Scriptorial
Museum of medieval illuminated manuscripts from a Benedictine abbey, set within old town ramparts.
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This guide to the Scriptorial in Avranches, home of the Mont-Saint-Michel manuscripts, begins in the early eleventh century with a pregnant pilgrim caught on the sands of the bay by a storm. It follows what the abbey's monks believed about their patron archangel, why they recorded his wonders, and how a tale told to generations of pilgrims travelled far beyond the Mont. Best heard standing near the treasure room, where a dozen original manuscripts are on show at a time.
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