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Kathleen Doyle and Tuija Ainonen discuss a project that has made hundreds of medieval manuscripts available to view online

15th century French illuminated manuscript: The flight into Egypt. (Photo by Getty Images)

Kathleen Doyle and Tuija Ainonen discuss a major Anglo-French project that has made hundreds of medieval manuscripts available for the public to view online

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