Illumination

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lumberjackPierre de Hangest, Les Omelies Saint Grégoire pape, Bruges ca. 1470BL, Royal 15 D V, fol.

Christ hands St. Peter the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.  Illumination by Lorenzo Monaco from an an

Playful figures and creatures spring to life among the foliate borders of this beautiful manuscript

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scriptorium in the cloudsGospels of Sainte-Aure, France 9th centuryBnF, Arsenal 1171, fol. 17v

phreemessen:One of the first characteristic results of this is enlightenment, illumination, as the a

commission for @prince-amethyst of his character Volt earning his enchantix!Want to commission me? C

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Les très belles heures de Notre-Dame.Réalisation commandée par Jean 1er de Berry en 1389.

inacom:Detail of a miniature of Louis IX sailing off on his second crusade, from the Chroniques de F

crucified heartRené of Anjou, Le mortifiement de vaine plaisance, France ca. 1470Cologny, Fondation

La chapelle Pauline illuminée, dans le Vatican, pendant la celebration de la messe = The Pauline Cha

bishop and nun‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th centuryBL, Stowe 17, fol. 49r

back door to Heavenprose version of Pèlerinage de vie humaine of Guillaume de Deguileville, Paris or

Hercules, stahp!Raoul Lefèvre, Histoires de Troyes, Cognac ca. 1500BnF, Français 252, fol. 99r

discardingimages:basiliskDe Natura animalium, Cambrai ca. 1270Douai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 71

arthistoryfeed:Moses and the Israelites cross the Red Sea.  Byzantine illuminated manuscript, late 1

Manuscript Illumination with Saint Lawrence in an Initial C, from a Gradual by Don Simone Camaldoles

larsdatter:So, let’s learn more about this exotic creature, the medieval elephant. What’s with the c

just–space:Image of the star V838 Monocerotisreveals dramatic changes in the illumination of s

serpent queenUlmannus, Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit, Franconia ca. 1470München, Bayerische Staat

Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede Portrait of St Gregory the Great  or St Augusti

eadfrith:Arguably the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar, perhaps in all the early middle ages.Entrusted i

‘Men (mostly dervishes) Preparing Some Sort of Intoxicant in the Country’. Iran, mid-17th century. M

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