Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts

Intricate miniatures from ancient manuscripts depicting historical events and figures in ornate, colorful styles.

The Court of Herod with John the Baptist chained at the instigation of Herodias. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Llibre Verd (Green Book). Book of Privileges of the City of Barcelona. Miniature. Copy iluminated by Arnau Penna in 1380. Oath of allegiance to the king. Municipal Archives of History. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

MTI1-"CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA"- Nº129V-DOCTOR EXAMINING URINE IN A BOTTLE, 13th CENTURY. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Coronation of a king, early 14th century, (1893). Artist: Unknown

BIBLIA DEL ARSENAL - JUDITH Y HOLOFERNES - FOLIO 252 - MINIATURA GOTICA - 1250-1254. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

Moses & Defeat of Amalekites / c.1400/25

Jesus expel the merchants from the Temple. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Pope Boniface VIII promulgates his own laws, miniature, manuscript, Italy 13th Century.

CRONICAS DE LAS CRUZADAS- MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XV-EL CONDE JEAN DE BREFINE ES CORONADO REY JERUSALEN-1™CRUZADA. Author: Dreux Jean (fl. 1448-1468). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, WIEN, AUSTRIA.

The Court of Herod with John the Baptist chained at the instigation of Herodias. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Music and dance. Folio 104r.

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, The Pharisees want to stone Christ, Three scenes. Left: two Jews collecting stones. Right: Christ speaks in the temple to a group of people and Christ speaks to one person., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, height 98 mm, width 140 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

The Entry into Jerusalem.

Christ and the Striking Question of the Pharisees, Master of Antwerp (I) (Attributed to), 1485 - 1491 print Christ and Disciple opposite four Pharisees, one of whom holds. Low Countries paper Christ (in the temple) in debate with Pharisees about the tribute to Caesar (Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26)

FRONTAL ROMANICO-PROCEDE ESPINELVES-S XII-ENTRADA JERUSALEM. Location: MUSEO EPISCOPAL. VIC. Barcelona. SPAIN. JESUS.

The arrest of St Denis, 1317. Sisinnius' soldiers sieze St Denis, St Rusticus and St Eleutherius in front of the crowd. Their hands are tied and they are beaten. Manuscript illustration from the life of St Denis (died c258 AD), written by Yves, a monk at the Abbey of St Denis. The book depicts the torture and martyrdom of the saint by the Roman governor Fescenninus Sisinnius. The lower scene depicts people on the bridge over the River Seine. There is a goldsmith's shop, a blind man led by his dog, a beggar, and boats carrying a cargo of wood. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. The artist is unknown.

Radegunda, accompanied by people, withdrawing to the monastery, miniature from the Life of Saint Radegunda, illumination from Poitiers, Abbey of Saint Croix, manuscript folio 31 verso, France 11th Century.

Horsemen Meeting an Abbot and Two Monks at a Monastery.

SALTERIO-HERODES INTERROGA A JESUS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Pope Gregory IX Handing down the Decretals, flanked by Clergy and Laity. Southern French School, Circa 1340. Bodycolour and gold, on vellum laid on panel, 95 x 191mm.

S PEDRO REALIZA UN MILAGRO. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. SPANIEN. APOSTLE PETER.

Jesus is brought before Herod. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Judaism literature Haggada page scene from Talmud Spain 14th century British Library London,

St. John the Baptist indicates jesus to the people, life of St. John the Baptist, 13th century, baptistery, parma

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 145 R - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cycle of frescoes by Giovanni Canavesio in the church of San Bernardo in Pigna (1482) with scenes from the Passion and the Last Judgment. Imperia. Liguria. Italy

DE PREDIS, Cristoforo (1440-1486). Stories of Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary, Jesus, the Baptist and the End of the World. 1476. Jesus remembers that God sent His prophets, and that they were killed, such as Zechariah in the temple. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. Royal Library.

Jesus heals the sick on Saturday with his arm prevented. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

The Translation of Josaphat's Relics to a Church By a King and Procession; Follower of Hans Schilling, German, active 1459 - 1467, from the Workshop of Diebold Lauber, German, active 1427 - 1467; Hagenau, France (formerly Germany), Alsace, Europe; 1469; Ink, colored washes, and tempera colors on paper; Leaf: 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 in.)

DE PREDIS, Cristoforo (1440-1486). Stories of Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary, Jesus, the Baptist and the End of the World. 1476. Peter, discobered for a servant, denies knowing Jesus. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. Royal Library.

The Resurrection of Lazarus (Manuscript illumination from the Matenadaran Gospel) by Master of Codex Matenadaran (13th century)/ Matenadaran Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan/ 1268/ Armenia/ Watercolour on parchment/ Medieval art/ Bible

Moses receives the tablets of the law, Construction of the ark and tenders, miniature from Guyart des Moulins and Peter Comestor's Bible, manuscript folio 51 verso, late 13th-early 14th Century.

The Adoration of the Magi by Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio); Tempera on wood; Circa 1470

Pagan and Christian Scholars Debating before King Avenir and Josaphat.

Depicts the sacrament as a colored woodcut, showing religious figures, altar, and composition by an anonymous artist around 1480.

LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS DEL REY SANCHO IV DE CASTILLA - "LA MONEDA DEL CESAR" - FOL 18V - SIGLO XIII. Author: SANCHO IV (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. JESUS.

Knights and Ladies dancing in the Garden of Love 1450.

Altarpiece, scenes of the passion of Christ: the crowning of spines Nardon pouring (attributing atelier de). Retable, sscapes in the passion of Christ: l'couronement d'�cognement..

miracle of Adeodatus, Saint Nicholas altarpiece, Gabriel Moger, 1407-1410, tempera on wood, Roser Vell church, Majorca, , Spain.

Miniature of "Decretum Gratiani" paint on parchment (Ms.239), Cathedral of Tortosa. Gothic. 12th. Museum: Biblioteca Capitular de Tortosa.

Jean Fouquet, Crucifixion of Peter/ Ill.

The Flagellation; The Crowning with Thorns; The Mocking of Christ; Pilate Washing his Hands. Master of Guillaume Lambert and workshop (French, active about 1475 - 1485)

Jews in chains before King Nebuchadnezzar, mourning Jews inside the walls of Babylon, miniature from Beatae Elisabeth Psalterium, Latin manuscript folio 139 verso, Germany, 13th Century.

German 15th Century, The Marriage of the Virgin, 1480-1490, woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, rose, blue, green, yellow, black, gold, and orange

Female performers with stringed instruments, miniature from the Bible of Velislav, manuscript, Czech Republic, 11th Century.

Pope Gregory I during the Great Plague. in 589 when plague struck Rome. With the death of Pope Pelagius, who was stricken by the plague, all of Rome acclaimed Gregory as Pope. He fled to a cave, but the people found him and brought him back to Rome, where he was enthroned on September 3, 590

Marco Polo (1254-1324) Venetian traveller and merchant with his brothers presenting the Pope's letter to Kublai Khan (1214-94) Great Khan of the Moguls and, from 1271, Emperor of China. Manuscript.

The funeral procession of Charles VI of France, le Bien-Aimé, with Paris in the background. On the coffin lies a wax effigy arrayed with all the attributes of Power. The mourners are depicted in black with exception of the members of Parliament. Dated 15th Century

Cristoforo de Predis (1440-1486). Italian miniaturist. Miniature depicting Peter, discovered by a servant, denies knowing Jesus. in Stories of Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary, Jesus, the Baptist and the End of the World, 1476, written by Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Pilate delivered Jesus to Herod after they had mocked him and dressed in white. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Jesús sale del Pretorio para ser crucificado. Miniatura. Códice de Predis, 1476. Renacimiento-Quattrocento. Biblioteca Real. Turín. Italia.

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Christ at the Gates of Heaven, The Arrival of Christ with Souls from Hell at the Gates of Heaven with Enoch and Elijah and the Good Thief., print, book illustration, prints, height 98 mm, width 142 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Woman embarrassed before a group of men. Folio 98r.

Saint Reparata before the Emperor Decius. Artist: Bernardo Daddi (Italian, Florence () ca. 1290-1348 Florence). Dimensions: Overall 12 3/4 x 16 in. (32.4 x 40.6 cm); painted surface 10 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (26.7 x 35.2 cm). Date: ca. 1338-40.Brought before the Roman Emperor Decius (ruled 249-51 A.D.), the young Palestinian Christian Reparata refuses to make sacrifices to the Roman pantheon of gods, offering instead to burn herself as a sacrifice to Christ. In other panels belonging to the same altarpiece as this one, she is shown tortured and then beheaded. Daddi's narrative gifts and love of richly decorated surfaces are all in evidence in this panel from an altarpiece destined for the cathedral of Florence. Note how the faces of her tormentors have been scratched by outraged viewers!. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Medieval Miracles Description: Page from a 13th century Abbreviatio (abridgement) of Domesday Book. Above King Edward the Confessor and Earl Leofric of Mercia see the face of Christ appear in the Eucharist wafer and below the return of a ring given to a beggar who was John the Baptist in disguise. Date: c.1240 miracle, illumination, medieval, illuminated, baptist, mercia, exchequer, domesday, 1240, leofric, edwardtheconfessor, abbreviatio

Chapel of Sant Jordi. Front detail XV century. Generalitat de Catalunya. Author: SADURNI ANTONI.

DE PREDIS, Cristoforo (1440-1486). Stories of Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary, Jesus, the Baptist and the End of the World. 1476. Judas aproaches Jesus, and then soldiers arrest him. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. Royal Library.

The Adoration of the Shepherds. The Virgin with St. Joseph and the Child Jesus. Chromolithography after a miniature by Jean Fouquet (ca. 1420-1480) from the Book of Hours by Etienne Chavalier. "Vie Militaire et Religiese au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

The Visitation Panel from Saint John Retable 15th century Domingo Ram Spanish. The Visitation Panel from Saint John Retable. Domingo Ram (Spanish, Aragon, active 1464-1507). Spanish. 15th century. Tempera on wood, gold ground. Made in Aragon, Spain. Paintings-Panels

MTI1-CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº64-F94R-D-COMO UN CABALLERO PIDE A UNA ALCAHUETA CITA CON UNA DAMA-SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

In church by Anonymous artist, Watercolor on parchment, 1414-1418, Usa, New York, The Morgan Library & Museum,

Illumination of Pope Gregory the Great leading a procession to pray for the cessation of the plague. Cardinals, monks, a hermit and laymen follow him. The Bubonic plague had reached Europe in 1348 and killed a third of the population. Dated 15th Century

CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II E 51 - CHOLOS EN HUAIRONA REZANDO DOCTRINA CRISTIANA - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Western Christian knights who took part in an expedition of the Crusades towards the Holy Land. Order of the Holy Spirit. 15th century. Statutes of the Holy Spirit Order. Miniature. Facsimile.

Enthroned Madonna and Child, Saint George, a Saint and a worshipper Knight, fresco in the church of San Pietro Martire in Verona, Italy Enthroned Madonna and Child, Saint George, a Saint and a worshipper Knight, fresco in the church of San Pietro Martire in Verona, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21060955

Charlemagne and his court, engraving from the Great Chronicle of French Kings by Robert Gaguin, manuscript, Paris, France 1514.

The Marriage of a Prince and Young Woman.

Stories of St Stephen's life,14th century fresco by the Master of Lentate in St Stephen's oratory, Lentate Sul Seveso. Italy, 14th century.

Depicts Moses appointing Joshua as his successor, created as a colored woodcut by Johannes Otmar in 1507, showing figures and biblical narrative.

Mural paintings of the apse of the Basilica of the Holy Trinity of Saccargia, XII century, Codrongianos, Sardinia, Italy.

Jesus asks a Samaritan woman of Sychar for water from Jacob's Well. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Episodes from the Life and Passion of Christ. Dated 16th Century

Miniature illustrating the story of Zeuxis. A town in southern Italy invited Zeuxis to paint a portrait of Helen, the perfection of human beauty. Needing a model he chose the five fairest women and combined the best parts to create a surpassing image. Dated 15th Century

'Merlin debates with a Jewish sage' (detail), MTI1, The Cantigas de Santa Maria, Number 108, F155V, 13th century. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. MERLIN MAGO.

A noble wedding, miniature from a manuscript, Italy 14th Century.

CRISTO ANTE HERODES. Author: GUIDO DI PIETRO (1400/1455) FRA ANGELICO o FRAY AN. Location: MUSEO DE SAN MARCOS. Florenz. ITALIA. JESUS. HERODES ANTIPAS.

Saint Paul prêchant. Codex Vaticanus Latinus n°541, folio 14V. Vatican, Vatican library. Location: BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA-COLECCION. VATICANO. SAN PABLO APOSTOL-PABLO DE TARSO.

Frontal Altar from Durro. Anonymous. Romanesque. Mid 12th century. Tempera on wood. From Chapel of Saint Quirc of Durro, Lleida province. Detail. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Cantigas de Santa Mari´a (Canticles of Holy Mary). Reign of Alfonso X of Castile, "the Wise" (1221-1284). Jewish merchants Library of El Escorial. Madrid. Spain. National Heritage.

Miniature from the Catalan version of the Breviary d' Amor, depicting the Seven acts of Mercy. Dated 14th Century

Christ's entry into Jerusalem, from Life of Christ, fresco, 15th century

Colored woodcut by Anton Koberger, created between 1479 and 1483, depicting the first miracles before Pharaoh, showing figures performing miracles and detailed palace interiors.

Wedding, miniature, Italy 14th Century.

Parliamentary representatives gathered at Westminster, miniature, England 15th century.

Honorius III approving the Carmelite rule, detail from the predella of the altarpiece for the Carmine, by Pietro Lorenzetti (ca 1280-1348), tempera and gold on wood panel.

MTI1-CANTIGA STA MARIA-Nº64-F94R-A-MATRIMONIO DE INFANZON ARAGONES CON DONCELLA-S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

St. Louis (Louis IX of France) and Marguerite of Provence leave for Crusade. Jew Baptised in presence of Louis. Landing at Carthage. Death of Louis from plague at Tunis, 1270. Book of St Louis. French 15th century manuscript. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

A colored pen drawing from 1420-1430 showing biblical figures Nathan and David, with gestures, clothing, and interaction.

Jeremie predict la captivite dIsrael, & la ruyne du Roy Sedecias, est mene en Jugement, & la declare absoubz. (Jeremiah predicts the captivity of Israel and the ruin of King Seleucis, is brought to judgment, and declared absolved. Jeremiah 21-26), no. 3. Artist: Unknown Publisher: Charles le Vigoureux, French, 1547-1605

Altarpiece of Saint Anthony the Abbot, circa 1360-1375. Detail. Tempera and gold leaf on wood. 173,5 x 176,3 x 11,5 cm.Provenance unknown. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona. Author: MESTRE DE RUBIÓ.

Justinian Code. ca. 1350. Money changer and trade of precious stones. Byzantine art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. National Library of the Turin University.

The Crucifixion; 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.)

Adoration of Magi / book illustration

Construction of the temple of Jerusalem, miniature from the Bible of St John XXII, Latin manuscript from the Palace of the Popes of Avignon, folio 172 verso, France 15th Century.

Priests are convincing Mary to marry. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha

Cristofor de Premis (1440-1486). Italian miniaturist. In young man asks Jesus how eternal life is obtained . Codex De Predis. (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Christ heals the sick, Romanesque painted ceiling, c. 1150, Grisons canton, Switzerland, detail

Marco Polo (1254-1324) Venetian traveller and merchant. 'Book of Marvels ...' early 15th century manuscript illustrated by Masters Boucicaut and Bedford. Kublai Khan (1214-94) paying for his purchases.

Prophet on his death bed, 16th century ms H1223, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Marco Polo At The Court Of Kublai Khan, Beijing 1375 World History Asia Book Painting Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

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