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With more than 1,200 different facsimiles of medieval manuscripts, you cannot know them all. Yet, we do! That is why you will find a selection of facsimiles here, which may not be the focus of the "normal" facsimile collector, but which you should still take a look at - it's worth it!
The beginning of a new era in book illumination: masterful, full-page miniatures in a lavishly illuminated book of hours
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Created by one of the greatest masters of English illumination: seven parchment fragments of a lost masterpiece by William de Brailes
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Each of the more than 400 pages that illustrate this picture Bible: masterful, colored copperplates and woodcuts by Sebald Beham, the student of Albrecht Dürer
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Large format and in color: a fascinating insight into the medicine of the 16th century with 71 realistic anatomical representations of the human body
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Created at the behest of the King of Aragon: splendidly glowing maps and nautical charts according to Claudius Ptolemy decorated with gold
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With letters from Jacques de Molay and the rule of the Templar Order: a unique collection of documents on the most powerful, richest, and most mysterious knightly order in history
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Every single Psalm illustrated with great attention to detail: the most richly illuminated Psalter of the Carolingian era
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Created for King François I of France: the veneration of the Blessed Virgin in large and splendid Renaissance miniatures
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Each page illustrated: 231 scenes from the Old and New Testaments, embedded in the bustle and impressive architecture of medieval London
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The most important archaeological find of the 20th century: the famous scrolls with 2,000-year-old texts from the Bible
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Illuminated by various masters of book art: Virgil's three major works in a splendidly illustrated manuscript from the 15th century
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