%0 Journal Article
%A Andrew Breeze
%D 2026
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%J Mediaevistik
%@ 2199-806X
%N 1
%V 39
%T Michelle P. Brown, Illumino: A History of Medieval Britain in Twelve Illuminated Manuscripts. London: Reaktion, 2025, 320 pp.
%R 10.3726/med.2026.01.36
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1748933
%X A golden volume, splendidly illustrated and by a former British Library keeper of manuscripts, leads us with the aid of twelve books from the Age of Bede to the Age of Henry VIII. It is a novel and engaging approach, making a History of Britain out of a History of the Book in Britain.