Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand, and their illustration using brightly colored pigments and gold embellishments was... Zobraziť viac
Perfume has been used in religious ceremony and also in medicine, for it was believed to have the power to ward off illness.Elaborately chased silver pomanders were carried during times of plague. In the twentieth century, after Lalique's successful... Zobraziť viac
