1. We reviewed the past chapters, and moved on to illuminated manuscripts. They implemented jewels and gold and silver into the books and the monks were often killed for it. We talked about the job as a scriptor monk must suck since you're on a deserted island with other monks with no sex and are getting killed for the gold and silver you're working with. Also one book could take a whole decade. We talked about the Dark Ages a.k.a. the medieval times, to be full of death and despair. Low employment rate, high death, high illiteracy rate. From all this, people wanted something good in their lives and art reflected the hope of the good to come. We went through each section, giving presentations. There was classic, celtic, caroline, spanish, romanesque and gothic, Judaic and Islamic, and finally late medieval.
2. What in the world did that duke need 14 bibles and 15 books of hours for??? 155 books are awesome though!
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