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.

Text Page. Unknown

Country law book 1

Text Page. Unknown

Opening of the Gospel of Matthew. A section of parchment around a large initial has been cut out, revealing the text of the next folio through the hole. The text features rustic capitals., 865 - 899, Brittany

Text with red and blue initials, rubrics, one chart.. 1400 - 1499. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Cosmography

Calendar Page. Unknown

Text Page. Unknown

Canon Table Page. Date/Period: 1615. Folio. Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on glazed paper. Height: 230 mm (9.05 in); Width: 171 mm (6.73 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Illuminated manuscript of the Georgian-language Gospels by Anonymous master Bibliotheque Nationale de France Between 1201 and 1300 Watercolour on parchment Georgia Medieval art Bible,History Book Art

Aries; Scorpio. Unknown

"MISSALE PARVUM". Manuscrito en pergamino de 237 folios. Tamaño: 150 x 120 mm. Procedente de Girona (). Hacia el 1075-1100. Escrito en letra minúscula carolina. Detalle de la letra inicial "I" ormanentada con el rostro de CRISTO y de un EVANGELISTA. Museu Episcopal de Vic. Provincia de Barcelona. Comarca de Osona. Cataluña.

Opening page of text, large initial, border design, Guerruci coat of arms.. 1475 - 1500. Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. John, the Apostle, Saint

Miscellaneous Codex. 11th century. Carolingian letter. Initial Romanesque-Byzantin, folio 1. Manuscript 228. Library University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

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.)

Zodiacal Sign of Pisces. Unknown

Roll, image 11. 1461. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Explicit of La Sfera, with initials, map and town of Tana. 1400 - 1499. Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436. Manuscripts, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection. Castles & palaces

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

Isaac Blessing Jacob Drawing; Miniature; miniature on vellum; overall: 56.8 x 40.6 cm (22 3/8 x 16 in.);

Sarajevo Haggadah, illuminated manuscript, 1350.

Curtain of the Tabernacle, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra. Culture: French. Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (41.9 x 24.8 cm)Mat: 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm). Date: ca. 1360-1380.One of the most influential university texts of the Middle Ages, the Postilla litteralis provided an extended commentary on the entire Christian Bible. Its author, Nicholas of Lyra, who taught at the University of Paris, was particularly interested in architecture and included numerous diagrams of biblical structures to clarify his explanations. This leaf accompanies a discussion of the Tabernacle from the book of Exodus. It shows the ten panels of the curtain ordered by God to be made "of violet and purple, and scarlet twice-dyed, and fine, twisted linen.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Astronomical Table. Unknown

Initials with elaborate penwork, book name and chapter numbers in red and blue. Catchword., 1250 - 1275, Bologna

Country law book 1

Canon Table Page; Ethiopia; about 1504 - 1505; Tempera on parchment; Leaf: 34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9,16 x 10 7,16 in.)

Codex Trivulzianus: 0053r. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

August Calendar Page continued. Unknown

Decorated Text Page.

Library catalogue of the monastery of St. Gall, middle of the 9th century

PRIVILEGIO DE LOS REYES CATOLICOS OTORGADO A PIMENTEL 1475. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon Table Page. Date/Period: Ca. 1504 - 1505. Folio. Tempera on parchment. Height: 345 mm (13.58 in); Width: 265 mm (10.43 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Opening of text with large initial, rubric, full border design, small initials with penwork, placemarkers, name of book and chapter number in red and blue. Later note and library stamp.. 1225 - 1250. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

LETRA V DE UNA BIBLIA S XII. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Text with red and blue initials, rubrics, two charts.. 1400 - 1499. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Cosmography, Zodiac

Chart. Virgil Master (French, active about 1380 - 1420)

Page from historical book by unknown artist, watercolour on parchment, 16th century, Moscow School, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum, 44x31

An Owl. Unknown

Decorated Incipit Page. Unknown

Ke-ha lahma (Invitation); Mah nishtanah (Four questions)., 1731 (Inferred)., Hamburg. Passover, Seder, Liturgy., 1 leaf, black and gold ink on vellum

A Bee. Unknown

CRONICA DE ALFONSO XI - MANUSCRITO COPIADO PARA ENRIQUE II - Y.II.10 F1 - SIGLO XIV. Author: MARTINEZ DE MEDINA. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Calendar Page; Vienna, Austria; about 1420 - 1430; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 41.9 x 31 cm (16 1,2 x 12 3,16 in.)

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Ables f. 1v, 1400 - 1450, Mantua, Italy

Canon Table Page; Pontigny (probably), France; about 1170; Pen and black ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 43.5 x 31.4 cm (17 1,8 x 12 3,8 in.)

Canon Table Page. Date/Period: 1386. Folio. Black ink and watercolors on paper bound between wood boards covered with dark brown kidskin. Height: 240 mm (9.44 in); Width: 165 mm (6.49 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

ANTIFONARIO - CODICE 8 - FOLIO 68 R - SIGLO XI. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO, LEON, SPAIN.

Last page of text, with elaborate border.. 1500 - 1599. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Manuscript in the main library hall, Novacella Abbey, Vahrn, Eisack Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

Lighted MANUSRITION ILMINATED manuscript, Siglo XVII, Constantinople, Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

Decorated Initial V; Tours, France; about 845; Iron gall ink on parchment; Leaf: 47 x 33.7 cm (18 1,2 x 13 1,4 in.)

BIBLIA DE ALBA-FESTIN DE BALTASAR-PAGINA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

MS B.R.20-CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº239-F22R-TEXTO-ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES- S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Page from an illuminated 13th century, Armenian manuscript, from Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia

Julius Caesar, Zodiacal Sign of Cancer; Unknown; Hildesheim, Germany, Europe; probably 1170s; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 28.2 x 18.9 cm (11 1/8 x 7 7/16 in.)

Calendar Page; Vienna, Austria; about 1420 - 1430; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 41.9 x 31 cm (16 1,2 x 12 3,16 in.)

Canon Table Page; Ethiopia; about 1504 - 1505; Tempera on parchment; Leaf: 34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9,16 x 10 7,16 in.)

Country law book 2

Historical print, manuscript, cover page from Beowulf, epic heroic poem in Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse from the 10th Century

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Armenisches illuminiertes Manuskript Armenian illuminated manuscript , 17th century, Constantinople, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22897318

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Leaning

Canon Table Page; Constantinople, Turkey; late 13th century; Gold on parchment; Leaf: 21 x 14.9 cm (8 1,4 x 5 7,8 in.)

Country law book 1

BEATO DE DON FERNANDO Y DOÑA SANCHA F 231 SIG 14-1. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Country law book 2

The mechanism of a clock, miniature from the clock treatise, Il Tractatus Astarii by Giovanni de Dondi, manuscript, Italy 13th Century.

Armenian Christian illustrated manuscript of the 13th century

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS DT PG 82- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

An Ancient Inscription in the Post House at Argos, Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781-1867, British, 1802-1804, Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 7/8 inches (28.9 × 22.5 cm) and Image: 9 1/8 × 5 1/16 inches (23.2 × 12.9 cm)

ALPHONSE TABLES-F32V AND 33- MANUSCRIPT 1212-MEDIEVAL ASTRONOMY. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Scribal colophon with a date.. 1668. John Chrysostom, Saint, -407. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Decorated Incipit Page. Date/Period: 1386. Folio. Black ink and watercolors on paper bound between wood boards covered with dark brown kidskin. Height: 240 mm (9.44 in); Width: 165 mm (6.49 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Calendar Page; Vienna, Austria; about 1420 - 1430; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 41.9 x 31 cm (16 1,2 x 12 3,16 in.)

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA F142 A- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Leaf from the Comedies of Terence in the hand of Giuliano d'Antonio da Prata ,. Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Canon Table Page; Helmarshausen, Germany; about 1120 - 1140; Tempera colors, gold, and silver on parchment; Leaf: 22.9 x 16.5 cm (9 x 6 1,2 in.)

PRIVILEGIO RODADO DE JUAN II 1435 - DONACION A SEVILLA DE LA VILLA DE ARCOS. Location: ARCHIVO MUNICIPAL. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS DE SANCHO IV - EL REY SANCHO IV IMPARTIENDO JUSTICIA - FOL 17V - SIGLO XIII. Author: Sancho IV of Castile the Brave (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Jonah 1. 1294. text. Manuscripts. Spencer Collection

Calendar Page; Lyon, France; begun after 1234 - completed before 1262; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 24.8 x 16.7 cm (9 3,4 x 6 9,16 in.)

CODICE DE OSUNA - GOBERNADOR, ALCALDES Y REGIDORES DE MEXICO- VIRREY Y ADELANTADO CON INDIOS. Author: VASCO DE PUGA E VAAMONDE (1525-1576). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

A Youth; Zodiacal Sign of Sagittarius; 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.)

Canon Table Page.

Calendar Page. Unknown

A Man Warming by a Fire; Zodiacal Sign of Pisces. Unknown

A Basilisk; Snakes; Vipers. A Basilisk; Snakes; Vipers; Unknown; about 1250 - 1260; Pen-and-ink drawings tinted with body color and translucent washes on parchment; Leaf: 21 × 15.7 cm (8 1/4 × 6 3/16 in.); Ms. 100 (2007.16), fol. 55;

Opening of text. Three problems, all solved, with both white and black pieces shown.. 1424. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

CODEX AUREUS-FOL 96-VIT 17- BORD 1569. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 253v, Text, c. 1405. Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates (French). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 20.3 x 15.7 x 7 cm (8 x 6 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.).

Manuscript by Anonymous artist, Watercolor on parchment, 1397, Russia, St. Petersburg, Russian National Library,

Calendar Page for December continued. Master of Jacques of Luxembourg (French, active about 1460 - 1470)

Decorated Text Page.

MS B.R.20 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº 362 - F53R - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Canon Table 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.)

Mercury (); Zodiacal Sign of Taurus. Unknown

TROPARIO - SIGLO XI - MS 288 F 72V-73 - NOTACION MUSICAL AQUITANA - PERTENECIO A FELIPE V - NEUMA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS FOL 224- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon tables with decorative arches.. 865 - 899. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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