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Matchless Pieces · 23 works

Miniatura dorata (Tezhip)

The art of gilding and ornamenting manuscripts — from Persian and Ottoman tezhip to Insular Gospels and Gothic Books of Hours.

MastersAntichitàArte asiaticaArte islamica e ottomanaArte moderna e contemporaneaCalligrafia (Hat)Dipinti antichiGioielli e gemmeManoscritti e libri rariMiniatura dorata (Tezhip)Pittura in miniaturaRivista
Faith & Tradition:IslamicChristianShintoAncient ReligionsBuddhistHinduJewishDaoist & ConfucianSikhJainZoroastrian
Lindisfarne Chi-Rho — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Eadfrith of Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne Chi-RhoMamluk Qur'an of Sultan Sha'ban — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Mamluk Illuminators

Mamluk Qur’an of Sultan Sha’banIlkhanid Qur'an of Uljaytu — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Ilkhanid Illuminators

Ilkhanid Qur’an of UljaytuDivan of Sultan Süleyman (Muhibbi) — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Kara Memi

Divan of Sultan Süleyman (Muhibbi)Book of Hours of Simon Bening — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Simon Bening

Book of Hours of Simon BeningGrimani Breviary — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Simon Bening

Grimani BreviaryBook of the Dead of Ani — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Scribes of Thebes

Book of the Dead of AniRossano Gospels — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Byzantine Painters

Rossano GospelsCodex Aureus of St. Emmeram — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Carolingian Court School

Codex Aureus of St. EmmeramGospels of Otto III — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Reichenau Painters

Gospels of Otto III
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