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Browse 213 manuscripts from the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy

Zoom in on amazing miniatures, in full detail.

Posted on 2 April 202018 January 2021

The opening of the KBR museum is postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis.

On the contrary: before the invention of printing, there was no other means of reproducing a text.

In the 15th century, present-day Belgium is part of the realm of the Dukes of Burgundy.

The library of the Dukes of Burgundy is one of the finest manuscript collections of its time.