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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）。二十二年前，从天庭偷溜出来的仙女三圣母（于莉 饰）携着一盏神灯下了凡间，遇上了书生刘彦昌（郭晋安 饰），二人就这样相爱了，可是天凡有别，触犯了天庭法规的三圣母被关压在了山中，留下了书生和孩子，以及不知所踪的宝莲灯。 二十二年后，三圣母的孩子刘沉香（林志颖 饰）已长成了乖巧懂事的少年，照顾着y一蹶不振的父亲，且向隐士田藟（徐锦江 饰）学习法术。小仙女踏雪（沈傲君 饰）奉皇母娘娘之命寻找宝莲灯，偶遇了山间采药的沉香，二人一拍即合。而这时，踏雪无意间发现了一盏看似普通却暗藏玄机的灯，而它正是宝莲灯。修好它的田藟不小心触到了开关，把踏雪和沉香送到了22年前，沉香知道了自己的身世，也萌发了救母的念头，而前路漫漫，困难重重……。故事灵感来源于厨师、作家及电视节目主持人Julia Child的非凡人生，以及她具有开创性的电视节目《法兰西厨师》。通过Julia和她乐观敢闯的态度，本剧将探索美国历史上一个不断发展的时期：公共电视作为一种新的社会制度出现，女权主义和妇女运动，名人的本质，以及美国的文化发展。就核心而言，本剧刻画了一段充满爱的婚姻中，变化且复杂的作用力。。
