarissimi R[e]colecte sup[er] octo libros Physico[rum] Aristotilis incipiunt feliciter

Gaietani [de] Thyenis Vince[n]tini philosophi preclarissimi R[e]colecte sup[er] octo libros Physico[rum] Aristotilis incipiunt feliciter
Cover of Gothic alphabets

Gothic alphabets
Cover of Liber moralitatum elegantissimus magnaru[m] rerum naturalium Lumen anime dictus

Liber moralitatum elegantissimus magnaru[m] rerum naturalium Lumen anime dictus
Cover of Persian poetry, painting, & patronage - illustrations in a sixteenth-century masterpiece

Persian poetry, painting, & patronage
Cover of Plinius Secundus Nouocomensis equestribus militiis industriȩ functus, procurationes quoq[ue] splendidissimas atq[ue] continuas summa integritate admi

Plinius Secundus Nouocomensis equestribus militiis industriȩ functus, procurationes quoq[ue] splendidissimas atq[ue] continuas summa integritate administrauit
Cover of Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft awrang a princely manuscript from sixteenth-century Iran

Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft awrang
Cover of T. Lucreti Cari. poetae philosophici antiquissimi De rerum natura liber primus incipit foeliciter.

T. Lucreti Cari. poetae philosophici antiquissimi De rerum natura liber primus incipit foeliciter
Cover of The story of Kālaka texts, history, legends, and miniature paintings of the Śvetāmbara Jain hagiographical work, the Kālakācāryakathā

The story of Kālaka
Cover of Writing & illuminating, & lettering

Writing & illuminating, & lettering

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