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田中亮太は、漫画家を夢見て上京したものの挫折して帰省。だが、勘当同然で飛び出したものだから実家に戻れず、同級生の家に転がりこみ、無為な日々を過ごしていた。そんなある日、亮太は友人の勧めで動物園のアルバイトを始める。ところが、そこは普通の動物園ではなかった。高齢の動物が多く、閉園の危機に瀕している福祉施設のような動物園。戸惑いながらも猛獣から小動物まで様々な動物に接する亮太だったが、更に戸惑わせたのは、威厳のない園長、動物しか愛せない美人獣医、コミュニケーション障害や妊娠した飼育員など個性的な面々。そんな矢先、動物園で認知症の老婦人が保護される。なんと彼女は亮太を応援し続けていた祖母・和子だった…。。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）。
