Royal Manuscripts - The Genius of Illumination
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Friday, 11 November 2011 -
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
British Library, 96 Euston Road, Kings Cross, NW1 2DB
How Much:
£10.00 (Tickets)
Despite their slightly unprepossessing gallery space, exhibitions at the British Library are often utterly brilliant - in part due to the institution's unparalleled collection of amazing stuff.
This winter's show looks like a prime example: an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts from between the 9th and 16th centuries.
Highlights include Henry VIII's personal Psalter and two of the three remaining copies of Thomas Hoccleve's Regement of Princes - a guide to being an ideal courtier by the crazy bureaucrat/writer/visionary who is one of the finest and most underrated writers of the era.
Until 13.03.11.
Read Tom's review of Royal Manuscripts at the British Library.
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