Fondation Martin Bodmer
Switzerland’s illuminated treasures - Profane manuscripts
3 March - 9 July 2023
A proverb from the Middle Ages said about the work of copyists: "Tres digiti scribunt, sed totum corpus laborat", three fingers write, but the whole body works. For centuries, calligraphers and illuminators worked in monastic or urban workshops throughout Europe, tirelessly copying and illustrating parchment leaves for books, some of which still exist today.
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