From the time-intensive process of enameling to the painstaking care lavished on manuscript illumination, medieval artists developed their finely-honed skills through years of training and ...

Not only did it look like medieval manuscripts that Sideri had studied at Colby College, but it also included a note that read: “1285 AD. Illuminated manuscript on vellum.” Before he forked ...

What it is: An illuminated manuscript of the four Christian gospels, made in the ninth century Where it is from: The island of Iona in Scotland's Inner Hebrides When it was made: About 1,200 years ...