Textmanuscripts - Les Enluminures

I know, I know, that isn’t very good… Please forgive the attempt to bring to mind some of the most famous verses there are about Spring...

Everyone at Les Enluminures really, really believes that teaching with actual medieval manuscripts is a transformative experience. This has always been an important and successful part of the mission of our text manuscripts site...

Yes indeed. To start the New Year, Les Enluminures is exhibiting Bill Voelkle's amazing collection of fakes and forgeries. The exhibition is a provocative one, raising fascinating questions about the origin and reception of works of art - and, as you'll see, many of these fakes are quite beautiful.

Today, the global herbal medicine market is growing at a remarkable rate as we look for safer and more sustainable ways to keep and improve our health...

Everyone likes a good story. In a way, the history of the written word is an exercise in grabbing the attention of your audience, whoever they might be. Performers do this by “breaking the fourth wall” and talking to us directly (you hate that as much as I do, right?). Pictures also play this game in books and illuminated manuscripts.

We are happy to announce that our innovative and successful (no false modesty here) program, Manuscripts in the Curriculum, is continuing, in a slightly different form as MITC II.

The sky has been a source of both great mystery and of great inspiration throughout human history. Our desire to understand Earth’s relationship with the heavens...

Well, maybe not that zoo. Les Enluminures is going to the International Congress on Medieval Studies held in Kalamazoo...

It can be hard to find the right gift for your adult siblings, especially if they have lots of money, good jobs, and don’t really need anything...

New York is a city for everyone – with events to match – “Restaurant Week,” “Fashion Week,” “Fleet Week”...