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A historiated letter S, showing Godfrey of Bouillon (1060-1100) being created lord (princeps or dux)

A collection of four historiated initials from the mid 16th century that depict nobleman hunting on

Ezekiel, dreaming of something that is almost but not quite like the Living Creatures of Ezekiel 1,

cma-medieval-art: Fol. 1r, Genesis, with a full-length historiated initial I, showing the Creation a

cma-medieval-art: Fol. 273r, Isaiah, historiated initial V, the martyrdom of Isaiah, c. 1275-1300, C

cma-medieval-art: Historiated Initial ® Excised from a Gradual: The Three Marys at the Tomb, c. 1200

cma-medieval-art: Fol. 361v, Habbakuk, historiated initial O, Habbakuk holding a basket and two ston

historiated:Polylobed arches of the maqsura (maksoureh) screens (and part of the mihrab entrance on

From fol. 75r of Ms. Codex 738, a Flemish Hours of the Virgin, here is Christ holding the Holy Hand

historiated:Detail of the Wilton Diptych, c. 1380; right panel depicting the Virgin and Child surro

cma-medieval-art:Historiated Initial ® Excised from a Gradual: The Three Marys at the Tomb, c. 1

historiated: Details of the Tara Brooch, 8th c. Hiberno-Saxon. Images taken from ARTstor. Click thr

Typography TuesdayLast week we presented wood engravings by the English-American artist Nora S.

Woodcut Wednesday: Watch it with that!What would this winged fellow need with a knife? We must assum

Fragment of a Choir Book with Historiated Initial (H): Birth of the Virgin, 13th Century, Cleveland

historiated: Folio 1 Verso from the Morgan Picture Bible, a French manuscript dating from 1244-1254

cma-medieval-art: Historiated Initial (O) Excised from an Antiphonary: The Donor, Gorus Fucci, Kneel

This week, we’ll be looking at inhabited, illuminated, decorated, and historiated initials in

historiated: ‘The Unicorn in Captivity’ from the Unicorn Tapestries series, c. 1495-1505

These unique initials are among the finest found in our collection. Rather than being printed from w

Leaf from the Wettinger Gradual: Historiated Initial (I) with Scenes from the Life of St. Augustine,

cma-medieval-art: Historiated Initial (D) Excised from a Choir Book: Two Martyr Saints, Girolamo dai

Psalter, December Calendar with Hog and Capricorn in roundels, Walters Manuscript W.78, fol. 8v by W

Psalter, December Calendar with Hog and Capricorn in roundels, Walters Manuscript W.78, fol. 8v by W

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