Illuminations : private lives of medieval kings. Episode 3, Libraries gave us power / by Janina Ramirez.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Ramirez, Janina, 1980- author, narrator.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illumination of books and manuscripts--Great Britain.

Illumination of books and manuscripts.

Manuscripts, Medieval--Great Britain.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--History.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 min.)

Place of Publication:

London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Dr. Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings, and explores the medieval world they reveal. In this episode, the story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of illumination, in the magnificent courts of the Tudors. She investigates astrological texts created for Henry VII, and unwraps his will - still in its original, extravagantly-decorated velvet and gold cover. She hears music written for Henry VIII, which went unperformed for centuries; and reads love notes between the king and Anne Boleyn, written in the margins of a prayer book. Nina also visits Bruges, the source of many of the greatest manuscripts, where this medieval art form collided with the artistic innovations of the Renaissance.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 27, 2015).

OCLC:

911956308