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Illumination of books and manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Illuminated Sacred Music Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 510
Abstract: Thirteen individual leaves of rare 15th and 16th century original music manuscripts depicting portions Catholic masses and prayers in Latin, hand drawn and beautifully illustrated with brilliant tempera paints on large vellum sheets. A podcast by Rice University features this material online: "Sing the Glory: an illuminated manuscript of adoration", available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDW5Op5Iwjs. The materials are available online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/13014.
Dates: 15th-16th century

Persian manuscript pages collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0099
Overview 8 framed and unframed Persian illuminated manuscripts from 14-16th centuries.
Dates: 14-16th centuries

Small illuminated sacred manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0024
Overview Three leaves of rare 13th and 15th century Catholic liturgical manuscripts, hand drawn and beautifully illustrated on vellum.
Dates: ca. 1250-1460