MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed ...

As a result, animals turned up "in any possible context where art would be made", from wall paintings and carved doorways to ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) literature professor Arthur Bahr experienced one of the most memorable moments of ...

Women contributed more extensively to Medieval manuscript production ... of women scribes that have not yet been identified. Illustration in a 12th-century homiliary showing a self-portrait ...

Medicine was an important part of medieval Islamic life ... a prestigious profession - paper making was sophisticated, books had illustrations, calligraphy was considered an art in itself.

The writing is tiny - which means the decoration and colour on letters and illustrations ... the Book of Revelation: "The initial capital A shows the author - St John - depicted as a medieval ...

MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed ...

Many of the cathedral's medieval manuscripts are kept ... Dr Dutton's favourite illustration is an 'A' at the start of the Book of Revelation Dr Dutton does have a favourite decorated initial ...