A wondeful video about making manuscripts by the Getty Museum. Don’t miss this!
(Note: Both videos are from the Getty Museum’s YouTube channel, see if you can find the slight differences between the two videos!)
Video from Nov 17, 2010
The HD version, from Jun 17, 2014:
From the YouTube video description provided:
Published on Jun 17, 2014
An illuminated manuscript is a book written and decorated completely by hand. Illuminated manuscripts were among the most precious objects produced in the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, primarily in monasteries and courts. Society’s rulers–emperors, kings, dukes, cardinals, and bishops–commissioned the most splendid manuscripts.