One of the most impressive private collections of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books will be offered at a live auction in New York on April 23, according to Christie’s, which is ...

Check out Devon Eastland's appraisal of an illuminated manuscript "Book of Hours," ca. 1470 in Santa Fe's Museum Hill, Hour 1.

Christine de Pizan awakened by Reason, Rectitude, and Justice (detail), F. 1r from Christine de Pizan’s Le Livre des trois Vertus, Paris, France (c. 1405), Boston Public Library, MS f Med. 101 BOSTON, ...

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 ...

Master of the David Scenes in the Grimani Breviary active 1500-1525 Title devised by cataloger. Handwritten in ink on vellum, with illuminated miniatures and isolated motifs in the margins. Text ...