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  1. Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings (2012)

    Subject
    English language and literature; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 177 minutes), £15.00

    A three-part television series in which art historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as revealed through illuminated manuscripts from the British Library’s Royal Manuscripts...

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  2. Electronic Beowulf (2012)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-ROM), £25.00

    This new, third edition of the electronic version of the Anglo-Saxon epic ‘Beowulf’ supersedes previous CD-ROM-based editions. It contains higher resolution images of all 70 folios, over 130 ultraviolet...

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  3. Tribute to the World of Myth, A: Ovid and Holkham Hall (2010)

    Subject
    Art; Classical studies

    How do the themes of classical mythology come to be refashioned through the ages? Holkham Hall in Norfolk, England, is the estate of an 18th century gentleman, Thomas Coke - a scholar of epic classical...

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  4. Singing Pictures: Women Painters of Naya (2006)

    Director
    Lina Fruzzetti; Akos Östör
    Subject
    Anthropology; Arts and Humanities
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £50.00

    For generations the Patua (Chitrakara) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The film follows the daily lives of Muslim Patua women from Naya villages near...

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  5. World of the Lindisfarne Gospels, The (2003)

    Subject
    Art; History; Literature; Religious studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

    The Lindisfarne Gospels is the greatest of Anglo-Saxon treasures and one of the world’s great works of art. It is a volume of the four Gospels, in Latin, created in the early eighth century, with...

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  6. Sultan Baybars’ Qur’An (2002)

    Subject
    Art; Librarianship; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (Hybrid), £12.95

    The Royal Mamluk Baybars’ Qur’an is recognised as the masterpiece of its time. It was produced in Cairo during 1304-6 and is called after the Mamluk ruler Baybar II who commissioned it. The calligraphic...

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  7. Sherborne Missal, The (2001)

    Subject
    Art; Librarianship; Music; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (Hybrid), £12.95

    The Sherborne Missal, which included illustrations of British birds in its decorative borders, is the largest, most lavishly decorated late-medieval service book to have survived. It contains 694 parchment...

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  8. William Blake Online (2001)

    Subject
    English language and literature; FE
    Distribution
    Link IS NO LONGER ACTIVE

    William Blake Online was designed to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Britain from November 2000 - February 2001 but the website has been retained as a resource to introduce some of Blake’s artistic...

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  9. Vaux Psalter, The (Cd-Rom) (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Pictures from the Vaux Psalter, held in the Lambeth Place Library (Ms 233), an outstandingly beautiful 14th-century service book.

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  10. Chaucer: Life and Times (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer, with both the original text in the Riverside edition and corresponding translations (Penguin) that may be juxtaposed on the screen. Also includes a glossary; a...

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