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The beginning of a new era in book illumination: masterful, full-page miniatures in a lavishly illuminated book of hours

Created by one of the greatest masters of English illumination: seven parchment fragments of a lost masterpiece by William de Brailes

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

Large format and in color: a fascinating insight into the medicine of the 16th century with 71 realistic anatomical representations of the human body

Created at the behest of the King of Aragon: splendidly glowing maps and nautical charts according to Claudius Ptolemy decorated with gold 

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

Every single Psalm illustrated with great attention to detail: the most richly illuminated Psalter of the Carolingian era

Created for King François I of France: the veneration of the Blessed Virgin in large and splendid Renaissance miniatures

Each page illustrated: 231 scenes from the Old and New Testaments, embedded in the bustle and impressive architecture of medieval London

The most important archaeological find of the 20th century: the famous scrolls with 2,000-year-old texts from the Bible

Illuminated by various masters of book art: Virgil's three major works in a splendidly illustrated manuscript from the 15th century