Medieval Illumination

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Can’t help it, but this made me smile :). discardingimages:archery training above: Psalm 85:14

mediumaevum:Detail of a marginal illumination of a bear-scribe writing on a scroll, from the Bohun P

sexycodicology:Lancelot proves his love of Guinevere by crossing a river bridged by a sharp sword fr

themagicfarawayttree:Marginal cat-snail, 14th century

mandragora femineaherbal (Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis), England or France, ca. 1190BL, S

Miniature with the suicide of Lucretia, from Des cas des nobles hommes et femmesFrench, 1413-1415tem

Medieval Cannabis, from a 12th-century medical and herbal collection

mermaid‘The Ashmole Bestiary’, England 1201-1225Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 15

nends:Saint Clare - Westphalia - 1330

A Leaf From the Ebulo Codex - An Example of Poor-Quality ParchmentThe Ebulo Codex was painted on she

A dragon’s head emerges amidst winding flora in this zoomorphic initial. This illumination can

Miniature with the murder of King Servius Tullius by his son-in-law, L. Tarquinius Superbus, from&nb

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

apocalyptic lambApocalypse with commentary, England ca. 1260BL, Additional 35166, fol. 6r

medieval:Latin Gospel. Written and illuminated in Ireland by Macregol, probably identifiable as the

inacom:discardingimages:bathing cat - medieval French proverb ‘aussi aise que ung chat qui ce

muspec:I thought I’d go with a nice fine press book today.  This 1938 copy of The Song of

beautifulmedievalmanuscripts:Biblia de Borso de Este — Visor — Biblioteca Digital Mundia

blackpaint20:The killing of the prophet Isaiah is from Speculum Humanae Salvationis.Methods of murde

erikkwakkel:Perfect bookThis is the perfect medieval book: it is on purple parchment, written in gol

A miniature depicting Emperor Justianian with a sword. From medieval copy of law codex Digestum Vetu

greedLa Somme le Roy, France ca. 1290-1300British Library, Add. 28162, fol. 9v

snowball fightTacuinum Sanitatis, Milan or Pavia ca. 1390-1400BnF, Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673,

veterum-regum:Alan Rufus, 1st Lord of Richmond (1040 - 1093).A prominent companion of William the Co

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