Photograph of a book painting in the “Orationes” by Marcus Tullius Cicero in the Austrian National Library (cod. 11) (vom BeFotogravergebener Titel)

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

Miniature from the manuscript from the monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai (Cod. gr. 204, fol. 4v) depicting St. Matthew...

Classical texts, such as the writings of the Roman orator and statesman Cicero (106-43 BC), were relatively rare in 12th-century monastic libraries, but were eagerly collected as m...