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This Dominican doctor on fol. 121v of LJS 24 is holding a flask of urine and accusing his patient of

LJS 37, Ikhtiṣār min al-maqālāt min kitāb Uqlīdis, is a Fatimid abridgment of Euclid’s Element

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

Zoomorphic initial “S” in the form of a dragon on fol. 7v, LJS 194, a 12th century copy of Pope Sylv

Lewis E 96 Book of Hours, Use of Paris from the Special Collections of the Free Library of Philadelp

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Ram playing bagpipes: always a solemn and noble sight.Manuscript description and digital images can

Check out these puzzle initials from a late 14th century breviary possibly illuminated in Germany, M

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

The Prick of Conscience was an enormously popular 14C poem about penitence, and Ms. Codex 196 is one

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Winged donkey.Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn. Fol. 272v, Ms. C

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

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Ms Codex 1058 is a Psalter that originates from France and was written around 1100. It is filled wit

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

This diagram from LJS 180, Mechanical Diagrams signed L. F. D. 1783, is part of a collection of diag

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

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

This week, we’re highlighting border decoration!LJS 500, Liber mirabilium, is an alchemical and medi

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