Illumination

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uzbade:“But sometimes illumination comes to our rescue at the very moment when all seems lost; we ha

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

thegetty:The original angry birds.Five Birds (Hoopoe) Plucking the Feathers of Another bird, about 1

eadfrith:The Benedictional of St Æthelwold - folio 45vChrist’s entry into Jerusalem. This beautiful

loveyourpoetry:Picture 47 of the Ambrosian Iliad, Achilles sacrificing to Zeus for Patroclus’ safe r

Denise Poncher before a Vision of Death, Master of the Chronique scandaleuse (aka the Master of Morg

lionofchaeronea:A cleric, knight, and laborer, representing the three major social orders of medieva

pendragonking:The Round Table experiences a vision of the Holy Grail, an illumination by Évrard d'Es

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

jeannepompadour:Blanche of Castile and her son Louis IX of France, miniature from the Psalter of St.

“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

nihtegale:King Arthur sets infants adrift in a boat, 1310

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.

useless-catalanfacts:A capital letter from the Vidal Mayor codex, the first compilation of the laws

openmarginalis:Decorated Initial D by unknown creator, France ca. 11th century via J. Paul Getty Mus

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)

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