Such a gorgeous piece. I love it when you can see all the different centuries combined.*Manuscript a
Such a gorgeous piece. I love it when you can see all the different centuries combined.*Manuscript and bookbinding: Dionysius the Areopagite, 14th century Constantinople. Binding: Paris, circa 1360 and end of the 14th, rebuilt in the 17th century. Offered by the Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus to the abbey of Saint-Denis -- source link
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