Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Depicts scenes from medieval narratives with vibrant colors and ornate borders, featuring biblical themes and figures in historical costumes.

Rudolf von Ems' World Chronicle: Laban & Jacob ca.1411 Illuminated manuscript Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, (Kupferstichkabinett) Berlin, Germany

Pedro Marcuello presenting a book to Philip the Handsome and Joanna the Mad (Juana la Loca), miniature from the Prayer Book of Joanna the Mad, manuscript folio 13, Spain, 1482.

Heraldic Panel: Arms of Balthasar and Sagesser

Theater with statement of steadfastness (Constantia), 1578. Theater with statement of steadfastness (Constantia). On the opposite page a cartouche with the verse that stood above the scene. Theater performance during the arrival of Matthias in Brussels, January 18, 1578.

The Man of Sorrows and His Mother. Dated: c. 1500. Dimensions: plate: 9.6 x 6.8 cm (3 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.) sheet: 13.6 x 9.7 cm (5 3/8 x 3 13/16 in.). Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in rose, blue, lilac, vermilion, mustard yellow, white, brown, and silver. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Netherlandish 15th Century.

D.I.1.CODICE EMILIANENSE - F129 - CONCILIO TOLEDANO - SIGLO X - MINIATURA MOZARABE. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Emperor Domitian Speaking to Saint John the Evangelist and Saint John the Evangelist in a Vat of Boiling Oil; London (probably), England; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9,16 x 8 7,8 in.)

fol. 123r, 1390

Josaphat as a Pilgrim; Follower of Hans Schilling (German, active 1459 - 1467), from the Workshop of Diebold Lauber (German, active 1427 - 1467); Hagenau, Alsace, France (formerly Germany); 1469; Ink, colored washes, and tempera colors on paper; Leaf: 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1,4 x 8 in.)

Charles V in his court, miniature from The Chronicle of Bertrand du Guesclin, manuscript, France, 15th Century.

Venezuelans attacking Spanish conquistadors, c16th century. Artist: Hieronyouse Koler

Nehemiah before King Artaxerxes, initial C’ from a Bible 1425-1435 Netherlands. Opaque watercolor, gold leaf, mordant gilding, and pen and black ink, with touches of pen and brown ink (recto), and pen and black ink, with touches of red opaque watercolor and pen and brown ink (verso), on parchment .

De Casibus Virorum Illustrium, 1355-1374 by Giovanni Boccaccio. translated into french by Laurent de Premierfait (1370-1418). Illuminated by Master Dunois (15th century). Scene of torture in the eyes of God. Museum Conde. Chantilly. France.

GUESCLIN, Bertrand du (1315-1380). French general supporting Charles V of France. He fought against the English army and supported Henry of Trastamara in his war against Pedro the Cruel. Teaching young people how to fight'. 15th century. Chronicle. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. Mus_e Cond_ (Cond_ Museum).

Barlaam Leaving the Hermitage; Follower of Hans Schilling (German, active 1459 - 1467), from the Workshop of Diebold Lauber (German, active 1427 - 1467); Hagenau, Alsace, France (formerly Germany); 1469; Ink, colored washes, and tempera colors on paper; Leaf: 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1,4 x 8 in.)

Theater with the hero's act of Marcus Curtius, 1578. Theater with a representation of the heroic darge of Marcus Curtius, 1578. Theater performance during the entry of Matthias in Brussels, January 18, 1578.

MTI1-CANTIGA STA MARIA- Nº156-F212R-CLERIGO HACIENDO LOORES A LA VIRGEN-VIÑETA A-S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Alfonso IV of Catalonia, V of Aragon, called 'The Magnanimous' (1396-1458). King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Majorca from 1416, and Count of Barcelona. The triumpph of Alfonso of Aragon (Cod. Vat. Lat. 1565). Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Library.

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 183 R - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Leaf from a Volume of Johannes Andrea's "Lectura super arboris consanguinitatis et affinitatis: Table of Consanguinity, c. 1331. Master of the Register of 1328 (Italian). Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 24.5 x 17.1 cm (9 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.). The two leaves shown here come from Iohannes Andrea's widely circulated treatise on marriage impediments. The writer lived until 1348 and is known as the most learned of the lay canonists of the Middle Ages. He taught for nearly fifty years at the University of Bologna, where his lectures on both canon and Roman law made him famous.

RABANUS, Maurus (c. 780 - 856). De universo or De rerum naturis. 842 - 847. Book XV. Chapter I. Fol. 372. Philosophers. Edition of the 11th century from the original Carolingian manuscript. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. LAZIO. FROSINONE. Cassino. Archive of Monte Cassino's Abbey.

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 125 V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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

German 15th Century, The Last Agony of the Dying Man, c. 1470-1475, hand-colored woodcut

Roman de la Rose. Medieval French poem. It was started by Guillaume de Lorris, c. 1230 but continued only some 40 years later by Jean de Meun. Miniature, 14th century. Depiction of the imprisonment and death of the king of Sicily Manfroi. Library of the University of Valencia, Spain.

The burning of Templars (From: De casibus virorum illustrium by Giovanni Boccaccio) by Master of the White inscriptions (active ca 1480) / British Library / c. 1480 / Flanders / Watercolour, Gouache on Paper / History /Renaissance

fol. 321v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Saint George and the Dragon. Master of Sir John Fastolf (French, active before about 1420 - about 1450)

Judiciary combat, 12th century. An illustration, by an unknown artist, from the collection of the Musee de Beaux Arts, Orleans.

ARISTOTLE (384-332 BC). Greek philosopher. 'The Ethics'. The Justice. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. Mus_e Cond_ (Cond_ Museum).

Italy, Dedication to a Lady, miniature from a French manuscript of the Book of Theseus (also known as Theseid of the Nuptials of Emilia, Teseida delle nozze d'Emilia, 1339-41) by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)

Samson / Ehud / Illumination / c.1360

Tile Panel 17th century. Tile Panel 446167

Samson beating the lion, miniature from Latin Bible from Saint Amand's Abbey, Latin manuscript, folio 148, France 16th Century.

M.B.I.2-CANTIGA DE STA MARIA Nº90-F104R-CODICE DE LOS MUSICOS-LAUDES CORTOS. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Fromont de Lens Leaving Bordeaux and the Battle against the Army of Gasgogne; Loyset Liédet, Flemish, active about 1448 - 1478, and Pol Fruit, Flemish, active about 1468; Written: Brussels, Belgium, Europe; written 1463 - 1465; illuminated 1467 - 1472; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.5 x 18.9 cm (9 1/4 x 7 7/16 in.)

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer depicting the 1477 wedding of Emperor Maximilian I and Maria von Burgundy, part of the honorary gate series, colored and produced around 1515-1520.

Banking in medieval Genoa, Italy, depicted in a 15th Century, Italian manuscript. Scene shows bankers in a counting house

The God of Love Aiming at Lovers ca.1487-95 Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript British Library, London, England

Arms of Marguerite Crohin; Bruges, Belgium; about 1480 - 1485 ; Tempera colors and gold on parchment; Ms. 23, fol. 13

Barter. Miniature. 15th century of the poem 'Le Roman de la Rose' (13th century). Chateau de Chantilly. France.

Christ Before Annas. Artist Unknown; Bavarian, 15th century. Date: 1460-1465. Dimensions: 100 × 75 mm (plate); 105 × 80 mm (sheet). Metalcut in black hand colored with brush and watercolor in yellow, red-brown lake, and green, on ivory laid paper, with manuscript text in pen and brown ink on verso. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

French 15th century noble in training. Illustration from a medieval manuscript showing a noble reading as he studies courtly rules

Reproduction of a page from a French psalter in Latin, from the end of the 14th century (Bibliotheque Nationale de France 13091). Ernest Guillot "Ornementation des Manuscrits au Moyen-Age" (Ornamentation from Manuscripts of the Middle Ages, 14th century), 1897, chromolithograph.

Axendi fellow lady of the tenth Mogol Cha Jehaan, Adrianus Canter Visscher, c. 1750 - c. 1755 drawing Drawing from the manuscript of the VOC servant Adrianus Canter Visscher with twenty -eight Indian miniatures and two maps of places on the Coromandelkast. The text consists of two parts: a history of the Mogolrijk and the VOC locations on the Coromandelkast; This is followed by an advice to the lords XVII on the economic situation of the VOC in the Coromandel. Deccan paper writing (processes) / drawing queen Coromandelkust

Plastic from the scenes Because of the birth; Limousin, Jean (fl. 1561-1610); End of the 16th century (1590-00-00-1600-00-00);

COMENTARIOS APOCALIPSIS-CABALLERO LUCHA CONTRA LA SERPIENTE(Nª14341 DOBLE PAG). Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO CAPITULAR. GERONA. SPAIN.

Frederick II Hohenstaufen (1194-1250). Holy Roman Emperor (1197-1250). Duke of Swabia (1212-1216). The regent receives a hawk as a gift. Frontispiece of 'Art of falconry of the Emperor Frederick II'. French translation of the treatise 'De arte venandi cum avibus' (c.1240). Illustration by Master of Bruges in 1482. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. SWITZERLAND. Geneva. Public and University Library.

A Tournament Contest; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)

Simon Bening, The Resurrection, c 1530 The Resurrection

Scene of chivalry, miniature from Lancelot of the Lake, manuscript, France 14th Century.

Mughal Emperor Akbar Holding Court During his Final Illness. Date/Period: 1750/1779. Pigment and gold on polished paper, mounted on album leaf. Width: 15.9 cm. Height: 24.4 cm (sheet). Author: Unknown Indian.

Second Master of Bierge. Scenes of the Life of Saint Nicholas, end of 13th century. Detail depicting St. Nicholas throwing gold coins to the window of a ruined hidalgo to avoid prostituting his daughters. 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.

Book of hours. 15th century. Prophet Job laments the test to overcome (Scabies) to demonstrate his fidelity to God. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.

New Heaven and the New Earth, 1325 - 1350

Beheading of the Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset in 1471 at Tewkesbury. Edward IV watches.

Chuchulain's wife Emer is jealous when she sees him meeting the fairy Fand.

ALFONSO X EL SABIO CON LAS ARMAS DE LEON Y CASTILLA - TUMBO A - FOL 71- SIGLO XIII. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Flagellation; Jean Pichore (French, died 1521, active about 1490 - 1521); Paris, France; about 1500; Tempera colors, ink and gold on parchment; Leaf: 13.3 x 8.7 cm (5 1,4 x 3 7,16 in.)

M.B.I.2 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA - Nº200 - F185V - CODICE DE LOS MUSICOS-ORGANO PORTATIVO - MINIATURA - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479)

St. George killing the Dragon, an illustration from a Book of Hours, Normandy, 1430-40. From The Island Race, a 20th century book that covers the history of the British Isles from the pre-Roman times to the Victorian era. Written by Sir Winston Churchill and abridged by Timothy Baker.

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS, EL QUINTO ANGEL TOCA LA TROMPETA. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO CAPITULAR. GERONA. SPAIN.

German Joust of Peace in High Saddles, c.1512-1515, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournaments of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Horseback (Volume I), watercolor and gouache on laid paper, sheet: 33.6 × 26.2 cm (13 1/4 × 10 5/16 in.), German 16th Century (artist)

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian; Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561); Bruges, Belgium; about 1535-1540; Tempera colors, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 13.7 × 10 cm (5 3,8 × 3 15,16 in.)

Desecration of the Temple of Jerusalem by Pompey. Illustration in Flavius Josephus "Antiquities of the Jews" (Antiquitatum Iudai, Fouquet, Jean (1420-1481)

Miniatura del Libro Verde de Barcelona (Llibre Verd de Barcelona), el más importante libro de privilegios del Consejo de Ciento de Barcelona, siglo XIV. Museum: Arxiu Històric de Barcelona.

Colored woodcut by an anonymous artist depicting Saint George, showing figure, posture, and attributes, dated around 1475.

Under tree by Cristoforo Majorana, Watercolor on parchment, 1485-1499, active circa 1480-1494, Usa, California, The Huntington, 16,6x9,3

Les bonnes manires', book by Jacques Le Grant (1464). Gala reception for guests. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. Mus_e Cond_ (Cond_ Museum).

Duc d'Orleans imprisoned in the Tower of London after Agincourt Date: 1415

Miniature from a Book of Hours: John on Patmos. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1475 - 1500. Measurements: h 89 mm × w 65 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Mestre d'Estamariu / Retablo de Sant Vicenç d'Estamariu, siglo XIV, temple sobre tabla. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya MNAC. Author: MAESTRO DE ESTAMARIU (FL. 1360-1380).

Macabre Dance, 1602, by Jakob Hiebeler, series of paintings in St Annekapelle (St Anne's Chapel), St Mang (St Magnus) Abbey, Fussen, Bavaria, Germany, 17th century.

MISAL ROMANO-MAN 52-S XIII-SIGNO DEL ZODIACO-VIRGO-. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The King of Arms of the Order of the Golden Fleece Writing about Jacques de Lalaing. Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561)

Saint George 1472 Carlo Crivelli Italian These panels are from an altarpiece painted for a Dominican church in the Marchigian town of Ascoli Piceno. The central panel, a Madonna and Child signed and dated 1472, is also in the Metropolitan (Linsky Collection).Saint George (fourth century) is shown in contemporary, fifteenth-century armor with the dragon he slew, while Saint Dominic is portrayed in a Dominican habit and holding a lily, a symbol of purity. For more information about these two paintings, including a reconstruction of the altarpiece, visit metmuseum.org.. Saint George. Carlo Crivelli (Italian, Venice (), active by 1457-died 1494/95 Ascoli Piceno). 1472. Tempera on wood, gold ground, transferred to Masonite. Paintings

Ratchis King of the Lombards, miniature from a manuscript, France 10th century.

Conrad of Swabia hunting with a falcon, miniature from the Codex Manesse, manuscript folio 7 recto, 1304, Germany.

Simon de Varie Kneeling in Prayer. Jean Fouquet (French, born about 1415 - 1420, died before 1481)

Weaving, miniature from the The Ovide moralise' by Chretien Legouais, France 14th Century.

Pleurants. Date/Period: Ca. 1295. Painting. Tempera on parchment mounted on wood. Height: 547 mm (21.53 in); Width: 872 mm (34.33 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

The Vikings (from Old Norse víkingr) were seafaring north Germanic people who raided, traded, explored, and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries. The Vikings employed wooden longships with wide, shallow-draft hulls, allowing navigation in rough seas or in shallow river waters. The ships could be landed on beaches, and their light weight enabled them to be hauled over portages. These versatile ships allowed the Vikings to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland, and as far south as Nekor. This period of Viking expansion, known as the Viking Age, constitutes an important element of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Great Britain, Ireland, Russia, and the rest of Europe.

Full-page miniature of man hunting with a bow.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS, EL QUINTO ANGEL DERRAMA SU COPA SOBRE LA SILLA DE LA BESTIA - BEATO DEL ESCORIAL - SIGLO X. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA (730-798). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. SAMAEL ARCANGEL / ARCANGEL SAMAEL.

M.B.I.2-CANTIGA DE STA MARIA-Nº40-F62V-CODICE DE LOS MUSICOS-DOS ROTAS. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Saint Veronica. Date/Period: Ca. 1471. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, silver paint, and ink on parchment. Height: 124 mm (4.88 in); Width: 92 mm (3.62 in). Author: Lieven van Lathem.

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Farmers harvesting pineapples. Miniature. Folio 19v.

French Gothic initial. Sacral Bible. Volume IV. New Testament. Parchment manuscript 385 x 255 mm (folio). Miniature depicting a reclined man. Finished in February of 1268. From Seu de Vic. Episcopal Museum of Vic, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Date/Period: Ca. 1469. Folio. Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 108 mm (4.25 in); Width: 79 mm (3.11 in). Author: TADDEO CRIVELLI.

Arms of Marguerite Crohin. Date/Period: Ca. 1480 - 1485 . Folio. Tempera colors and gold on parchment. Author: UNKNOWN.

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SOCIEDAD MEDIEVAL. "JOVEN CABALLERO Y CHAMBELAN DEL DUQUE DE BORBON" Miniatura del "Libro de las Cien Baladas", fechado en el siglo XV. Castillo de Chantilly. Francia.

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS:VICTORIA DEL CORDERO Y DESNUDO DE LA PROSTITUTA DE BABILONIA - 1086 - Cod 1 f 145 v. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

German 15th Century, Bookplate of Hilprand Brandenburg of Bibrach, c. 1475, woodcut, hand-colored in green, rose, light blue, red, and yellow

The Reeve Detail from the Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400 British) The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

Lazio Roma Subiaco Sacro Speco35. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views (Medieval core collection). Interior views of monument, with extensive coverage of 14th c. frescoes of the Sienese school in the upper church and many views of the rock cut chapels of the lower church, including Sacro Speco, where young S. Benedetto lived for three years in solitude; Cappella di S. Gregorio Magno, adorned with 13th c. Byzantine frescoes; Scala Santa and Cappella della Madonna, both decorated with Sienese school frescoes, and Grotta dei Pastori, with 8th c. Byzantine fresco. _ German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organiz

Lancelot fighting with the dragon, From: Livre de Messire Lancelot du lac by Gautier de Moap, French illumination, 1470, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

MISAL RICO-RESURRECCION HIJO DE VIUDA. Author: CARDENAL CISNEROS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

RAMON BERENGUER IV CONDE DE BARCELONA (1131-1162) Y DOÑA PETRONILA - MANUSCRITO DE POBLET REALIZADO ENTRE 1395 Y 1409. Location: REAL MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE POBLET-BIBLIOTEC. Vimbodí. TARRAGONA. SPAIN. PETRONILA DE ARAGON DOÑA. RAMIRO II EL MONJE HIJA. BERENGUER RAMON IV. RAMON BERENGUER IV. CONDESA DE BARCELONA.

Manuscript, Germany, 16th century. Herzog Wilhelm des Vierten von Bayern (William IV, Duke of Bavaria, 1493-1550). Turnier Buch. Scene depicting Jorg Truglas von Mallpurg dying in a duel. Facsimile, printed in Munich by Friedrich Schlichtegroll, 1817.

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