Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings and explores the medieval world they reveal

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3/3 Dr Janina Ramirez explores the illuminated scripts of the courts of the Tudors.

Tue 29 Jan 2013 22:00 BBC Four

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