Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Leaves of Gold

Leaves of Gold: Treasures of Manuscript Illlumination is an online exhibit about manuscript illumination from the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries.

At the online Learning Center, a person can view a slideshow to learn about the kinds of medieval manuscripts, design an illumination, and make a manuscript online.

Pictured is the Wheel of Fortune from Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, with revisions by Gui de Mori France, Paris, c. 1440–80, the Workshop of Maître François.

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