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Medieval Illustrations of Knights and Battles

Medieval miniatures illustrating knights in armor, conflicts, and historical figures, capturing the spirit of chivalry and adventure.

Hanging scene, miniature from the Bible of Stephen Harding, manuscript from Citeaux, France 12th Century.
Hanging scene, miniature from the Bible of Stephen Harding, manuscript from Citeaux, France 12th Century.
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Illumination from the 14th Century Codex Manesse; Frederick von Husen German poet, leaving for crusade to the Holy Land
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MISAL ROMANO-MAN 52-S XIII-SIGNO DEL ZODIACO-ACUARIO-. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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France, Normandy, Bayeux, Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux Tapestry, created in the 11th century, detail.
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William the Conqueror's soldiers attacking the town of Dinan, detail from the Bayeux tapestry or the Tapestry of Queen Matilda. France, 11th century.
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COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS - "LOS CABALLEROS" - 1086 - FOLIO 151 R. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.
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Liber Feudorum Maior. end 12th c. Royal cartulary carried out after Alfonso the Chaste's orders. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Royal Archive of the Crown of Aragon.
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A colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist showing a river turning red, created between 1420 and 1430, focusing on landscape, water, and event depiction.
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CARLOS IV FRANCIA RECIBE A LA REINA ISABEL DE INGLATERRA - 1325 - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: JEAN DE FROISSART (1333-1410). Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France. CHARLES IV OF FRANCE. ELISABETH OF ENGLAND. CARLOS IV EL HERMOSO FRANCIA.
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Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188664
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Harold steers ship across channel, a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, Bayeux, Normandy, France, Europe
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Illumination depicting Saint Ursula 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
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M.B.I.2-CANTIGA DE STA MARIA-Nº370-F33R-CODICE DE LOS MUSICOS-FLAUTILLAS Y TAMBORILES-S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Episode from the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England, culminating in the Battle of Hastings, in 1066. It is thought to date to the 11th century, within a few years after the battle. It tells the story from the point of view of the conquering Normans.
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St George's Battle with the Dragon, by Vitale degli Equi known as Vitale da Bologna, 1335 - 1340, 14th Century, tempera on panel. Italy: Emilia Romagna: Bologna: National Gallery of Art. Whole artwork. Saint man St George armor helmet lance/spear push horse dragon killing red background black gold
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Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188583
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The month of July: Water games and deer hunting, miniature from Book of Hours of the Duchess of Burgundy, manuscript, France 15th Century.
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Illustration of trepanation. Miniature. 14th century. Treatise on anatomy by Mondino de Liuzzi (1270-1326). Italian anatomist nad profesor of Bologna. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)
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Detail from an illustrated navigational map of Europe, from 1528. Made by Jacopo Russo. In Messina, Sicily.
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LIBER STIENTILLARUM-CODICE 26. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Alfonso I of Catalonia and II of Aragon, called 'The Chaste' (1157-1196). King of the Crown of Aragon (1162-1196).; Ramon Berenguer IV. Count of Barcelona (1131-1162). Detail with the count of Barcelone Ramon Berenguer IV, his wife Petronila and his son Alfonso II the Chaste, King of Aragon. Genealogy of the Crown of Aragon. ca. 1410. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. TARRAGONA. VimbodÕ. Monastery of Poblet.
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Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail, showing the sultan of Egypt. Hadm Suleiman Pasha (1467 – September 1547) Ottoman statesman and military commander. He was the (viceroy) of Ottoman Egypt in 1525–1535 and 1537–1538, and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1541 and 1544
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Codex Laurenziano. s.XV. Distribution of Grain in Orsanmichele. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Laurentian Library).
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CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 138 V - SIGLO X - OBISPO LUCIO. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Dancers, from Justice, fresco (detail of border)
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Miniature. Historia de Vespasiano imperador de Roma. By Valentim Ferdandes, Abril 1496. Lisboa, Portugal. Colored. Author: Valentim Fernandes.
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Colorful Medieval Bayeux tapestry, Bayeux, Normandy, France. Created 11th century right after Battle of Hastings 1066 AD showing Norman Conquest. Shows death of King Harold.
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This 1473 colored woodcut by Johann Zainer illustrates the subject De coniuge Drigiagontis Gallogreci, reflecting early German woodcut techniques and historical depiction.
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Woman of Samaria 6th century mosaic,  Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy
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Genealogy of the Kings of Spain. Peter I the Cruel and Henry II of Trastámara. Madrid, National Library. Author: CARTAGENA ALONSO DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. HENRI II OF CASTILE. TRASTAMARA ENRIQUE II. PEDRO I EL CRUEL REY DE CASTILLA. ALFONSO XI HIJO.
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Wainscot of arrocabe from a room of the Castle of the Stúñiga family (Zúñiga) (Curiel de Duero, province of Valladolid, Spain). Detail of a knight on a hunting. Gothic-Mudejar, 14th-15th century. Painted pine. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Mosaic of Emperor John II Commenus ruled Byzantine Empire 1118-43. Haghia Sofia, Istanbul. Museum: Haghia Sofia, ISTANBUL, TURQUIA. JUAN II COMNENO.
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Kurenberg, one of the earliest  German minnesingers.         Date: late 12th century
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PANTEON REAL-PINTURAS ROMANICAS-CALENDARIO AGRICOLA-OCTUBRE-DANDO BELLOTAS A LOS CERDOS-AÑO 1160/117. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO. LEON. SPAIN.
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From Bayeux Tapestry. William Duke of Normandy with Eustatius Count of Boulogne
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Die Arche Noah, Illustrierte Vita Christi, mit Andachtsbeilagen, um 1480-1490. Die Arche Noah war nach dem biblischen Buch Genesis, ein von dem Patriarchen Noah gebauter schwimmfähiger Kasten, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus der damaligen Zeit.
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The body of King Edward is carried into Saint Peter's Church, detail of Queen Mathilda's Tapestry or Bayeux Tapestry depicting Norman conquest of England in 1066, France, 11th century.
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A Ferry (Folio from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica by Dioscorides) by Abdallah ibn al-Fadl (13th century) / The David Collection / The Oriental Arts / 1224 / Iraq / Watercolour and ink on paper / Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History /
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France, Normandy, Bayeux, Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux Tapestry, created in the 11th century, detail.
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Men fishing in sea with net and night fishing lamp, from the Oppiano codex, 11th century Greek manuscript , a treatise on hunting and fishing
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Siyah Kalem or 'Black Pen' is the name given to the 15th century school of painting attributed to Mehmed Siyah Kalem. Nothing is known of his life, but his work indicates that he was of Central Asian Turkic origin, and thoroughly familiar with camp and military life. The paintings appear in the 'Conquerors Albums,' so named because two portraits of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror are present in one of them. The albums are made up of miniatures taken from manuscripts of the 14th, 15th, and early 16th centuries, and one series of paintings is inscribed 'work of Master Muḥammad Siyah Kalem.' Something of the style and techniques of Chinese paintings is apparent in these, and an acquaintance with Buddhist art, particularly in the depictions of grotesque demonic figures.
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Royal Collegiate Church of San Isidoro. Royal Pantheon. 12th c. SPAIN. LeÑn. Royal Collegiate Church of San Isidoro. Center detail of the vault of the Annunciation to the Shepherds. Romanesque art. Fresco.
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Garcias I, King of Navarra, miniature from the Index of Royal Privileges (Tumbo A), manuscript, Spain 12th Century.
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Kleidung, Mode am kaiserlichen Hof in Byzanz, 4. -5. Jahrhundert, von links, Kaiser Arcadius mit Globus, ein Konsul, Galla Placidia, Schwester von Kai...
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Spain: A soldier with spear, fresco from the Hermitage of San Baudelio de Berlanga, Soria, c. 1125
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Woodcut by Johann Zainer depicting Veturia and Coriolanus, showing the Roman matron pleading with her son, created in 1473.
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The movement of the planets, miniature from the Breviary of Love by Matfre' Ermengau, Code Provencal manuscript, France End 13th Century-beginning 14th Century.
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Czech Republic, Kutna Hora, St. Barbara's Cathedral, Mural of coin minting
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This 1473 colored woodcut by Johann Zainer portrays Claudia the Fifth, a Roman woman, showcasing historical figure representation and German woodcut artistry.
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