Illumination of books and manuscripts
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Illuminated Sacred Music Manuscript Collection
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.
Persian manuscript pages collection
8 framed and unframed Persian illuminated manuscripts from 14-16th centuries.
Small illuminated sacred manuscripts
Three leaves of rare 13th and 15th century Catholic liturgical manuscripts, hand drawn and beautifully illustrated on vellum.