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Colorful medieval manuscripts depicting religious themes, figures, and scenes, showcasing intricate details and rich colors.

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fol. 153r, 1390
268 assets in this story
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France: Agriculture at the Chateau de Lusignan, March in the calendar section of the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, tempera on vellum, Limbourg Brothers, c. 1415 CE
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NEBRIJA , ANTONIO DE. ANTONIO MARTINEZ DE CALA. GRAMATICO Y HUMANISTA ESPAÑOL . LEBRIJA 1441 - 1522. " GRAMATICA LATINA " , AÑO 1492. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID. PAGINA MINIADA CON LA FIGURA DE NEBRIJA.
1899-75258
St. Stephen, by Boccardi Giovanni Boccardino Vecchio, 16th Century, illumination on vellum paper,
4409-9894
CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 70 V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
4435-6628
DE PREDIS, Cristoforo (1440-1486). Stories of Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary, Jesus, the Baptist and the End of the World. 1476. Jesus finds a man cured by a miracle and tells to him: you are recovered. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. Royal Library.
4435-7652
FIRENZE, Aldebrando da (14th century). Treatise on medicine. 1356. Fol. 34v. How and why you should make use of vomiting. Illuminated initial, letter 'D'. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Ajuda Library.
475-2450
September: The Harvest 13th C. Master Ermengaut(-1322 French) Vellum Biblioteca Monasterio del Escorial, Madrid, Spain
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The liberation of the Lord de la Riviere
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The Destruction of Jerusalem; Paris, France; about 1413 - 1415; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 42 x 29.6 cm (16 9,16 x 11 5,8 in.)
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Manuscript Cutting Showing a Scene from Hebrew Scripture, Perhaps the Life of King David () ca. 1400 French. Manuscript Cutting Showing a Scene from Hebrew Scripture, Perhaps the Life of King David () 32835
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Calendar Frontispiece, from the Psalter of Paris, Parisian workshop, c 1223. Manuscript illumination. Intended for a woman of the royal house, this psalter was also part of the Treasury of the Sainte-Chappelle. It includes a calendar and twenty-five full-page illuminations.
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Pleurants. Date/Period: Ca. 1295. Painting. Tempera on parchment mounted on wood. Height: 530 mm (20.86 in); Width: 878 mm (34.56 in). Author: UNKNOWN.
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Cutting from an antiphonal; Master B.F. (Italian, active about 1495 - 1510); Italy; early 16th century; Tempera and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 16.5 x 16.5 cm (6 1,2 x 6 1,2 in.)
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This illustration shows what is known as the Frauenlob Miniature, with Heinrich Frauenlob (1250/1260-1318).
4409-24124
CRONICAS DE LAS CRUZADAS - RECONSTRUCCION DE UNA CIUDAD SIGLO XI - MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XV - Conj 77238. Author: DREUX JEAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. WIEN. AUSTRIA.
4409-17553166
Penitence of Saint Jerome. Unknown Artist; German, active c. 1480. Date: 1480-1481. Dimensions: 120 x 82 mm (plate); 140 x 104 mm (sheet). Metalcut with hand-coloring on paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
1746-21112704
Altar of Saint Jerome, Saint Martin and Saint Sebastian by Jaume Ferrer II, painter of international Gothic style, from Lleida. Dated 15th Century
4266-7648
Illustration from Old Russian Legend by anonymous artist, Watercolor on parchment, 17th century, British Library
1788-33233
Federico Carlotis, miniature from the Capodilista Codex manuscript, Italy 16th Century.
4430-3017
fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, Wilhelm von Heinzenburg, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,
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The Song of Solomon - I Charge You, O Daughters of Jerusalem,1862-3. Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898). Design for St Helen's Church, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England
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LYRE, Nicolàs de (1270-1340). Theologian. God sitting on Throne. Illustration of an edition of his 'Postillae per-petuae in universam S. Scripturam' (14th c.). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library.
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A colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist showing a king feeding on grasses, created between 1420 and 1430, focusing on figure, posture, and symbolic elements.
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'Stained Glass Petter Wyccart'. Switzerland, 1557 (). Dimensions: 33,5x23 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous master.
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Noah's Ark. Date/Period: 15th century. Folio. Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment. Height: 119 mm (4.68 in); Width: 170 mm (6.69 in). Author: UNKNOWN.
4409-26063
MTI1-CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº147-F203V-ROBO DE UNA OVEJA QUE BALA PARA SER ENCONTRADA POR SU DUEÑA - S XIII - 1ª VIÑETA DE LA 1ª FILA - Cj. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. VIRGEN DE ROCAMADOUR.
6145-52837751
A colored woodcut by Albrecht Altdorfer from around 1500 depicting Saint Agnes, illustrating religious iconography, detailed figures, and Northern European printmaking techniques.
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Four figures, 1908 - 1937 drawing On the left a man with a stitch and a man with a large apron in front. On the right a nar opposite a woman. A hedge in the background, three towers behind it. In folder with 31 design drawings and sketches for illustrations. cardboard. deck paint. pencil brush
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Illustration from the codex of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Anonymous
1899-19136685
France: Sowing winter grain by the Louvre Palace, October in the calendar section of the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, tempera on vellum, Limbourg Brothers, c. 1415 CE
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Woodcut by Johann Zainer depicting Sulpicia and Venus, showing a historical and mythological scene, created in 1473.
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A colored pen drawing from 1420-1430 possibly representing a coronation ceremony with a central figure crowned.
1788-32367
Vasco da Lucerna presenting his history of Alexander to Charles the Bold, miniature by Liedet Loyset (1470), manuscript, France 15th Century.
1788-10155
France, Nicostrate writing, miniature, circa 1505, From the manuscipt Lives of Famous Women
4409-16521
MS ROTHSCHILD 24 F 121-COMIDA CONSOLACION-ITALI 1470. Location: MUSEO ISRAEL. JERUSALEM. ISRAEL.
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Payment of salaries to the night watchmen in the camera del comune of Siena. Painted book tire with a representation of paying the municipal salaries at night wakers in the 'Camera del Comune' in Siena. Office with a paymaster behind a desk, right leaves a night watchman with a lantern on a stick over the shoulder. Two crossbows hang on the wall, a third is on the couch.
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Jutta van der Leck, Lady of Culemborg. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to). Dating: c. 1590 - c. 1593 and/or c. 1600 - c. 1625. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 398 mm × w 292 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
4409-20884097
RECESVINTO. REY VISIGODO 653-672 (IZQUIERDA). WAMBA. REY VISIGODO 672-680 ( DERECHA). " SEMBLANZAS DE REYES ". BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.
263-433
Brown Knight & Blue Horse / Capodilista Codex Manuscripts Civic Library of Padua
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Heinrich Frauenlob (sometimes known as Henry of Meissen), Middle High German poet, seen here entertaining a group of people in a courtly setting. Date: between 1250/1260 - 1318
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Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail showing an African ruler
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LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS DEL REY SANCHO IV DE CASTILLA - FOL 16 - SIGLO XIII - "EXPULSION DEL PARAISO" - SIGLO XIII. Author: Sancho IV of Castile the Brave (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
4409-13995
EL MERCADO DE TRIGO- S XV. Author: LONZI D. Location: LAURENZIANISCHE BIBLIOTHEK. Florenz. ITALIA.
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Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis, Illustration. Prints, Illustrations. 1465. Rare Book Division. Bible, Block books, German, Wood-engraving, German
4409-17336811
Second Master of Bierge. Scenes of the Life of Saint Nicholas, end of 13th century. Detail depicting an innkeeper dismembering three children. Fresco transferred to canvas. From the mural decoration of the north wall of parish church of Saint Fructuosus. Bierge (Huesca, Spain). National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.
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Colored woodcut by Johann Zainer from 1473 depicting Medusa and Perseus, showing figures, gestures, and mythological elements including interaction and narrative.
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The Second Generation, Friedrich Derrer; Nuremberg, Germany; about 1626 - 1711; Tempera colors with gold and silver highlights on parchment; Leaf: 37.6 x 26 cm (14 13,16 x 10 1,4 in.)
1746-21120948
Illumination from the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry (The Beautiful Hours) an early 15th-century illuminated manuscript book of hours. Dated 15th Century
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CABALLEROS DE LA MESA REDONDA DEL REY ARTURO - MINIATURA SIGLO XV. Author: ANTOINE VERARD (IMPRESOR). Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France. KING ARTHUR. ARTURO III DE INGLATERRA.
4435-7612
FIRENZE, Aldebrando da (14th century). Treatise on medicine. 1356. Fol. 109. Treaty about the properties of the leek. Women carrying bundles of leeks. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Ajuda Library.
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OCTOBER Peasants sow next year's crops within sight of the Palais du Louvre, Paris Date: 1409 - 1487
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Martin (1356-1410). King of Aragon (1396-1410). Genealogy of the Crown of Aragon. ca. 1410. Gothic art. Miniature Painting.
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History of Argentina. 19th century. Customs of the nation. Combs at home. Lithography number 1 of the Series of Extravagances, 1834 by Cesar Hipolito Bacle (1794-1838). National History Museum. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
4409-63013648
Medallion commemorating the delivery of the flag of the Holy League. Pope Pius V (1504-1572). Engraving, 1882.
1788-21658
France, Nantes, Lives of Famous Women, Lucretia and Tarquinius
4409-6240
MS A.IV.12.MEDICAL EPISTLES. HIPPOCRATES AND DEMOCRITUS. Author: HIPOCRATES DE KOSS (460 AC-377 AC). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Tile Design - Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. Date/Period: 1861. Pencil, brown wash, pen and ink on paper. Width: 255 mm. Height: 261 mm. Author: Edward Burne-Jones.
4435-5615
Treatise on medicine, 14th - 15th centuries. Representation of a doctor (detail).. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.
4409-20056
A-TAPIZ DE LA CREACION - SIGLO XII - REPRESENTACION DEL MES DE ABRIL. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. SPAIN.
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Guerin de Lorraine Freeing Vienne from the Saracens; Loyset Liédet (Flemish, active about 1448 - 1478), and Pol Fruit (Flemish, active about 1468); Written: Brussels, Belgium; written 1463 - 1465; illuminated 1467 - 1472; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.5 × 19.1 cm (9 1,4 × 7 1,2 in.)
1443-1487
Introductory page to Esther, Jewish book illustration, Germany, 18th Century, City Library, Hamburg, Germany
1746-21133004
Henry VII (1275 ñ 1313 King of Germany (or Rex Romanorum) from 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1312. He was the first emperor of the House of Luxembourg.
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COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS-FOLIO 117 R. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.
4409-8374
GENEALOGIA DE LOS REYES DE ESPAÑA - RAMIRO I REY DE ARAGON - MINIATURA DEL S XVI - (CONJ 99483). Author: CARTAGENA ALONSO DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Legislature. French Republic (IT)
475-2562
July: Harvesting The Hay - From The Psalter Of St. Elizabeth 13 th C. French School(- ) Vellum Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cividale del Friuli, Italy
4409-15934
GENEALOGIA DE LOS REYES DE ESPAÑA - URRACA REINA DE PORTUGAL(MUERE EN 1220). Author: CARTAGENA ALONSO DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Carolvs Qvuintvs. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1573. Place: Nederlanden. Measurements: h 359 mm × w 633 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.