Ilustrated Manuscript Gallery

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Some emotive faces from Ms. Codex 723 (fols. 56v and 84v the text contained therein is the Panormia,

It’s May, and Love is in the air! Courtly love, that is, which is the Labor of the Month for May, as

Happy November! Chopping firewood is the Labor of the Month this month, as presented in LJS 449, a 1

For those of you who felt that you were sleeping too well at night, here is an initial G in the form

Happy August! Reaping is the Labor of the Month this month, as presented in LJS 449, a 15th century

Some intricate decorative details from fol. 7r of LJS 265, a 15C Italian work on agriculture.Manuscr

Happy December! Slaughtering an ox is the Labor of the Month this month, as presented in LJS 449, a

If those folks on fol. 4v of LJS 62 are Dioscorides and Galen, then these folks on fol. 1v are also

Six-foot mandrake, fine roots all over, beatific Botticelli face.Manuscript description and digital

Riding an elephant on fol. 15r of LJS 447, Volumes 20-22 of Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣ

Red penwork initial and bonus manicule from fol. 2v of LJS 194. You’d think an initial like this is

More from LJS 278, this time a selection of animals. The one on the bottom here has antlers of majes

Illustrations of plants from LJS 278, Kitāb-i ḥashāʼish (a translation of De Materia Medica), an

At first I thought this might be depicting fennel, because Pliny the Elder wrote about snakes needin

Gazing lovingly at watercolor miniatures of absolutely real animals is one of the best uses of your

Happy April! Training vines is the Labor of the Month for January, as presented in LJS 449, a 15th c

Ending #ColorOurCollections week on a literal high note, here’s an illustration from Ms. Codex 725 o

As the work is a commentary on canon law, it makes perfect sense that fol. 1r of Ms. Codex 729 would

In all likelihood, what happened here on fol. 77r of LJS 419 was that someone looked at this illustr

Happy July! Mowing is the Labor of the Month this month, as presented in LJS 449, a 15th century Med

Reach, reach, just a bit further! A bit of drollery combined with a more serious inhabited initial c

From fol. 39r of LJS 447, it’s… an anteater? Is it? Did you know that the giant anteater has

Inhabited initial, fol. 241r, Ms. Codex 1077. In my head I’ve named this one Pagliacci.Manuscr

Among the sermons and commentaries of Ms. Codex 716, Mary and the baby Jesus on fol. 1r are having a

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