Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum

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Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum

Manuscript and Rare Books at The Walters Art Museum

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With more that 900 illuminated manuscripts, 1,250 of the first printed books (ca. 1455 - 1500), and an important collection of post-1500 deluxe editions, this extraordinary collection chronicles the art of the book over more than 1,000 years. From Ethiopia to England, Paris to Persia, Byzantium to B