The Middle Ages

Medieval overview cartoon
The making of a manuscript (codex & parchment/vellum)

When demand exceeds supply
Archimedes palimpsest
The restoration of the Archimedes palimpsest

Secular Books
The Comte de Foix’s Hunting Book (1387-1388)
(Gaston Phébus’s Livre de Chasse)
All pages
Official site
Single page

The Book of Hours

Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (1412-1416)
Painted by the Limbourg brothers from Flanders

Film
Illuminations: Treasures of the Middle Ages (BBC)

Project
Secret histories of illuminated manuscripts: the MINIARE project