Sampling DNA From a 1,000-Year-Old Illuminated Manuscript . ... and illuminated, the book contains the four gospels of the Bible as well ... which conservationists routinely use to clean manuscripts.

A rich selection of 25 illuminated manuscripts from the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale will be on display at the Beinecke from March 28 through April 11. The ...