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How lapis lazuli helped uncover the role of women in the creation of medieval manuscripts

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 13, 2019 | 8:31 am Precious Metals Asia Europe Diamond Gold 

A team of researchers just published a paper in Science Advances where they reveal that lapis lazuli residues found in the mouth of a woman buried at a 12th-century German monastery suggest that she created richly illustrated religious texts. Prior...

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