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Usually, an illuminated heading marks the beginning of each of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an. This one marks the start of chapter 32, which bears the title al-Sajda (The Prostration) and which deals with the mysteries of Creation, Time and the Final End.

A Sense of Identity | Qur'an | Creation (Islam)

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Object Illuminated heading for Chapter 32 from a Qur'an.cover

This magnificent Book of Hours (Use of Paris) was executed for Prigent de Coëtivy (1400-50), who was Admiral of France and, next to the Duc de Berry, one of the greatest book-collectors of the period. The 148 miniatures are mainly attributed to the 'Master of the Duke of Be

A Sense of Freedom | Coëtivy, Prignet de, 1400-1450 | Illumination of books and manuscripts

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Object Virgin and Child from The Coëtivy Book of Hours cover

The historiated initial ‘I’ marks the beginning of the Book of Genesis: In Principio creavit Deus caelum et terram, or ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’. Each line of text is written in decreasing size, a decorative technique known as diminuendo. The

A Sense of Place | Creation | Biblical cosmology

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Object Historiated initial 'I' from the Walsingham Bible.cover

This folio from a vellum codex contains the Coptic version in the Sahidic dialect of a collection of rules relating to church discipline ascribed to St Basil. Basil the Great (born c.300), bishop of Caesarea, was an important early theologian as well as one of the fathers of comm

A Sense of Identity | Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379 | Religion

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Object Illuminated folio from The Canons of St. Basil.cover

This Conradh na Gaeilge Christmas card for 1913 is signed by Douglas Hyde. It uses an illuminated letter N as its dominant motif, inspired by the illuminated texts produced by Irish monks many centuries previously.

A Sense of Identity | Gaelic League (Ireland) | Illumination of books and manuscripts

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Object Conradh na Gaeilge Christmas card, 1913.cover