Medieval manuscripts: an enduring obsession
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I've Never Met a Saint but I Like to Meet Anselm
The Duke de Berry probably wasn't a terribly nice man but he had marvellous manscours. The nicest person among my dozen is for Spasiano de Bastitche who was a bookseller in 15th century. I quite like to meet Anselm I've never met a saint he was again he was clever, sharp and intellectual. All manuscripts are different and each one has their own story to tell if these figures could be transported to one day how do you think they would look back on themselves?
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