Whoever said it doesn’t pay to learn art history ought to talk with Will Sideri—a 24-year-old from Colby College who just scooped a long-lost page from a fabled illuminated manuscript at an estate ...

These opening letters for one of the psalms are a classic illustration of medieval illumination, relying on vibrant colors, geometric patterns, and illustrated scenes (image courtesy the British ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The History Museum of Mobile is excited to announce the next major exhibition, Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts, 13th – 18th Centuries, opening January 10, 2025. This ...

The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts is opening two new exhibitions Saturday. One examines centuries-old artistic practices, and one addresses the institution’s own history. The first ...

Analyzing pigments in medieval illuminated manuscript pages is opening up some new areas of research bridging the arts and sciences, report investigators. Analyzing pigments in medieval illuminated ...

Persian manuscript on paper, 7 leaves, plus 2 fly leaves, 4 lines to the page written on the diagonal in nasta'liq in black ink on a ground of gold illuminated flowers, within gold floral rules and ...