Wonders of the Middle Ages

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)

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December 18, 2018 at 9:28 am

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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Credit: f.259r The Siege of Chateau-Gaillard in 1204 when Philip Augustus of France (1165-1223) defeated King John (Lackland) of England (1199-1216), from the Grandes Chroniques de France, 1375-79 (vellum) by French School, (14th century)
Bibliotheque Municipale, Castres, France/ Giraudon/ The Bridgeman Art Library
Nationality / copyright status: French / out of copyright

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