Old books from a Swiss library. Not illuminated, but beautifully bound and quite elderly! The first Bible we ever owned was an illustrated children's version, with line drawings of plump prophets and disciples on every page and succinctly retold "highlights" of Scriptural stories. That was our introduction to the idea of a holy text with interesting pictures alongside, and since then we've seen many more specimens of artfully decorated scriptures; some were erudite and......