Made at the behest of Theophanu, adorned with a breathtakingly splendid cover: perhaps the most magnificent and beautiful manuscript of all time

Held in the hands of Emperor Charlemagne, adorned with a masterful ivory cover: a world famous highlight of Carolingian book art

Golden book decoration for the king: a political statement and an ivory-decorated masterpiece of Ottonian book painting from the St. Emmeram monastery

Book art for eternity adorned with glowing carpet pages: the birth of Insular illumination and a style-defining masterpiece for centuries

Part of the Imperial Insignia, written in gold ink on purple parchment: each German emperor swore his oath with his hand on this book

A cover of precious stones, miniatures made of gold: an extraordinarily magnificent masterpiece for Speyer Cathedral

70 golden miniatures and enrobed with 12 masterful ivory plates: a unique treasure of Ottonian illumination

A binding with miniatures under translucent horn plates: the transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic in a cathedral treasure with gold-glowing miniatures

Italian Renaissance art in filigree perfection: the wedding gift from Lorenzo the Magnificent to his eldest daughter Lucrezia

Painted by Giulio Clovio: a unique and perfect fusion of the elements of Renaissance and Mannerist art

Created in the court workshop of Emperor Rudolf II: realism and amazing details of animals and plants in a treasure of late medieval illumination

For the Italian ancestors of the princes of Thurn and Taxis: a book treasure in a small format with a fascinating decorative cover