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Immature <n>Bald Eagles</n> lock talons in a courtship ritual. Photo by <n>Martin Belan</n>.

Everything is illuminated: the wonder of medieval manuscripts – in pictures

Details from the <n>Monument of Richard II</n> in <n>Westminster Abbey</n>, featuring <n>Gothic</n> lettering, c. 1400.

The hand book of mediaeval alphabets and devices

A print of the inspirational text <n>My Symphony</n> by <n>William Ellery Channing</n>.

An illustration of a <n>Seraphim</n>, sourced from <n>Getty Images/iStockphoto</n>.

Woodcut titled <n>Harpy</n> (1582) by artist <n>Melchior Lorck</n>.

A dragon from <n>The Black Hours</n> (ca. 1480), held at <n>The Morgan Library and Museum</n>.

<n>Arthemys display light</n>, a typeface by <n>Morgane Vantorre</n>.

An illustration of the mythological creature <n>Cerberus</n>.

Gothic-style calligraphic alphabet by designer <n>Gabriel Martinez Meave</n> (PeGGO), created 2005-2006.

Illustration by <n>Aleksandra Czudzak</n> for the cover of <n>Lu Xun</n>'s book <n>呐喊 (Nàhǎn)</n>.

A page from <n>Frank H. Atkinson</n>'s 1909 book, <n>Atkinson's Sign Painting</n>.

<n>Grid Fraktur Font</n>, a modular <n>Fraktur</n>-style typeface by designer <n>Marlon Ilg</n>.

Page from <n>Mira calligraphiae monumenta</n> with calligraphy by <n>Georg Bocskay</n> and illuminations by <n>Joris Hoefnagel</n>.