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Solomon-Turkey (2).jpg
Illuminated manuscript illustrating Solomon enthroned at the top centre of the illustration. The illustration of the wise and powerful king features him above horizantal rows of his subjects. Simillarly to the AKM PS24 robe, the character known in…

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The first image is the cover of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the second image is the title page of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from 1885 in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.

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Matt needs to get some sleep!

The prayer book "Waymarks of Benefits" (Dala"il al-Khayrat), originally composed in fifteenth-century Morocco, was frequently copied from Senegal to Turkestan, at the western and eastern extremes of the Islamic world. It was the most popular…

This late copy of the Dala'il al-Khayrat was created in Morocco, where the work was originally composed four hundred years earlier. Thousands of others were produced throughout the Islamic world, making it the most popular devotional work after the…

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This is an illuminated capital letter R. Inside the letter is: a seated tonsured scribe with a quill and a loose piece of parchment; a tonsured person with a censer; lots of dragons possibly eating one another; a dog playing a triangular instrument…

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This item is a partial page of a medieval manuscript. The focus of the image is the illuminated artwork, following the shape of a capital letter "R". The artwork features a monk holding a red quill in his hand, surrounded by different types of…

Illuminated Medieval Manuscript.jpg
This item is a partial page of an illuminated medieval manuscript. It depicts colourful artwork of a scribe holding a quill and surrounded by mythical creatures and animals — all curving to the shape of a capital letter "R". There are some…

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The items are a page from an illuminated medieval manuscript. The first image depicts the full page, with its artwork and neat handwritten calligraphy. The words are rendered in light brown ink. The second image is a close-up picture of the artwork…

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"A Map of Middle-Earth. Drawn and Embellished by Pauline Baynes. Based on the cartography of J.R.R. and C.J.R. Tolkien. First Trade Printing 1970. (c) George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1970. Printed in U.S.A. 345-24944-5-300 $3.00 Pauline Baynes 1969."…
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