Australians will get their first look at one of the world’s most expensive illuminated manuscripts in May.
The National Library of Australia announced on Friday morning that the early sixteenth-century Rothschild prayerbook, owned by Australian businessman Kerry Stokes, will go on display for the first time in the southern hemisphere.
Stokes made headlines last year when he purchased the 150-page prayer book through London auction house Christie’s for $15.5m, making it the most expensive manuscript ever purchased at the time.
