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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.

Book

A companion to Manual of illumination	A descriptive and illustrated catalogue of miniature paintings of the Jaina Kalpasūtra as executed in the early western Indian style (with 45 plates)
A jeweler's eye	An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Vever Collection
Calligraphers and painters v.3, no.2 (1959)	Fasciculus temporu[m] omnes antiquo[rum] chronicas strictim complectens felici numine incipit
Gaietani [de] Thyenis Vince[n]tini philosophi preclarissimi R[e]colecte sup[er] octo libros Physico[rum] Aristotilis incipiunt feliciter	Gothic alphabets
Liber moralitatum elegantissimus magnaru[m] rerum naturalium Lumen anime dictus	Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition 1883
Persian poetry, painting, & patronage	Plinius Secundus Nouocomensis equestribus militiis industriȩ functus, procurationes quoq[ue] splendidissimas atq[ue] continuas summa integritate administrauit
Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft awrang	T. Lucreti Cari. poetae philosophici antiquissimi De rerum natura liber primus incipit foeliciter
The story of Kālaka	Writing & illuminating, & lettering

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