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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）。伊萨克（维克多·斯约斯特洛姆 Victor Sjöström饰）从医50年，现年已是将近八十岁的高龄，正准备在儿媳的陪伴下返回母校接受荣誉学位颁发。路上伊萨克顺道重游旧地，追忆往事。 伊萨克曾经和堂妹萨拉（毕比·安德森 Bibi Andersson饰）有过美好的初恋，却因性格冷酷孤僻，以致他的兄弟乘虚而入。如今伊萨克坐在草坪上，忆起往昔，眼前浮现萨拉白衣飘飘的美丽模样。 他与生俱来的冷漠理智的性格，注定了婚姻的失败。伊萨克的妻子无法忍受冰冷的婚姻，寻求外遇。这样的家庭气氛，加上遗传下来的冷漠秉性，使得伊萨克的儿子不愿生小孩，和儿媳关系决裂。 伊萨克获得了光荣的学位荣誉，然而他仍然沉浸在对过往沉重的自省中，对于生命将尽的老人，这仿佛是一次心灵救赎之旅。。匈牙利布达佩斯，街角一间普通的小杂货铺。老板雨果·马图舍克（弗兰克·摩根 Frank Morgan饰）一直经营着这家小店，他的店员阿尔弗雷德·克莱里克（詹姆斯·斯图尔特 James Stewart饰）是店里经验最丰富的优秀店员。来到小店应聘的克拉尔·诺瓦克（玛格里特·苏利文 Margaret Sullavan饰）很快就被老板雇佣，却与阿尔弗雷德互相仇视，不能容忍对方。孤独又痴情的阿尔弗雷德有一个从未谋面的笔友。当他背着老板前去酒吧与笔友见面时，居然发现互相倾慕已久的亲密笔友居然就是自己讨厌的克拉尔。天意弄人，被老板解雇的阿尔弗雷德因为失业而不敢上前与她相认。 由著名电影喜剧大师恩斯特·刘别谦执导的经典喜剧电影《街角的商店》，被列入美国电影学会评选的百年百大爱情类电影。本片具有四十年代喜剧的乐观积极气氛，被改编拍摄成1998年的新版本《电子情书》。。
