Manuscript Illumination Gallery

laren mhc sarif industries anne presting phreddee lavamylife
Emperor Frederick II a.k.a Stupor Mundi is one of my favourites among Medieval rulers. I regard him
bear clubGaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th centuryBnF, Français 616, fol. 27v
wild catsGaston Phébus, Le Livre de la chasse, Bruges ca. 1485Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 169, f
wild catsGaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th centuryBnF, Français 616, fol. 36r
Grotesque flutist.  Illumination from a French manuscript of 1408, now in the Bodleian Library, Oxfo
The Pentecost, Bohemian Master, 1413-15
badgersGaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th centuryBnF, Français 616, fol. 35v
Happy Hanukkah from GWU Special Collections! Our new acquisition, this illuminated manuscript leaf f
‘Holy Mary full of grace, punch that devil in the face’book of hours ('The De Brailes Ho
The Nativity: The Adoration of the Christ Child by Mary and Joseph (miniature from folio 066r from t
Fifteenth century manuscript illumination of Venus, sitting on a rainbow, with her devotees offering
met-medieval-art:Manuscript Illumination with the Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial A, from an
Denise Poncher before a Vision of Death, Master of the Chronique scandaleuse (aka the Master of Morg
Lace Book of Marie de’ Medici, Lace margins, Walters Manuscript W.494, Folio 16v by Walters Ar
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. De civitate dei : manuscript, [ca. 1300]MS Typ 228Houghton Librar
“The great Abu al-Sa-ud teaching law”From the Divan of Mahmud ‘Abd al-Baqi (1526/27–1600), a T
medieval-women:A popular health manual from the 15th century, the Tacuinum Sanitatis, shows many exa
Beaupre Antiphonary, Vol. 3, Initial “A” with Visitation, Cistercian nun in prayer; marg
praising the lordPsalter and hours, Avignon ca. 1330-1340Avignon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 121,
Whore of BabylonBeatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-S
Illuminations from the Gero-Codex, the oldest manuscript of the Reichenau school of illumination, c.
gettypubs:These beautiful illuminations are by T’oros Roslin, a central figure of Armenian manuscrip
Detail of a grotesque.Antiphonal. MS. Don. a. 11. Italian illumination. 14th c. (via)
Lace Book of Marie de’ Medici, Last Supper, Walters Manuscript W.494, fol. 24r by Walters Art
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