It is an Ottonian manuscript. It <span>produced magnificent medieval illuminated manuscripts and it is about religion. They were a major art form of the time, and monasteries received direct sponsorship from emperors and bishops, having the best in equipment and talent available. The range of heavily illuminated texts was very largely restricted (unlike in the </span>Carolingian Renaissance) to the main liturgical books, with very few secular works being so treated.
The piano is a great instrument because of how easy it is to pick up on it. Unlike other instruments like the violin, or the guitar, you always know what you are going to get when you attempt a note. It also sounds amazing to the ear and is very relaxing to the ear.
Ragtime is usually defined as a song that is in 2/4 time or 4/4 time people usually get it confused with 3/4 time however that is considered a ragtime waltz. Ragtime is used by taking the base line and using progressive harmonic chords that may be punch or silent while the melody is carried out through the Alto,Soprano lines as it uses syncopation which makes the song being played off beat and unexpected. It's related to jazz by the fact that Jazz itself rather replaced Ragtime due to the rising amount of bands that added a unique style to the ragtime with a 70+ BPM and usually included it in many records.