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The poor scribes of yore who were spiritual calligraphers and illuminators of Ireland's most famous book, many housed in Trinity College Dublin, the monks and scholars of Ireland. Ah, June! The sun is ...

These opening letters for one of the psalms are a classic illustration of medieval illumination, relying on vibrant colors, geometric patterns, and illustrated scenes (image courtesy the British ...

In these pages, a 15 th-century monk living in southwest Germany tested ideas for the creation of illuminated manuscripts. The website Public Domain Review recently featured images from this book, ...

This medieval manuscript could be considered a precursor to the modern-day comic book. British Library Back in the day, monks owned the keys to the intellectual kingdom—the ability to read, write and ...

The marginalia of illuminated manuscripts is weird. When monks weren’t complaining about their jobs as they hand-copied line after line, they were inserting fart jokes into the margins. But one ...

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How do you spice up the dull task of copying line after line of a medieval manuscript? Some monks added lighthearted touches to the marginalia of their manuscripts by doodling murderous beasts, penis ...

Computers and phones have allowed virtually anyone to become an artist. The near-universal availability of free or low-cost photography, editing software, painting programs, and other digital creative ...

The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts is opening two new exhibitions Saturday. One examines centuries-old artistic practices, and one addresses the institution’s own history. The first ...