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Illuminating Cambridge worldwide

07 Mar 2014

Arts Council England grants £87,582 to create online digital archive of Fitzwilliam Museum manuscripts.

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The Hours of Isabella Stuart

Science illuminating art

12 Oct 2012

Illuminated manuscripts are revealing their secret histories thanks to the application of techniques more commonly found in scientific laboratories...

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Elephant from Matthew Paris’s Chronica Maiora (St Albans, c.1250)

Elephants, dragons and a pretzel at a wedding feast

04 Sep 2011

Don't miss the chance to visit one of the world's best collections of medieval manuscripts when the Parker Library welcomes visitors as part of Open...

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Frontispiece to the Book of Numbers. Moses and Aaron number the people of Israel, CCCC MS 2, f. 70r.

‘Picture This #1’ – The Bury Bible, Corpus Christi College.

10 Aug 2011

In the first of a new series of short articles exploring images from around the University, we look at the 12th-century Bury Bible from the Parker...

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Hours of Marie de St Pol

Magical illuminations

01 Nov 2010

Art historian Professor Paul Binski describes his ventures into the gold-embellished world of illuminated manuscripts.

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