Ancient Manuscript Pages

A collection of vintage text pages featuring Latin script. Includes inhabited initials and various manuscript styles, with a historical and scholarly aesthetic.

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CODICE ALBENDENSE FOL 106V. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Abraham at the Altar; Master of Jean de Mandeville (French, active 1350 - 1370); Paris, France; about 1360 - 1370; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 34.9 x 26 cm (13 3,4 x 10 1,4 in.)

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Divinarum Institutionum Libri VII by Lactantius (260-325). Codex, Rome, 1468. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

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MS B.R.20 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº362 - F53V - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

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MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº194 - F255R - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº4 - F9R - GLOSA CASTELLANA - F2R - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X OF CASTILE. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION, SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, MADRID, SPAIN.

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MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº11 - F19R - TEXTO -ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Manuscript Leaf with text in Bolorgir 15th-16th century Armenian. Manuscript Leaf with text in Bolorgir 478392

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MS B.R.20 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº314 - F3V - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

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MTI1-CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº113-F160R-TEXTO-ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES-S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Rebuilding of the Abbey Church of Saint-Wandrille (Fontenelle near Caudebec-en-Caux); Paris, France; about 1400 - 1415; Leaf: 29.1 × 19.1 cm (11 7,16 × 7 1,2 in.)

Armenian Christian illustrated manuscript, 13th century

fol. 154v. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

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MS B.R.20 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº320 - 50V - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

MS B.R.20- CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº339-F124R-TEXTO-ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES- S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

MS B.R.20 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº273 - F49R - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

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Fuero of Madrid : a royal privilege punished by Alfonso VIII in 1202. 13th century. Madrid, Town house. Location: AYUNTAMIENTO-ANTIGUO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Landrecht book 3

The wolf and the heron cont.. Explicit of text; rubrics, initial and border design. Some browning of the vellum.. 1480. Aesop. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection

Landrecht book 3

BIBLIA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Manuscript Leaf with Initial T, from an Antiphonary 15th century Italian. Manuscript Leaf with Initial T, from an Antiphonary. Italian. 15th century. Tempera, ink, and metal leaf on parchment. Manuscripts and Illuminations

MS B.R.20 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº297 - F51V - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Sheet 178.B from: The Dresdner handwriting of the chronicle of the Thietmar of Merseburg. 1012-1018; Facsimile pressure 1905. Dresden: Slub Hist.Germ.Univ.119-2

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Country law book 1

The dog, the rooster, and the fox cont... 1480. Aesop. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection

MS HI-1-FOL 12-INSTITUCIONES-RETRATO DE JUSTINIANO-S XIV. Author: Justiniano. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº45 - F66R - TEXTO -ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Decorated Text Page; Constantinople, Turkey; late 13th century; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold ink, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 21 x 14.9 cm (8 1,4 x 5 7,8 in.)

Anthropomorphic (portrait of Christ) and zoomorphic (bird, snake) initials.. 1590 - 1625. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Birds, Jesus Christ

Landrecht book 3

Chronicle of the Thietmar of Merseburg

A Man Holding Two Bunches of Flowers; Zodiacal Sign of Taurus. Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, active about 1389 - 1410)

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - SIGLO X - CONCILIO DE BRAGA EN EL 561-F 209 V - EL OBISPO HIDACIO ESCRIBE SU CRONICA. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Fuero Juzgo, 1012. Folio 66v and 67r. Monastery-Library of San Lorenzo Del Escorial. Madrid. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Text Page; Lorsch, Germany; about 826 - 838; Tempera colors on parchment; Leaf: Leaf: 31.6 x 24 cm (12 7,16 x 9 7,16 in.)

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Peter Comestor Reading; Master of Jean de Mandeville (French, active 1350 - 1370); Paris, France; about 1360 - 1370; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 34.9 x 26 cm (13 3,4 x 10 1,4 in.)

BIBLIA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Daily Readings Matthew. 1450 - 1475. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Decorated Text Page; Unknown; Byzantine Empire; early 13th century - late 13th century; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 20.6 x 14.9 cm (8 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

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MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA - F 2R - INDICE DE LAS CANTIGAS - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Hippocratic oath. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Library.

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Decorated Text Page; Hildesheim, Germany; probably 1170s; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 28.2 × 18.9 cm (11 1,8 × 7 7,16 in.)

LATIN MANUSCRIPT: SIGNATURE E-IV-13. SHEET 48 VO (MAP IN T). (EXHIBITION THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY OF AL-ANDALUS) (LOCATION: REAL LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY OF SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL).

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