Historiated Gallery

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This 1540 edition of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is printed in the original

PentecostWorkshop of Maître François (François Le Barbier?)Paris, ca. 1475–80Horæ (Book of Hours) fo

historiated:Cloister capital with foliage and animal masks from the Abbey of Saint Pierre at Moissac

historiated:Mihrab entrance of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain, c. 965. Mosaics of gold and lapis

Salvatore GiustiFiori vari in un vaso istoriato

thissacredheart:historiated:Details of the Tara Brooch, 8th c. Hiberno-Saxon. Images taken from ARTs

This week, we’ll be looking at Psalters - specifically the decorated or historiated initial &l

historiated:Chalice of Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis; sardonyx cup dating to the 1st or 2nd C. BCE, mou

If your knowledge of the Bible is mostly from Protestant sources, one thing you are missing out on i

cma-medieval-art:Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible (set of nine), 1200, Cleveland Museum of A

Judith beheading Holofernes on fol. 182r of Ms. Codex 236, an illuminated Vulgate Bible. What an ins

On fol. 287r of Ms. Codex 236, actual Disney princess Daniel huddles in a lions’ den and makes some

A historiated letter S, showing Godfrey of Bouillon (1060-1100) being created lord (princeps or dux)

A collection of four historiated initials from the mid 16th century that depict nobleman hunting on

Ezekiel, dreaming of something that is almost but not quite like the Living Creatures of Ezekiel 1,

cma-medieval-art: Fol. 1r, Genesis, with a full-length historiated initial I, showing the Creation a

cma-medieval-art: Fol. 273r, Isaiah, historiated initial V, the martyrdom of Isaiah, c. 1275-1300, C

cma-medieval-art: Historiated Initial ® Excised from a Gradual: The Three Marys at the Tomb, c. 1200

cma-medieval-art: Fol. 361v, Habbakuk, historiated initial O, Habbakuk holding a basket and two ston

historiated:Polylobed arches of the maqsura (maksoureh) screens (and part of the mihrab entrance on

From fol. 75r of Ms. Codex 738, a Flemish Hours of the Virgin, here is Christ holding the Holy Hand

historiated:Detail of the Wilton Diptych, c. 1380; right panel depicting the Virgin and Child surro

cma-medieval-art:Historiated Initial ® Excised from a Gradual: The Three Marys at the Tomb, c. 1

historiated: Details of the Tara Brooch, 8th c. Hiberno-Saxon. Images taken from ARTstor. Click thr

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