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The Fitzwilliam Museum preserves one of the largest and most important collections of fragments from medieval manuscripts in existence. It compromises 500 leaves, full page miniatures and cuttings dating from the 11th through the 16th century CE, and covers a geographical area stretching from Jerusalem to England and from Italy to the Netherlands. They represent devotional, lithurgical, scientific, and literary texts, and works by leading medieval and Renaissance artists. The material includes private collections formed in the 19th century as examples of 'lost art' (i.e. medieval painting). Miniatures have suffered

The collection of manuscript cuttings, single folios and miniatures will be closely examined through a survey and about half will then receive essential conservation work, such as humidification, parchment repair, pigment consolidation, and remounting.