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Medieval Manuscript Illuminations

Illuminated pages from medieval manuscripts featuring intricate decorations, illustrations, and text, showcasing craftsmanship and religious themes from the era.

Decorated Text Page; Nicolas Spierinc (Flemish, active 1455 - 1499); Antwerp (illuminated), Belgium; 1469; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 12.4 × 9.2 cm (4 7,8 × 3 5,8 in.)
Decorated Text Page; Nicolas Spierinc (Flemish, active 1455 - 1499); Antwerp (illuminated), Belgium; 1469; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 12.4 × 9.2 cm (4 7,8 × 3 5,8 in.)
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Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis Unknown. Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis, ca. 1425-1460. Manuscript in opaque watercolor and ink with gold, book: 8 × 5 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (20.3 × 14.6 cm). European Art ca. 1425-1460
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CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 152V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The Delivery of the Persian Crown to Darius. Unknown
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Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 51r, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).
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The Lover and the Personification of Resistance. Unknown
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Initial I: Saint Dominic Enshrined; Jacobellus of Salerno (Italian, active about 1270); Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1270; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 46.4 x 32.1 cm (18 1,4 x 12 5,8 in.)
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Book of Gestures. Nepal, late 19th century. Books. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
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The planet Mars and his influence on the world, 1585 print The God Mars on his victory car, pulled by two horses, driving on the clouds. At the top left the constellation Ram, at the top right the constellation Cancer. At the bottom of a river landscape with fighting soldiers and burning cities. Under the performance a praise in Latin about the influence of planet Jupiter on the regions of Europe (England, Italy, Germany, Spain). This print is part of an album. parchment (animal material). paper engraving (story of) Mars (Ares). Mars and his children ('Planetenkinder') ~ Aries and Scorpio. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone). military service. chariot, triumphal car. siege, position war. fighting Germany. Spain. Italy. England
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LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 57V - DOS DAMAS JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Zeus and the tortoise; The wounded wolf and the ewe., Approximately 1480, Florence
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Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis Unknown. Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis, ca. 1425-1460. Manuscript in opaque watercolor and ink with gold, book: 8 × 5 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (20.3 × 14.6 cm). European Art ca. 1425-1460
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View of the Light Advertising (Trijn van Leemput) on the 2nd Jaarbeursgebouw (Vredenburg) at Nacht in Utrecht.
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Abruzzo L'Aquila Celano Museum90. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Manuscripts: Miniature nella Marsica; Trasacco - Antifonario; Tagliacozzo - Messale; Avezzano - L'Ecultet Metalwork--processional crosses Post-medieval: Vestments, metalwork, painting, frescoes, sculpture 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 organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Another Year of LIfe Has Flown. Artist: Freeman Gage Delamotte (British, Sandhurst 1813/14-1862 London). Date: 1830-62. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, and Myriophyllum aquaticum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.
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Chess Problem. Unknown
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Woodcut from around 1496/97 by Albrecht Dürer depicting the Babylonian woman, figure XIII of the Apocalypse series, showing a symbolic female figure.
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Chess Problem. Unknown
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Abruzzo L'Aquila Celano Museum72. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Manuscripts: Miniature nella Marsica; Trasacco - Antifonario; Tagliacozzo - Messale; Avezzano - L'Ecultet Metalwork--processional crosses Post-medieval: Vestments, metalwork, painting, frescoes, sculpture 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 organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Jews at the Tomb; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)
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The herb white dittany, which heals snakebites
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Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis, ca. 1470-80. Manuscript with opaque watercolor and ink with gold, 6 3/4 × 5 × 1 1/2 in. (17.1 × 12.7 × 3.8 cm). European Art ca. 1470-80
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Canterbury Tales: The Cook's Tale (Ellesmere Chaucer), ca. 1400, Artist Unknown, Illuminated manuscript, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA
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The Army of Pompeius Fleeing Julius Caesar; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)
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Chess Problem. Unknown
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Indian bumblebee. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 23-Jul-1784. Place: Jakarta. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.