Medieval History
In conjunction with their exhibition Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination, the British Library has created a Royal Manuscripts app for Apple iPad and iPhone users, which features over 500 images from 58 manuscripts in their collection.
The app is available for download at a cost of just £1.49 for the iPhone and £2.99 for the iPad, until November 2011.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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Medieval History
British Library launches new Medieval and Renaissance images app
In conjunction with their exhibition Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination, the British Library has created a Royal Manuscripts app for Apple iPad and iPhone users, which features over 500 images from 58 manuscripts in their collection.
The app is available for download at a cost of just £1.49 for the iPhone and £2.99 for the iPad, until November 2011.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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In Illuminations: The Private Lives of the Medieval Kings BBC Four will tell the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated manuscripts from the British Library?s Royal Manuscripts collection which contains some of the most...
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The Queen has opened a British Library exhibition featuring manuscripts which belonged to medieval kings and queens. The Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination contains 154 items, including manuals on how to behave. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh...
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