See gilded manuscripts that span 1,500 years in a new London exhibition about gold and the written word:
In Pictures: See Gilded Manuscripts That Span 1,500 Years in a New London Exhibition About Gold and the Written WordA tiny girdle book with a gold binding, England . Courtesy of the British Library.
The objects on display literally radiate, and beyond being important texts—both religious and political treatises are on display—they are awe-inspiring in and of themselves. Even the word for the art of writing in gold, “chrysography,” sounds like an incantation. There is also a 13th century Quran bound in deep red leather with the earliest known example of gold tooling, and the Queen Mary Psalter from the 14th century, one of the most extensively illustrated and gold-detailed biblical manuscripts of all time.
Treaty between Calicut and the Dutch inscribed in Malayalam on a strip of gold over two metres long, India, . Courtesy of the British Library.The Golden Haggadah, Northern Spain, . Courtesy of the British Library.
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