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  • 14C A Man as the Mythical Month of May

    5 days ago - By It's About Time

    Month of May Pee. Brugge , 14C. Illuminated latin manuscript on parchment. Origin: Benedictine Abbey of Notre Dame of Montebourg. now at Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
    European manuscript Illuminations began at end of the 4C, as Christianity was spreading. The need to illustrate books usually developed with a style specific to the region & civilization. In Western Europe, from the 6C until the 12C, the illustrated manuscript was mainly religious, created by Christain monks copyists in abbeys. Towards the 13C with the development & growth of European universities & administrations, the...
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