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Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings and explores the medieval world they reveal. Part 1: Ruling by the Book Janina begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, encountering books in the British Library's Royal manuscripts collection which are over a thousand years old and a royal family tree which is five metres long. Janina finds out about a king who had a reputation for chasing nuns and reads a book created as a wedding gift for a ten-year-old prince. She roams from Westminster Abbey to other ancient English spiritual sites such as Winchester, St Albans and Malmesbury, and sees for herself how animal skins can be transformed into the finest vellum. Part 2: What a King Should Know Janina shows how medieval manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion, discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France. In the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection Dr Ramirez finds out that magnificent manuscripts like the Bedford Hours, taken as war booty from the French royal family, were adapted for the education of English princes. She also explores how knowledge spread through a new form of book - the encyclopaedia. Part 3: Libraries Gave Us Power The story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of illumination, in the magnificent courts of the Tudors. She investigates astrological texts created for Henry VII, and unwraps his will - still in its original, extravagantly-decorated velvet and gold cover. She hears music written for Henry VIII, which went unperformed for centuries| and reads love notes between the king and Anne Boleyn, written in the margins of a prayer book. Nina also visits Bruges, the source of many of the greatest manuscripts, where this medieval art form collided with the artistic innovations of the Renaissance. （转自mvgroup论坛）。《Dark Matter(黑暗物质)》是一部根据编剧Mallozzi和Mullie创作的同名图画小说改编而来的科幻剧集，在美国的Syfy电视台和加拿大的Space电视台同时播出。 第一季中，被遗弃的太空飞船刀锋上的六个船员们从冬眠状态中醒来，他们不记得自己是谁，也不记得是如何上船的。在旅途中，他们相继知晓了自己的真实身份和过往生活，整个过程危机四伏，陷阱重重，看似和谐的表象下充满着复仇、秘密与猜忌。最后，出人意料的是，六号出卖了大家，星际委员带走了晕倒的五人。 新的一季里，主要演员将悉数回归，并有Melanie Liburd (《Game of Thrones(权力的游戏)》)加盟，故事主线将继续围绕使刀锋猎人们相互猜疑、心生动摇的星际阴谋展开，据悉他们将参与寻找一件在未来战争中必不可少的装置。。
