"The Galileo Illuminated Manuscript" is a series of paintings and preliminary drawings inspired by the collection of historical machines at the Museo Galileo: The Museum of the History of Science located in Florence, Italy. The “pages” of this fictional illuminated catalog are 15.5” x 12.5” paintings on shaped panels. Inspired by and incorporating elements from Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, six of the paintings depict instruments which are part of the museum’s collection and the other six depict instruments inspired by the machines in the collection, but that are of his own invention.​ I take a fresh approach to the relationship between art and science that combines my interests in the history of science and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. My intention is that the viewer will be unable to determine which objects are from the real collection and which ones are invented. In so doing, I blur the lines between purpose driven objects and art objects.