Manuscript Illumination Gallery
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houghtonlib:St. Peter and the key to the Heavenly Gates.Illustrated leaf taken from a manuscript of
Mid 12th century manuscript of the Epistles of St Paul. The manuscript was possibly made in Winchest
byzantio:Detail of a manuscript showing an ambassador delegating with the byzantine and the Arab rul
Initial ‘N’ - Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male. Cambrai, Bibl. mun., ms. 0127, B f. 064 - vue 2
irisharchaeology:St. Gall Gospel, The Crucifixion. Illuminated by Irish monks around 750 AD it is no
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drummer catbook of hours, England ca. 1300Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.102, fol. 78v
A miniature depicting fourth crusade. In the illumination Crusaders are probably busy attacking the
Peter the Hermit and crusaders in the gates of Jerusalem. From the 12th century manuscript Roman du
wildlife of LibyaLe secret de l'histoire naturelle, France ca. 1480-1485BnF, Français 22971, fol. 41
anti-vaccination activistsJames le Palmer, Omne Bonum, London ca. 1360-1375BL, Royal 6 E VI/2, fol.
catPeterborough Bestiary, Peterborough c. 1300-1310Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 53, fol. 19
inacom:Grandes Chroniques de France. Auteur : Maître du couronnement de Charles VI. Enlumineur Auteu
skeletal systemJohn Arderne, De arte phisicali et de cirurgia, England ca. 1425Stockholm, Kungliga b
‘A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother’, Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau D
The Thinker MonkeyBreviary of Mary of Savoy, Lombardy ca. 1430Chambéry, Bibliothèque municipale, ms
From: Tymms, William Robert. The art of illuminating as practised in Europe from the earliest times.
In this book of hours from the mid to late 1400s, an elegantly illuminated initial letter P contains
cavemenLe secret de l'histoire naturelle, France ca. 1480-1485BnF, Français 22971, fol. 13r
Joris Hoefnagel, illuminator, Georg Bocskay, scribe, pages from Mira Calligraphiae monumenta, 1561/9
houghtonlib:Bonet, Honoré, fl. 1378-1398. L'arbre des batailles : manuscript, [ca. 1400-1450]. MS Ty
blue rootherbal, Italy 15th centuryPhiladelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscr
A beautiful painting of Saint Francis of Assisi before a vision of the Virgin Mary standing atop a d
mediumaevum:Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today!Instead of a card, here is a wonderful nat
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