New Publications

France's only saint to sit on the throne: 48 large and masterful miniatures concerning the life of King Louis the Saint

Created in Hildesheim and still in perfect condition today: one of the most beautifully illuminated examples of Romanesque illumination in Germany

God as the architect of the world with compass in hand: a unique masterpiece with 1,000 golden medallions that is not only famous for its opening miniature

Jean Poyer's masterpiece commissioned by the cardinal and finance minister of the French king: 25 splendid miniatures like panel paintings in one of the French Renaissance's finest books of hours

Made in Edessa, as a gift for the consecration of a new pope in Rome: one of the few surviving examples of Armenian illumination

Health tips and nutritional advice from the 15th century: a colorfully illuminated calendar manuscript as a guide to everyday life in the Middle Ages

Golden miniatures as a harbinger of the Gothic: a glowing gold and silver late-Romanesque manuscript in the "Channel Style" for the Brandenburg Cathedral treasury  

On behalf of Cardinal Giovanni d'Aragona: golden eclipses, Aristotle's 4-element doctrine, and references to the war between Naples and Florence in Christianus Prolianus' "Astronomia"

Created at the magnificent court of King Wenceslaus IV in Prague: a fascinatingly illuminated astronomy and astrology manuscript in artistic perfection