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Every Book Tells A Story: Illuminated Manuscripts in the State Library's Collection

The State Library of Victoria has an excellent collection of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. Shane Carmody, the Library's Director of Collections and Access, provides background to the Library's acquisition of some of these beautiful treasures.

A lecture held on 12 June 2008 at the State Library of Victoria, in association with the exhibition The Medieval Imagination.

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Shane Carmody is Director of Collections and Access at the State Library of Victoria.


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