On The Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin

written out and illuminated by

Kelly M. Houle

Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history

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A work in progress, the Illuminated Origin of Species is an illuminated manuscript based on the work of Charles Darwin. Written in a Carolingian/Humanist-style script, illustrated with original botanical and wildlife paintings, and decorated with Art Nouveau-inspired capitals and borders, the book is a culmination of artistic influences that reflect nature and the power of the human spirit to understand the true story of our origins as written in the fossil record and the genetic book of life.    

Beagle ship sailing into the distance with clouds, lightning, and circular tree of life in the sky

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