Tag: Medieval manuscripts

ART REVIEW

St. Francis Missal: Faith, Art, and Sacred History

Installation view of the St. Francis Missal on display in the "Divine Inspiration: The Legacy of the St. Francis Missal" exhibition at the Walters Art Museum.

Explore the St. Francis Missal at the Walters Art Museum, where medieval devotion, Renaissance paintings, sacred relics, and conservation reveal the enduring legacy of St. Francis of Assisi.

ART REVIEW

Toxic Materials in Manuscript Illuminations Reveal Hidden Dangers in Ancient Books

Death attacks a deaf man with fire and an arrow under the directives of a religious zealot. Toxic materials in-manuscript illuminations like this reveals dangers of ancient books

If Books Could Kill, the toxic materials in manuscript illuminations will kill you. A new exhibition at the Waters Art Museum explores how substances like lead and arsenic shaped illuminated manuscripts and art.