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Medieval Illustrations of Kings and Legends

A collection of medieval manuscripts depicting historical events and characters, featuring vibrant colors and intricate details highlighting dramatic scenes.

Life scenes by Coetivy Master, Watercolor on parchment, 1450-1499, active circa 1450-1485, Usa, California, The Huntington,
Life scenes by Coetivy Master, Watercolor on parchment, 1450-1499, active circa 1450-1485, Usa, California, The Huntington,
155 assets in this story
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Walled city with towers and peasants in wheat field 1, the Kaiserpfalz or imperial castle at Nuremberg 2, king with princes, counts and barons 3, and Archbishop Elector in mitre and cloak on horseback with coat of arms banner 4. Miniatures from the Vienna Codex of the Golden Bull, an illuminated manuscript prepared for King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, 1365. Oggetti relativi alla Bollo dOro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844.
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Illuminated page from the Livre du coeur d'amour espris (The Book of the Love-Smitten Heart) by Rene of Anjou, manuscript, France 15th Century.
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China, Peking, Marco Polo at court of Kublai, France, Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, World History
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MARTIN LEFRANC, POETA FRANCES, ESCRIBIENDO "EL CAMPEON DE DAMAS" - 1460. LEFRANC MARTIN-MARTIN LEFRANC.
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fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, schoolmaster of Esslingen, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,
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Margrave Otto IV of Brandenburg with a Woman Playing Chess Ca. 1310-1340 Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript Ruprecht-Karls-University Library, Heidelberg, Germany
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founding different cities of antiquity: Upper part: construction of Troy. Bottom left: Carthage construction by Queen Dido. Bottom right: Construction of Rome by Romulus and Rome. Miniature 15th century century. Biblioteque du Prince. Count Museum. Chantilly France.
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fol. 138r, 1390
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Colored pen drawing from 1420-1430 depicting the death of a king, showing figures, gestures, and narrative action in a historical setting.
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HENRY VI, 1421-71, King of England, as child, from The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (1388-1439) commonly called the Warwick Manuscripts, or Rous Roll, pen and ink, c. 1484-90
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Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry - June 1416 Limbourg Brothers (Fl.1400-1416 Flemish) Illustration Musee Conde, Chantilly, France
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Mons Rei Publicae Polonae ", allegory of the state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the reign of Stefan Batory; Verso: Cup with inscriptions determining the attributes and advantages that should be in the Commonwealth; 1578 (1578-00-00-00-1578-00-00); Muse of the National Museum in Warsaw; painting / paint / watercolor, drawing / pen, drawing / ink, metallurgical / galvanization / gilding; organic material / animal origin / leather / parchment; height 23.5 cm, width 34 cm; fig. Pol.4269 MNW; all rights reserved.
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Colored woodcut from 1480-1500 showing the parable of the merciful Samaritan, depicting figures, gestures, and composition by an anonymous artist.
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THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about pumpkins. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.
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CHARLES VII of France (1403-1461). King of France (1422-1461), Valois dynasty. Illustration from 'Grandes Chroniques de France' (15th century). North school. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.
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Working in a Vineyard; Zodiacal Sign of Pisces; Workshop of the Master of James IV of Scotland (Flemish, before 1465 - about 1541); Bruges, Belgium; about 1510 - 1520; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1,8 x 6 9,16 in.)
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ADELAIDA DE SABOYA, Maestro de(15th c.). The Hours of Adelaide of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy. 1460-1465. July: fol. 7r. Scene of acquatic games and hunting of deer. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. MusŽe CondŽ (CondŽ Museum).
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Charlemagne fighting against the Saracens to liberate the church in Santiago de Compostela. Illustration from 'Grandes Chroniques of France' (15th century). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. Mus_e Cond_ (Cond_ Museum).
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The Crucifixion; Master of James IV of Scotland (Flemish, before 1465 - about 1541); Bruges, Belgium; about 1510 - 1520; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1,8 x 6 9,16 in.)
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March, Bedford Hours, illuminated manuscript, France, 15th century
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The Flight into Egypt. Dated: c. 1490. Medium: hand-colored woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.
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Vasco da Lucena Giving his Work to Charles the Bold. Date/Period: Ca. 1470 - 1475. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment. Author: Master of the Jardin de vertueuse consolation and assistant.
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The Summoner, Detail From The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400 English), The Huntington-San Marino, California
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Early 16th century life. August: The grain harvest. Reaping with sickles. Workers being brought refreshment by woman. Sheaves of grain being carted to barn or mill (centre left). At the bottom, men are indulging in a game of cock throwing. Miniature.
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Jeanne besieges Paris, but in vain - could it be that the saints have deserted her Date: 1429
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The end of the world and the Last Judgment. The sea will burn. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.
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Martinus Opifex /Jason & Medea/ Illumin.
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Georg Lembergers 1524 colored woodcut depicts the Whore of Babylon from Revelation 17, showing a female figure, symbolic imagery, and elements representing sin and corruption.
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EVANGELIO S LUCAS-PARABOLA DEL AMIGO INOPORTUNO- RES51 F76V. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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MISAL ROMANO - MAN 52 - SIGLO XIII - MINIATURA REPRESENTANDO UN ARADO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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King Edward III takes the city of Berwick on his way to conquer Scotland, 1333. 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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The knights of the round table, miniature from Lancelot of the Lake, manuscript, France 15th Century.
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The Physician Detail From the Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400 British) The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
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Beginning of Peter III the Great's reign, son of James I the Conqueror, King of Aragon and Sicily. Miniature from Chronicles of Spain, 1344, manuscript, Spain 14th Century.
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Combat with Dagger. Date/Period: Ca. 1410. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 279 mm (10.98 in); Width: 206 mm (8.11 in). Author: Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco.
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THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about dill. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.
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Costumes of Belgium in the 14th century. Peasants in tunics, hoods and boots sowing seeds, laboring with scythe, sickle and spade 1,2,3,4,6, and gardener with adze 5. 1,2,4,6 taken from a Psalterium, Bib. Roy. de Bruxelles, 3 from Heures de la Croix, Bib. de Cambrai, and 5 from Bible de 1380, Bib. Roy. de Bruxelles. Paysans, Jardinier, Belgique, XIVe siecle. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere and Felix de Vigne from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.
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DE PREDIS, Cristoforo (1440-1486). Stories of Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary, Jesus, the Baptist and the End of the World. 1476. The End of the World and the Last Judgement: The water and the sea will burn (4th time). Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. Royal Library.
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Marginal drollery. Unknown
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VINCENT of BEAUVAIS (1190-1264). Speculum historiale. ca. 1460. Seventh Crusade. The Crusaders fleet in front of the coast of Damietta in 1249. Picture of the volume III of Le Miroir Historial by Vincent de Beauvais, work of the Master Franois (15th c.). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. ‘LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.
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MARTêNEZ COMPAîN Y BUJANDA, Baltasar Jaime (1735-1797). Trujillo del Perœ en el siglo XVIII. 1782 - 1785. Vol.II. Illustration 88. 'Indians beating wool'. Series on wool production. Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Palacio Real Library.
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Christ and a Monk Holding the Ends of a Staff and Two Shepherds with their Flock. Date/Period: Fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277). Folio. Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment. Height: 233 mm (9.17 in); Width: 164 mm (6.45 in). Author: UNKNOWN.
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BOYSSET, Bertrand (1355-1415). Surveyor, historian and Occitan troubadour. Surveyors working with a plan and compasses. Ms 327 fol.216v. Illustration for the treatise on demarcation and surveying by Bertran Boysset 'Siensa de destrar', 1405. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PROVENCE ALPES CïTE D'AZUR. VAUCLUSE. Carpentras. Bibliothque Inguimbertine (Inguimbertine Library).
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'The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry Is a French Gothic illuminated manuscript. The Très Riches Heures is a prayer book created for John, Duke of Berry, by the Limbourg brothers between 1412 and 1416. The book was completed by Jean Colombe between 1485 and 1489. The manuscript is held at the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France. this folio (December) depicts a hunting scene. Dogs dismember a boar. The scene takes place in the middle of a forest while in the distance, is the castle of Vincennes.'
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Denise Poncher before a Vision of Death; Master of the Chronique scandaleuse, French, active about 1493 - 1510; Paris, France, Europe; about 1500; Tempera colors, ink and gold on parchment; Leaf: 13.3 x 8.7 cm (5 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
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Funny company by Brothers Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni, Fresco, circa 1416, active Early 15th century, Italy, Urbino, Oratorio di San Giovanni
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Wolf Dietrich Buries a Knight and His Family. Germany, printed 1483. Prints; woodcuts. Hand-colored woodcut and letterpress text
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Building the Tower Of Babylon, miniature from The Bouquechardiere Chronicle, 1450, manuscript, folio 181 recto, 15th Century.
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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.)
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Beauty and the beast tile panel (detail), c.1867. Designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898). Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
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Inn Sign: "J. Carter" (recto). Dated: probably 1940. Dimensions: overall: 29.8 x 45.7 cm (11 3/4 x 18 in.) Original IAD Object: 23 1/2" High 42" Long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and heightening on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Matulis.
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Assassination of the Duke of Burgundy, John the Fearless. on Bridge of Montereau, 1419. Chronicles of Monstrelet, 15th century.
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The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
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Distillation: Still in water bath (bain-marie), showing an Alembic. From Braunschweig 'Liber de arte distillandi', Strasbourg, 1500. Hand-coloured woodcut