Renaisance Manuscript Gallery

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Goose, doing a pretty excellent imitation of a flamingo. Geese are great! You compliment them on the

LJS 27 is great for miniatures that attempt to portray extremely elaborate narratives at a single go

Ms. Codex 55 - Statuta communitatis Viglani edita per homines et communitatem dicti loci Viglani, di

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

LJS 285 - Decreto di banco feneratitioThis is a charter issued by the cardinal Ercole Gonzaga and th

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

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

Ms. Codex 622 -L'arbre des bataillesThis manuscript features a treatise on war in four parts, writte

How about one more illuminated initial for the road? I love that you can really get a sense of the p

I very much enjoy this coat of arms because it looks like an Animorphs time-lapse of the raven at th

Ms. Codex 326 -Encyclopaedia historica et filosophica, latine et italiceThis manuscript features a h

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

Ms. Codex 712 -[Sermons] This manuscript features a collection of sermons and other works of St. Joh

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

The foliate borders of LJS 41 – a 15C Italian production of the Book of Esther in Hebrew &ndas

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

Hey Pisces friends, stop crying about how many stars there are in the universe and how beautiful the

Have you been enjoying your month thus far, Capricorns? What am I saying, you are a Capricorn, you a

This is a figure representing the Sun, with lions milling about at its feet. If you are a Leo, then

Little-known secrets of the Tiber, part 1: the Tiber is not actually a river, but just a torrential

Illuminated initial A, with some great wedge shapes and gold. Of course, gold. Can’t forget th

Not Vikings, perhaps, but hopefully the hammer of the gods will also drive this ship to new lands. T

Genial-looking initial I.Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn.Fol. 1

Even in the midst of setting down a series of treatises on science, alchemy, and medicine, the scrib

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