BBC Illuminations.Treasures.of.the.Middle.Ages.1/3

Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon visits an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, which contains a treasure trove of the world's most important illuminated manuscripts. Germaine Greer joins the modern-day illustrator Quentin Blake to consider the religious and political power of these beautiful medieval masterpieces, and to assess their place in the history of art and book production.

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[bob18robert]

@belegulo "some" diseases and wars? wow...

[belegulo]

Waw! I see dark ages were not so dark at all (except for some diseases and wars).

[nina2515]

@presbarkeep I believe it would have been in respect for the book and its past including all the people and saints and others talked about or linked to the book, i have no real knowledge on this but that is my educated guess

[presbarkeep]

Why does he kiss the book at 7:26 ?

[crystalheart9]

Thanks so much for this :)

[nachoramirezz]

thanks for posting this great videos.