Explore medieval manuscripts on Kura Heritage Collections Online
One of the inspirations for our current heritage exhibition Miraculous: medieval manuscripts was being able to view our entire medieval manuscripts collection on Kura Heritage Collections Online . Over half of these remarkable books are fully digitised and can be browsed and enjoyed from any device or location. Explore more from the books that feature in the Miraculous exhibition below, or dive into the full collection of medieval manuscripts here . Rossdhu Book of Hours Medieval manuscripts are often described as “illuminated”, meaning embellished with gold, silver and luminous colours. These illuminations are found in the initial letters of words, and in borders and pictures. As well as being decorative and a pleasure to look at, initials and borders help the reader to find the way through a book of tightly written text with no page numbers or punctuation. They play the role of headings and punctuation by marking the start of a new section and indicating paragraphs, verses, or corr