Abstract
It was the Jews who developed the graphic arts all over Europe and introduced them into Portugal.1 But even before this, they had a flourishing industry in illuminated manuscripts, which germinated from a ‘scriptorium’ in Lisbon that was granted to them by King Alphonse V and then protected by Queen Leonor, wife of King John II.
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Barreto, M. (1992). The Prophecy of the Sibyl. In: The Portuguese Columbus. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21994-0_19
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