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Colorful illustrations from manuscripts depicting biblical scenes, significant characters, and rich decorative elements.

Euryalus Sends His First Letter to Lucretia; France; about 1460-1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.6 × 11.4 cm (6 15,16 × 4 1,2 in.)
Euryalus Sends His First Letter to Lucretia; France; about 1460-1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.6 × 11.4 cm (6 15,16 × 4 1,2 in.)
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Death of Cleopatra 1505 Antoine Dufour (active 16th C.) Musee Dobree, Nantes, France
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CDK Mehoffer, Józef (1869 1946)
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fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, Master Pfeffel, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,
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THE JACQUERIE - EL LEVANTAMIENTO DE CAMPESINOS EN 1358 - CRONICAS DE FROISSART - MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XV. Author: JEAN DE FROISSART (1333-1410). Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.
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Magnaci 1333 1434 Lithography: Salb M. (edition) & Jan Matejko
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ITALY Adimaro BODY PART XV
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Libro de Horas de Luis de Orleans: Creación de Eva V11. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE RUSIA SAN PETERS RUSIA.
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This 1473 colored woodcut by Johann Zainer depicts Tercia Emilia, associated with Scipio Africanus, showcasing historical portraiture and early German printmaking.
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Smell. unknown c. 1490-1500 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12' x W 10'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Boussac Château, near Aubusson. Acquired by the Cluny Museum, 1882. France, Paris, Paris, Musée de Cluny, accno. Cl. 10832. Richly gowned lady making flower garland, monkey smelling carnation taken from flower basket, lion & unicorn holding banner & standard of Le Viste family (gules, band azure with 3 crescents of argent), dark blue oval island & red background with millefleurs motif The "Lady with unicorn" series may have been commissioned by Jean IV Le Viste (d. 1500). It was restored several times since acquired by the Cluny Museum: about the bottom 2 feet appear in a lighter shade, showing the restoration. Joubert, Tapisserie médiévale Cluny (1987), 66-92, no. VI Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0280832-0280837 & 0181968-0181983; stylistically similar tapestries, France, private coll., "Story of Perseus"; similar tapestries
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Austrian 15th Century, Woman Suspending Man from Tower, c 1420 1430 Woman Suspending Man from Tower
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THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about laurel berries. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.
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Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. White cheese. Folio 62r.
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DOMENICO DI BARTOLO (1400-1447). ITALY. Siena. Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala (Santa Maria della Scala Hospital). Pilgrim Hall. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco.
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Water And Air, miniature from the Book Of Property, France 14th Century.
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Woman Stabbing Herself & Writing with Her Blood, manuscript, France, Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale
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Burkhard von Hohenfels, poet of Henry VII, gives a love message to his beloved. 13th century. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 110r. University of Heidelberg. Library. Germany.
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THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about the horse chestnut tree. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.
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Coloured illustration of playing cards; Satirical German pack engraved in 1545.
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Kleidung, zur Zeit der Frührenaissance um 1460-1490, von lks, Frauen und Männer bei eer Verlobungsfeier Ferrara, nach eem Gemälde ees Künstlers aus Fe...
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Seven Deadly Sins, envy by Hieronymus Bosch, Oil on wood, 1475-1480, 1450-1516, Spain, Madrid, Museo del Prado
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German 15th Century, Presentation, c. 1490, hand-colored woodcut
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The Annunciation() or The Virgin Seated in Prayer; Master of Guillaume Lambert (French, active about 1475 - 1485); Lyon, France; 1478 (based on date included in Easter calculation); Tempera colors, gold paint, and iron gall ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with brown jansenist morocco; Leaf: 14.6 x 9.8 cm (5 3,4 x 3 7,8 in.)
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Arethusa, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides von Johann Christoph Volkamer, 1710 / garden, Illustration from Nürnbergische Hesperides garden, 1710, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT 1400s
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French bourgeois paying income taxes, 15th century. Magistrates collect cash from a bourgeois man and record payment in a register. Paiment de Rentes, France, XVe siecle. Miniature from a manuscript book of accounts in the Bibliotheque de Rouen. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere and Auguste Racinet from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.
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Massacre of the Innocents. Mural painting dating from the 14th century. Central nave of the Mondonedo Cathedral. Province of Lugo. Galicia. Spain.
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Set design by Benois, for the Russian Ballet 'Petrushka' 1910-11. The Ballet was composed by Igor Stravinsky. Michel Fokine choreographed the ballet; Benois designed the sets and costumes. Petrushka was first performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on 13 June 1911. Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois (1870 - 1960) was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, preservationist, and founding member of Mir iskusstva (World of Art), an art movement and magazine.
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Winter on the Farm, by Limbourg Brothers, 15th Century, 1385-1416
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LYRE, Nicolàs de (1270-1340). Theologian. Lesson in Theology at Sorbonne (15th c.). Illustration to text written by Nicolas de Lyre. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE. AUBE. Troyes. Bibliothque Municipale (Municipal Library).
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THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about the date palm. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.
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Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Butchery. Miniature. Fol. 77r.
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Saint Vincent Ordained by Saint Valerius. Date/Period: Ca. 1455-1460. Painting. Tempera, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood. Height: 1,760 mm (69.29 in); Width: 980 mm (38.58 in). Author: JAUME HUGUET.
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Polo, Marco (1254-1324). Venetian traveller. Book of Wonders', French handwriting edition (14th c.). Travel in Siam. Description of the World. s.XIV. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.
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Prisoners boarding a ship with a glimpse of Castelnuovo in Naples in the background, miniature from Nardo Rapicano's De Majestate, 1492, manuscript, Italy 15th Century.
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Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabee Brothers and Their Mother. Artist: Designed and executed by Dirck Vellert (Netherlandish, Amsterdam () ca. 1480/85-ca. 1547). Culture: Flemish, Antwerp. Dimensions: Overall: 27 3/4 × 18 1/2 in. (70.5 × 47 cm);Framed (confirmed): 28 1/2 × 19 5/16 × 5/8 in. (72.4 × 49.1 × 1.6 cm). Date: ca. 1530-35.As the finesse of this window reveals, Vellert was a great designer who also excelled in the technical craft of glass painting--usually the realms of two distinct professions. Albrecht Dürer's diary of his Netherlandish travels reveals that the two master artists shared social circles, describing an evening hosted by the wealthy and successful Vellert: "Master Dirck, the Antwerp glass painter, invited me and asked many others to meet me; and among them especially Alexander the goldsmith, a rich, stately man, and we had a costly feast and they did me great honour."Elizabeth Cleland, 2017. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Rent collectors do their reckoning Date: 15th century
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The sudden death of Count Gaston de Foix
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Ogier the Dane, a legendary character of Nordic tradition, fighting against soldiers. Illustration from 15th. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. National Library of the Turin University.
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A king tells his story to Boccacio, Anonymous, c. 1470 drawing. miniature The fate of noble men and women: a king tells his story on the left -sized Boccacio. Based on Boccacios 'des Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes' (the fate of noble men and women). Loire parchment (animal material). deck paint. brush
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King Arthur and the Knights at the Round Table. Miniature of the incunable of Lancelot du Lac, by A. Verard. 1490. National Library. Paris. France.
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Musicians, miniature by Giovanni De Grassi from Tacuinum Sanitatis (The Medieval Health Handbook), Latin manuscript, 14th Century.
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Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 191v, St. Barbara, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).
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FACSIMIL - LIBRO DE HORAS DE ISABEL LA CATOLICA -SAN JERONIMO - SIGLO XV - 21,7x14 cm. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).
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France. Hundred Years' War. Death of Count of Salisbury in the siege of Orleans, 24th October 1428. Fol. 54v of the 'Vigiles de Charles VII' by Martial d'Auvergne (c. 1484). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.
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Rudolf von Ems' World Chronicle: The Corvee of the Israelites in Egypt ca. 1411 Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, (Kupferstichkabinett) Berlin, Germany
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Paris in the fifteenth century, Beauvais tapestry. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
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Bonad (Sweden); hand painted on canvas; 13 x 31 cm (5 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
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The Second Generation, Friedrich Derrer. Unknown
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The Nineteenth Generation, Balthasar Derrer. Unknown
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Colored woodcut depicting Saint Sebastian, tied to a post with arrows, representing martyrdom in late medieval devotional art.
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The Hunterian Psalter (or York Psalter) is an illuminated manuscript of the 12th century. It was produced in England some time around 1170, and is considered a striking example of Romanesque book art. The work is part of the collection of the Glasgow University Library, which acquired the book in 1807. It derives its colloquial name, the 'Hunterian Psalter', from having been part of the collection of 18th century Scottish anatomist and book collector William Hunter, who willed his collection to the University. It has also at times been known as the 'York Psalter', owing to its supposed northern English origin in the city of York.
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Jaume Ferrer II (15th century). Catalan painter. International Gothic. Angels singing. Detail from a panel of The Annunciation, 1457 (size: 185 x 150 cm). Panel painting. Altarpiece from church of la Purissima Sang in Alcover, province of Tarragona. Diocesan Museum of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
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The liberation of the Lord de la Riviere from Chatelet on the pleading of the Duchess of Berry, c.1392. He had been imprisoned for his association with Sir Olivier de Clisson, who was blamed for King Charles VI's madness. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV," George Routledge, London, 1868.
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Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium (Costume of the Various Peoples of the World). Jean Jacques Boissard (France, 1533-1598). France, 1581. Books. Ink on paper with gouache, watercolor, and gold
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MANUSCRITO OCCITAN - LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS DEL REY SANCHO IV DE CASTILLA - DANIEL EN EL FOSO DE LOS LEONES - SIGLO XIII. Author: SANCHO IV (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Old color lithography portrait of Radegund (520-587) Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. Patron saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College in Cambridge. France. Les Français Illustres by Gustave Demoulin 1897
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Renaissance Art in Italy: Benvenuto Cellini, (c1900). Artist: Unknown
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Serie Oper Tannhäuser, Rückkehr der Pilger von Rom / Series Opera Tannhäuser, Return of the Pilgrims from Rome, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei, genaues Datum unbekannt.