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Ruling by the Book
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Dr. Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings and explores the medieval world they reveal. She begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rule...
Dr. Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings and explores the medieval world they reveal. She begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, she views the Liber Regalis at West Minster Abbey, encounters books in the British Library's Royal manuscripts collection which are over a thousand years old, and examines a royal family tree which is five meters long.
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- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn879609618
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on March 21, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Ruling by the Book Introduction (3:18) -- Biography of Julius Caesar (3:22) -- Meanings in an Illuminated Manuscript (2:35) -- Anglo-Saxon Biblical Manuscript (3:25) -- Malmesbury Abbey (2:41) -- 1,000-Year-Old Gospel Book (3:38) -- Harnessing the Language of Power (2:12) -- New Minster Charter (2:42) -- Winchester, England (3:53) -- "Liber Vitae" (2:26) -- "Liber Vitae" Imagery (3:08) -- Manuscript Pages (5:24) -- Biography of Emma and Cnut (2:14) -- Depicting the History of English Kings (2:58) -- Matthew Paris (3:26) -- St Aubin's Cathedral (2:57) -- Westminster Abbey (4:52) -- Coronation Book (3:04) -- Credits: Ruling by the Book: Illuminations - The Private Life of Kings (0:53)