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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Sailor Who Captured the Sea The Sailor Who Captured the Sea Deborah Nourse Lattimore A sailor continues the work of others in creating the illuminated Book of Kells. OL15215313W
The ink garden of brother Theophane The ink garden of brother Theophane C. M. Millen In medieval Ireland, Theophane's boredom with his duties as a scribe distracts the other monks, but when he is sent to the kitchens he discovers that he can make inks of many colors from plants, allo… OL15639739W
The Saint John's Bible The Saint John's Bible Jackson, Donald "A full-color reproduction of the handwritten and illuminated work, The Saint John's Bible, in seven volumes"--Provided by publisher. OL16667601W
La peinture en France au début du XVe siècle: Le maître des heures du ... La peinture en France au début du XVe siècle: Le maître des heures du ... Paul Durrieu,comte Paul Durrieu Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. OL19811766W
Book of Kells and the Art of Illumination Book of Kells and the Art of Illumination Brian Kennedy 80 p. : 30 cm OL21219801W
Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world Joscelyn Godwin n the 17th century Athanasius Kircher was a phenomenon. In the 21st he has become a cult. He had an extraordinary imagination, comparable to the most avant-garde modern artist, even (or often especia… OL2946067W
Early Spanish manuscript illumination Early Spanish manuscript illumination Williams, John Spanish culture is the result of many civilizations -- Visigoth, Jewish, Berber, Arabic -- which mingled with the traditions of the Romanized Celtic-Iberian population, once colonized by Carthage. Of… OL3057486W
The Uta Codex The Uta Codex Adam S. Cohen 276 p. : 29 cm OL475743W
The Hours of Catherine of Cleves The Hours of Catherine of Cleves John Plummer "When this volume first appeared in 1966, it was celebrated for its extraordinary beauty. Now, more than thirty-five years since its first publication, it is made available once again. Illustrating o… OL5917431W
Leonardo Leonardo Carlo Pedretti,Kunster,Erfinder,Wissenschaftler,Michael Desmond,Leonardo da Vinci Bill Gates bought the Codex Leicester a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci's scientific observations and theories in 1994 from the estate of Armand Hammer for $30.8 million. Last year Gates loaned the wor… OL695408W