The Special Collections and Archives Gallery Exhibit Brigham Young University-Idaho The Scriptorium Collection A History of the Written Word The Medieval and Renaissance World Scriptorium Exhibit Homepage	Modern reproductions of shaped writing quills.
Gregorian Chant (c. 1500 AD) Music handwritten on vellum.	Gregorian Chant detail	Offizium der Madonna (facsimile) This is a full sized-copy of an originial book created in 1488 AD)
A Page from a Book of Hours (1425-1450 AD) The text is from St. Matthew and tells of the visit of the Three Wise Men. This page is on vellum.	Book of Hours detail Noticed the raised gold letter.	A Page from a Book of Hours (1460 AD) Notice the two holes in the sheepskin vellum and the thin lines to layout the text.
La Bibbia di Borso d'Este (facsimile) The original bible was produced about 1455-1461 AD and is a masterpiece of the illumination art. It was commisioned by the Borso d'Este, duke of Ferrara.	Detail of illumination art in La Bibbia di Borso d'Este	Detail of illumination art in La Bibbia di Borso d'Este
Below are three examples of Medieval illumination work from the British Museum. These designs faithfully were copied from original manuscripts and collected into a book in 1845.

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