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Mideval Books & Manuscripts
The Book of Kells — Written around the year 800 AD, the Book of Kells is one of the finest examples of an illuminated manuscript, and one of the few to survive to the present intact.
The Bayeux Tapestry — an embroidery roughly 20 inches tall and 230 feet long that tells the story of the events leading up to and including the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066.
- These complimentary sites feature the complete tapestry and history of the battle of Hastings.
- Another site with the complete tapestry
- More on the 1066 Invasion of England with closeups of the Tapestry
Other Manuscript sites:
- Book of Deer — this tenth century illuminated manuscript contains the longest piece of Gaelic writing to have survived from early medieval Scotland
- DScriptorium is devoted to collecting, storing and distributing digital images of Medieval manuscripts
- Saganet — the University of Cornell's online collection of Icelandic mideval literature.
- Matrix Figurae — A collection of images of art objects, architecture, archaeological remains, site-plans, & maps.
- NIXNET Mideval Homepage contains hundreds of links to other Mideval sites.
Antique Maps
RareMaps.com Antique maps, antique atlases & books on antique maps & atlases & the history of cartography.
Cartographic Images from 6000 BC to the Renaissance.
Library of Congress Map Collections Home Page
Signage
The American Sign Museum has a vast collection of classic signage, one of our favorite sources of inspiration for logo and title page design! You can take walking tours of sign-filled towns, view their gallery exhibits, and read about the people who created the signs. A great resource.
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