Medicine was an important part of medieval Islamic life ... books had illustrations, calligraphy was considered an art in itself. For readers of medicine at the time, those published in the ...

Image caption, This is the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It shows how Arabic calligraphy and geometric tilework were used for decoration.

"With hand-drawn figures and beautiful calligraphy, it's a medieval work of art in its own right," Dr. Thomas said, according to BBC News. The Arma Christi scroll is one of only 11 known copies ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript has been uncovered in a York convent's archive. Dr Hannah Thomas discovered the 15th-Century Arma Christi at Bar Convent while cataloguing the religious ...

"This is an illuminated script, with hand-drawn figures and beautiful calligraphy it is a medieval work of art in its own right,” she said. “However, where it differs from the other examples ...