Medieval Manuscript Illuminations

Richly illustrated pages from medieval manuscripts, showcasing colorful illuminations and script, depicting historical narratives and characters.

fol. 10r. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

fol. 100r. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

fol. 64r. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

Inhabited Initial U; Sens (or), France; about 1170 - 1180; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 44.3 x 29.1 cm (17 7,16 x 11 7,16 in.)

CORPUS IURIS CANONICI-DECRETUM GRATIANI CON LAS GLOSAS DE BARTOLOME DE BRESCIA-MANUSCRITO ILUMINADO EN EL SIGLO XIV POR NICOLA DA BOLOGNA (1325/1403). Author: BARTOLOMEO DA BRESCIA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

"Libro del cuadrante señero", astronomy book 1277. Sheet 27. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA DEL ARSENAL. France.

BIBLIA DE CARLOS V DE FRANCIA. Author: MODENA BERNARDO. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO CAPITULAR. GERONA. SPAIN.

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LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 92R - JUEGO DE TABLAS LLAMADO CERCAR LA LIEBRE - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Medical treatments, miniature from the Chirurgiae Magistri Rogerii (The Surgery of Master Rogerius) by Roggerio dei Frugardi or Rogerius Salernitanus, Latin manuscript, France 14th century.

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fol. 28v. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

fol. 51r. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

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BIBLIA-L-S XIII/XIV-ESCUELA DE BOLONIA-ISAIAS-MINIATURA GOTICA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ISAIAS PROFETA.

Miniature, elaborate border design, initials, rubrics. 1400 - 1499. Lawrence Justinian, Saint, 1381-1456. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Fidelidad de los hombres de Perpiñán a Alfonso I, Doc. 262, fol. 62r. Miniatura de 'Liber feudorum maior', cartulario escrito por Ramón de Caldes, siglo XII. Museum: Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó, Barcelona.

Alfonso IV of Aragon called "the kind" (1299-1336). King of Aragon and count of Barcelona as Alfonso III, from 1327 to his death. Son of James II and Blanche of Anjou. Folio of "Codex of the Usages" depicting the Catalan Parliament assembled in Montblanc on 18 June, 1333 under the chairmanship of the king. Paeria Municipal Archives. Lleida. Catalonia. Spain.

Alfonso IV of Aragon called "the kind" (1299-1336). King of Aragon and count of Barcelona as Alfonso III, from 1327 to his death. Son of James II and Blanche of Anjou. Folio of "Codex of the Usages" depicting the Catalan Parliament assembled in Montblanc on 18 June, 1333 under the chairmanship of the king. Paeria Municipal Archives. Lleida. Catalonia. Spain.

Decorated Text Page. Unknown

BIBLIA DE AVILA-CODICE S XIII-LETRA L. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

MS B.R.20-CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº207 - F18V - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

fol. 13v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Opening of text with rubric of rustic capitals, large initial, 1-line red initials, coat of arms, gold flourishes and notes in red and black ink.. 1401 - 1500. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS PG CON DOS BATALLAS- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

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MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº17 - F29R - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 92V - EL ALQUERQUE DE NUEVE CON DADOS - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

fol. 85v. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

Initial Z, elaborate penwork.. 1400 - 1499. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 28V - DOS HOMBRES JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Lectionary of the Acts and Epistles. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. 1375 - 1400. Manuscripts and Archives Division

LIBRO DEL CABALLERO ZIFAR - F 425 - OBRA DE AVENTURA CABALLERESCA ESCRITO HACIA 1300. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

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manuscrito iluminado, siglo XVII, Constantinopla, Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian, («Fundaçío Calouste Gulbenkian»), Lisboa, Portugal.

Bifolium from a Bible: Initial Et factum est with Ezekiel, c. 1290. France, Paris, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 40.3 x 53.7 cm (15 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.). This large initial E on the left page introduces the Book of Ezekiel. The prophet is represented in the midst of his apocalyptic visions. Ezekiel's call to prophecy began as a vision showing God enthroned among four creatures, each with four wings and the face of a man, lion, ox, and eagle, respectively. These apocalyptic beasts recur in the Book of Revelation and were developed by the medieval Church into symbols of the Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Since medieval manuscripts were not paginated, this large initial provided a clear visual cue for the reader to help locate the text of Ezekiel within the manuscript.

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BIBLIA-FOL 389 V. Location: UNIVERSIDAD BIBLIOTECA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Page of text with placemarkers, rubric, and large green historiated initial, showing two figures. Catchword.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Decorated Text Page. Unknown

CANCIONERO DE STUÑIGA-S XV-VITR 17-7 F1-LETRA HUMANISTICA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

fol. 303v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Decorated Text Page.

HOMILIAS SOBRE EL EVANGELIO DE SAN MATEO - RES 205 - FI,5 - SIGLO XV. Author: SAN JUAN CRISOSTOMO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

EL SACRIFICIO DE ISAAC - MINIATURA FRANCESA - SIGLO XIII. Author: PETRUS PICTAVIENSIS (1130-1215) POITIERS PETER.

PRIMACIA DE LA IGLESIA DE TOLEDO(MANUSCRITO). INC: NOTULE DE PRIMATU NOBILITATE ET DOMINIO VITR 15/5/ FL3 XI CONCILIO TOLEDANO REINANDO WAMBA, 675. Author: ANONIMO SIGLO XIII. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CRONICA DE DON PELAYO DE OVIEDO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN PELAYO.

Gaffori, Franchino (Franchinus Gafurius): Practica Musicae. Milan: Guillermus Le Signerre for Johannes Petrus de Lomatio, September 30, 1496. Title page of the 1st book with initial E (T) and margins with Italian coat of arms, Gafurus as a teacher with student group, criminal and musical puts. Parchment pressure; 42 x 27.5 cm. Dresden: Slub Ink.2426 (Cat No. 12)

Wochentlich Andacht zu Seligkayt.. 1401 - 1500. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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fol. 147r. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

FRAGEMENT VAN CECCO D'ASCOLI, Acerba (Book I, Cap. VII-VIII), Anonymous, c. 1325 - c. 1350 drawing. miniature parchment (animal material). deck paint brush

Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Bishop; Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1280 - 1290; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3,4 x 9 3,4 in.)

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Gutenberg Bible Song of Songs C. 1455 Manuscripts The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Text with red and blue initials, rubrics, one chart.. 1401 - 1500. Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

MS B.R.20- CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº234-F64V-DIOS SE VENGA DE TAHUR BLASFEMO-S XIII-MINIATURA GOTICA. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

fol. 334v, Bavaria, Germany, 1402

Decorated Incipit Page. Unknown

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Francesc Eiximenis (Girona, ca. 1327-Perpignan, 1409). Franciscan friar and writer in Catalan. "Llibre dels angels" (Book of Angels). Literary work written in 1392 in Valencia. Edition of 1494, in Barcelona, by the German printer Juan Rosenbach (d. 1530). Incomplete copy, 295 x 205 mm. Author: Francesc Eiximenis (c. 1327-1409). Franciscan Catalan writer.

COPIA DEL CODICE CALIXTINO REALIZADA EN EL SIGLO XIV - FOL 77V Y 78. Location: UNIVERSIDAD BIBLIOTECA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

Godefridus Viterbiensis: Pantheon. Dresdner Fragment The Middle Ages of the Gottfried of Viterbo, illuminated Latin Code in Gothic Minuscles, two-columns, with red and blue initials alternating. Double sheet 1V / 2R with presentation Kaiser Arcadius and Kaiser Honorius to sides of two coat of arms sitting, with reference initial A, right: Bishop Donatus defeated in Epirus by killing a dragon, which then try to throw away 8 cattle, with reference initial C. ink on parchment, colored spring drawing ; 32 x 37.5 / 39 cm. Quedlinburg, 1187-1190. Dresden: Slub mscr.dresd.app.2982

Peregrinus of Maricourt, Peter (13th century)). French scientist who wrote the first extant treatise describing the properties of magnets. 'Epistola de magnete', 1269. Letter of Peregrine de Maricourt to Syger de Foucancort, on the Magnet. Belongs to the MS Ashmole (1522) fol 186 r. In the bottom, pivoting compass needle. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. SOUTH EAST ENGLAND. Oxford. Bodleian Library.

Miniatura de 'Liber feudorum maior', cartulario escrito por Ramón de Caldes, siglo XII. Museum: Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó, Barcelona.

Miniature showing a bloody slaughter inside a walled city, with Triaria prominent among the wounded warriors.. 1450. Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375). text. Illuminations, Manuscripts, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection. Women

Zodiacal Sign of Aquarius; Engelberg, Switzerland; third quarter of 13th century; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 21.6 x 15.6 cm (8 1,2 x 6 1,8 in.)

SKYLITZER, John (9th century). Madrid Skylitzes 'Synopsis historiarum'. Synopsis of Histories about the reigns of the Byzantine emperors. 12th c. The Serbians send ambassadors to Basil I. Manuscript produced in Sicily. Byzantine art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Text with rubric and placemarkers. Half-page miniatures of a gathering at table.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Text with initials, rubrics and charts. 1400 - 1499. Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436. Manuscripts, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection

CRONICA MATRITENSIS-PATRIARCA FOL 28-CODICE BIZANTINO-S XII. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Text with placemarkers, rubric, and large red initial. Border design including man and peapods.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

fol. 41r, Bavaria, Germany, 1402

BIBLIA SACRA PAGINA 79. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODEX AUREUS-FOL 94-VIT 17 BORD 1569. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Chart. Virgil Master (French, active about 1380 - 1420)

Astronomical and Medical Miscellany: Toledan Constellation Tables; De Dispositione Aeris; De Prognosticationibus Egritudinem; etc..

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SALTERIO LIBRO DE HORAS - VITRINA 23-9 - FOLIO 5 - SEMBRADOR - SIGLO XIII/XIV - PERGAMINO - 14 x 10 cm. Author: MAESTRO DE MARIA DE BORGOÑA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Ms Harley 603 f.25 r David before Saul. Page from a psalter, first half of 11th century. Illustration from the Harley Psalter, British Library collection.

Horae, fol. 4. 1500. text. Manuscripts, Medieval, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection. Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts

fol. 51v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

The Personification of Reason Instructing the Lover. Unknown

fol. 33v. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

Page from a psalter, first half of 11th century. Artist: Unknown

Text with rubric and placemarkers; miniature in one column of Moses and companion.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº6 - F13R - TEXTO -ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X OF CASTILE. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION, SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, MADRID, SPAIN.

Gemini; Virgo; Augsburg, Germany; shortly after 1464; Watercolor and ink on paper bound between original wood boards covered with original pigskin; Leaf: 30.6 x 22.1 cm (12 1,16 x 8 11,16 in.)

MS B.R.20- CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº225 - F85V - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Frontispiece of the statute of the noble city of Messina, manuscript, 14th Century.

MANUSCRITO. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

Miniature of Christ, book name at top of page.. 1450 - 1475. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

fol. 89r. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

fol. 78v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

fol. 76v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Canon Table Page. Date/Period: Ca. 1120 - 1140. Folio. Tempera colors, gold, and silver on parchment. Height: 229 mm (9.01 in); Width: 165 mm (6.49 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Monastero di San Silvestro in Montefano. Biblioteca, Regola di San Benedetto, 1240 circa, "Regula sancti benedicti"

Text with rubrics and placemarkers, featuring large blue, red, and green initials. There is a miniature in one column depicting David as king., 1445

Text page with miniature (sheet 6V)

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