Medieval Illumination

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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,

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

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

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

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

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

Manuscript Illumination with Initial S, from a Choir Book via Medieval ArtMedium: Tempera, ink, and

discardingimages:batFrederick II, De arte venandi cum avibus (French translation), France ca. 1310Bn

jeannepompadour:Hitda Codex, commissioned by Hitda, abbess of Meschede about 1020

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