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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）。《世界上最悲伤的音乐》一出魔幻的、黑色的、反讽的梦境，故意模糊的颗粒状的黑白镜头，人物身后的光芒丛生，都宛如是现实与虚幻交错与臆造的产物。 男爵夫人海伦若干年前被误锯双腿，从此她的心里只有恨没有爱，她有一家啤酒馆，为了在大萧条中赢得生意，她举办了场“世界上最悲伤的音乐”的比赛，吸引了世界各地的音乐家，啤酒自然源源不断地被卖出；以前的恋人切斯特*肯特携女友娜西莎代表美国来参加；其兄罗德里克*肯特非常仰慕一战的导火线发起者---刺杀大公的凶手，因此加入塞尔维亚也来了，他拥有被称为世上最忧郁的大提琴声音，自从儿子死去妻子失踪，他就一直身携其子心脏到处漂泊，沉浸在不可救药的悲伤之中；他们的父亲老肯特就是当年误锯海伦双腿的人，为了弥补过错，他花了多年心思制作了一双晶莹剔透的玻璃腿，并在此过程中，他不可抑制地爱上了海伦。 这些人在音乐会上通通不期而遇，演绎了一场...。