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Winchester Psalter, 2v-3r.JPG
The facsimile is a full-color replication of the Winchester Psalter currently located in the British Library. The luxurious modern binding consists of Indian goatskin and blocked with a 2-colour design by Joe McLaren. This richly embellished…

Douce Apocalypse 82v-83r.jpg
This facsimile presents one of the most courtly and luxurious examples of Gothic manuscript illustration in medieval Apocalypse manuscripts, which became “best-sellers” in later Medieval England. Along with its modern binding, the facsimile…

Codex Borbonicus, 21v-22r.jpg
The facsimile is of a single 46 ½ x 15 ½ inch sheet of amatl paper folded accordion-fashion into 36 leaves. Three additional pages of commentary in English, French, and German are subsequently included in the facsimile. The Codex Borbonicus facsimile…

Medicina Antiqua 69v-70r.JPG
This facsimile is bound in a light tan leather binding with the medical caduceus symbol embossed on the front. The pages are cut unevenly to replicate the shape and wear found in the original manuscript. This facsimile is an exact replica of the…

Cantigas de Santa Maria opening with commentary.JPG
The facsimile is suede leather with digital ink on imitation parchment mimicking the original’s calfskin hide over thick pine board. The facsimile replicates the almost 200 cantigas, or medieval monophonic songs, extant in the original and over 1,200…

Prayer Book of Philip II, 136v-137r .jpg
This facsimile provides a glimpse into the decadent Mannerist courtly style of King Philip II of Spain. Although the facsimile does not use actual parchment, the texture of the paper mimics the look and feel of the original parchment. The book is…

The Assemblies of al-Hariri, 12v.jpg
This manuscript and its facsimile give insight to one of the most popular Arabic poems of the Late Abbasid Period. Both the original manuscript and facsimile in particular exemplify “luxury” books, created at a large scale and embellished with much…

Michoacan, 1r .JPG
The Relationship of Michoacan facsimile is printed ink on paper and bound in a reddish-orange goatskin binding. The facsimile includes 44 colored illustrations that correspond to the narration. The reproduction serves as an accurate academic tool for…

Squarcialupi Codex Song I.JPG
The facsimile of the Squarcialupi Codex provides the contemporary viewer with not only a window into luxurious music compositions, but also the book-making process, as it is unfinished. The illuminations are brightly colored, mimicking the original,…
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