Is it real gold? Medieval books 1150-1510
2 February to 30 April 2005
Central City Library - Level 2
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Medieval manuscripts and early printed books are among the best loved treasures of Special Collections at Auckland City Libraries. This exhibition features illuminated manuscripts decorated in gold with borders, initials and miniatures. It looks at what happened to books after the invention of printing in about 1455, and explores the changes and continuities from the manuscript to the printing era.
The exhibition closes on 1 May.
In conjunction with the exhibition Auckland City Libraries has launched a new free access database -
Medieval Manuscripts Online. At present the database contains only one manuscript: the entire digitised content of the Rossdhu Book of Hours. This initiative allows the Book to be viewed and searched online.
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