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illuminations

Illuminations. The fifteenth-century illuminate manuscript as art form. It was an art, as Poussin said, that appealed to the pleasures of intelligence; pleasures which are above all others. As opposed to frivolous art for amusement.   Philippe de Mazerolles – … Continue reading

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a little night music

The illuminated songbook, circa 1470 for the wordly French cleric Jean de Montechu. It is rare. It is unique. It is the only known surviving manuscript that is in the shape of a single heart when closed and of two … Continue reading

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