Before picture books and animated videos, there were hand-copied manuscripts whose margins were filled with fantastic images. A short video examines the tradition of illuminating books and considers what some of the more bizarre images might represent.

Concepts

manuscripts, medieval art, art forms

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Project images of illuminated manuscripts to provide context for the video
• Ask class members explore the links to illuminated manuscripts before illuminating a page from a favorite story or novel the class is reading

Classroom Considerations

• Preview the video to determine if appropriate for your classroom
• The video ends with an ad for another video about the world's most mysterious book
  

Pros

• Links are provided to a vast array of illuminated manuscripts

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3