Manuscript Art and Calligraphy

Beautifully illustrated manuscripts and calligraphy examples showcasing intricate designs and historical texts from various periods, emphasizing artistic expression.

Saint Jerome, Epistolae, manuscript, USA, Chicago, Newberry Library

6145-29857590

German 16th Century, Broadside An Invitation to an Arms Competition, in or after 1501 Broadside: An Invitation to an Arms Competition

$Appetent of Arras, besieged by the Spaniards (title), 1654; Le Siege d'Arras Leve Par La Defaite des Ennemis 1654. Relieved from the city of Arras (Atrecht), Besieged by the Spaniards, 23-25 August 1654. Arras relieved by the French army under the Marshal pierne of the siege by the Spaniards below Louis de Condé and Archduke Leopold Willem. Leaf with the title in large capitals in five fractles. Part of an unassembled whole consisting of a title page and a large representation on sixteen plates (the half plate at the bottom right misses).$

$The tomb of Dr. Eisenbart at the Aegidienkirche in Hann. Munden. Johann Andreas Eisenbarth, Eisenbart, Eysenbart, Eysenparth, born presumably on March 27, 1663, died November 11, 1727, was a German artisan surgeon who achieved great fame throughout the country through his successful healing as a traveling surgeon, particularly as a stone cutter and fracture cutter, as well as an ophthalmologist as a cataract engraver. Historical, reproduction of an original with a scene from the 19th century.$