Illumination

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the lustful in flames(Purgatorio XXV)Dante, Divina Commedia, Urbino and Ferrara 1477-1478Biblioteca

chouettealunettes:Animals seems to have a lot of fun in that medieval fables collection ! BnF : http

More Hauteville stuff :-)  -  Bohemond of AntiochiaA detail of an intitial depicting Bohemond of Ant

Dog Days of Summer, or so astrology says.

manticorebestiary, England ca. 1226-1250Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 25r

inacom:Two ruffians attempting to gouge out Pope Leo III’s eyes and cut off his tongue. Bibliothèque

worldhistoryfacts:Pope Urban II consecrates the new altar at the Cluny III Monastery in 1095. This m

eadfrith:The Cnut Gospels - folio 45r, A very elaborate use of gold on this page.Initium evangelii I

dafyddaprhys:This is from the Quedlinburg Itala fragment, which is a highly fragmentary 5th century

eastiseverywhere:Plato as a MusicianIndia (c. 1600) Border from Iran (1800s)Opaque watercolor, gold,

Charioteer papyrusA 5th-century illustration from an unknown manuscript.

artsyrabbits:The Roman Virgil, Cod. Vat. lat. 3867 fol. 100v Aeneas and Dido Banqueting

artdetails:Tughra (Official Signature) of Sultan Suleiman. Istanbul, Turkey. c. 1555-1560. Ink, opaq

romegreeceart:A Roman  illumination from Vergilius Vaticanus (Georgica)

Death of Dido from a Roman manuscript “Vergilius Vaticanus” (c. 400 CE)I have to say tha

Jean de Saintré jousts with the Spanish knight Enguerrant.   Miniature from an illuminated manuscrip

five woundsprayer book, Upper Swabia 1476Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.brev.12,

goatsuckerJacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, Utrecht, ca. 1340-1350Den Haag, Koninklijke Biblio

The Archangel Gabriel battles the Devil.  Initial ‘G’ from a manuscript of the medieval encyclopedia

apocalyptic menagerieBeatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever

worldhistoryfacts:An anachronistic depiction of the Battle of Yarmouk. The battle occurred in the ye

strider stagpsalter, England ca. 1220BL, Harley 5102, fol. 82r

easy riderGuillaume de Digulleville, Pèlerinage de vie humaine, France 14th centuryAix-en-Provence,

The Illumination Project by Joy Eggerichs, is a DVD study series developed from a live event on heal

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