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

The Gotha Missal: Fol. 116v, St. Mary Magdalene Kneels, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.).

fol. 22r. 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.

Canon Table Page. Unknown

fol. 137r. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

fol. 80v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Text with placemarkers and rubric. Miniature.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

CODICES ROTHSCHILD MISCELLANY MANUSCRITO AÑO 1640 DAVID , REY ISRAELITA 1040-966 AC EL REY DAVID EN UNA DE LAS ESCENAS MAS DESTACADAS DEL MANUSCRITO FASCIMIL EN LA ESCUELA DE FILOLOGIA DEL CSIC.MADRID.

CODICES ROTHSCHILD MISCELLANY MANUSCRITO AÑO 1640 DAVID , REY ISRAELITA 1040-966 AC EL REY DAVID EN UNA DE LAS ESCENAS MAS DESTACADAS DEL MANUSCRITO FASCIMIL EN LA ESCUELA DE FILOLOGIA DEL CSIC.MADRID.

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 8V - DOS HOMBRES JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

ANTIFONARIO MOZARABE SIGLO XI - FOLIO 8R. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO. LEON. SPAIN.

Text with rubric and placemarkers. In one column, miniature of David rebuked.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Miscellany: Anatomical-Physiological Description of Men; Liber Synonimorum; Descriptions of Planets, Zodiacs, and Comets; Treatises on Divination from Names, etc..

Italy, A page from the Latin manuscript Summa de Viciis et Virtutibus by Guido Faba (also known as Guido Fava, circa 1190-1243)

CODICE MATRITENSIS - PERSONAJES AZTECAS - ESCRITO EN LENGUA NAHUATL CON CARACTERES LATINOS - SIGLO XVI. Author: SAHAGUN BERNARDINO DE. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Leo. Unknown

Museum of the st. martin basilica: old document, alzano lombardo, Italy

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 38V - DOS MORAS JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO ARABE. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Country law book 1

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 24V - TRES DAMAS JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Text with rubrics and placemarkers. Half-page miniature largely obscured by a repair., 1445

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 55R - DOS HOMBRES JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

CANCIONERO DE PALACIO MS 2653. Location: UNIVERSIDAD BIBLIOTECA. SALAMANCA. SPANIEN.

fol. 290v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Decorated Text Page.

Coptic Manuscript 3rd-12th century. Coptic Manuscript 453587

Country law book 2

Opening of text, 3-line initial and painted border design. 1-line initials and coat of arms.. 1401 - 1500. Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Text with red and blue initials, map with small drawings of unlabelled cities.. 1400 - 1499. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Cosmography

fol. 96r. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

Decorated Initial T; Northern Italy, Italy; third quarter of 9th century; Iron gall and red lead (minimum) inks applied with pen and brush on parchment; Leaf: 30.3 x 21.3 cm (11 15,16 x 8 3,8 in.)

Decorated Text Page.

fol. 82r. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Canon Table Page; Ethiopia; about 1504 - 1505; Tempera on parchment; Leaf: 34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9,16 x 10 7,16 in.)

Text with rubrics and placemarkers. Half-page miniature.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

LITERATURA CATALANA SIGLOS XIII Y XIV. LLULL, Ramon (Palma de Mallorca, 1233/35-Bujía, 1315/16). Filósofo, místico y literato mallorquín "ART BREVIS ILLUMINATI DOCTORIS MAGISTRI RAYMUNDI LULL". PORTADA. Impreso en Lugduni, y acabada en el año 1308. La actual "Art breu " fue impresa en Barceloan en el año 1555. Biblioteca Bartomeu March. Palma de Mallorca.

fol. 26v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Leaf from a Psalter; Northern Italy, Italy; third quarter of 9th century; Iron gall and red lead (minium) inks applied with pen and brush on parchment; Leaf: 30.3 x 21.3 cm (11 15,16 x 8 3,8 in.)

A manuscript page from folio 202v, created in Bavaria, Germany, in 1402

Page 35. 1450 - 1460. text. Manuscripts, Illuminations, illuminated manuscripts. Spencer Collection

Single leaf from Les fais et les dis des Romains et de autres gens. book 2, prologue and chapter I ,. Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)

CRONICA MATRITENSIS, ZOE Y THEODORA- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

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

Curtain of the Tabernacle, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra ca. 1360-1380 French One of the most influential university texts of the Middle Ages, the Postilla litteralis provided an extended commentary on the entire Christian Bible. Its author, Nicholas of Lyra, who taught at the University of Paris, was particularly interested in architecture and included numerous diagrams of biblical structures to clarify his explanations. This leaf accompanies a discussion of the Tabernacle from the book of Exodus. It shows the ten panels of the curtain ordered by God to be made of violet and purple, and scarlet twice-dyed, and fine, twisted linen.”. Curtain of the Tabernacle, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra 479483

Fragment from a Bible, the book of kings, chapter 2: David kneels for Saul. .

Roll Chronicle of the Kings of England and the Botelers of Sudeley Castle. 1448 - 1449. text. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Drawings. Spencer Collection. Kings , England, Coats of arms , 1400-1499

CRONICAS DE LAS CRUZADAS-GODOFREDO DE BULLON,AGNES(MUJER DEL REY)E HIJA SIBILA-1ªCRUZADA- MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XV. Author: DREUX JEAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. WIEN. AUSTRIA.

Text with rubric and placemarkers; half-page miniature.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Julius Caesar; Zodiacal Sign of Cancer; Hildesheim, Germany; probably 1170s; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 28.2 × 18.9 cm (11 1,8 × 7 7,16 in.)

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 311V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Augustus Caesar, Zodiacal Sign of Leo; Unknown; Hildesheim, Germany, Europe; probably 1170s; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 28.2 x 18.9 cm (11 1/8 x 7 7/16 in.)

Domitian (); Zodiacal Sign of Libra. Unknown

LITERATURA FRANCESA. SIGLO XIV. BONET o BOUVET, Honoré (h.1343-1405). Escritor francés, monje de la Abadía benedictina de IleBarbe (Lyon). "ARBRE DES BATAILLES" (ARBOL DE BATALLAS). Escrito entre los años 1386 y 1389. Incunable del siglo XV, traducido al catalán. Manuscrito 83.

CODEX BIBLICUS LEGIONENSIS - BIBLIA MOZARABE DE LEON (960) - PROBABLEMENTE DEL CALIGRAFO FLORENCIO- ADAN Y EVA - SIG 2. Author: SANCTUS Y FLORETINUS (S X) COPISTAS. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO. LEON. SPAIN.

JUAN XXII - CLEMENTINAS CON ECLESIASTICO - MANUSCRITO ILUMINADO EN EL SIGLO XIV POR NICCOLO DA BOLOGNA NICCOLO (1325/1403). Author: Bartolomeo da Brescia (d. 1258). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 10R - DOS ARABES JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon Table Page; Unknown; Ethiopia, Africa; about 1504 - 1505; Tempera on parchment; Leaf: 34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

fol. 335r. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Text with rubric and placemarkers. Half-page miniature of David and Saul.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

fol. 217v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

LIBRO DE HORAS DE ISABEL LA CATOLICA - SIGLO XV - 21,7x14 cm. Location: BIBLIOTECA COLOMBINA. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. PADRE ETERNO. DIOS.

CODICE MOZARABE DEL SIGLO X - BIBLIA SACRA O VIMARA -COMPILADA POR EL PRESBITERO VIMARA E ILUNINADA POR EL DIACONO JUAN FINALIZADA EN EL AÑO 920. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO. LEON. SPAIN.

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 27V - DOS HOMBRES JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. 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 49V - DOS MUJERES JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Text with rubric and placemarkers. Half-page miniature.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

CODICE MOZARABE DEL SIGLO X - BIBLIA SACRA O VIMARA -COMPILADA POR EL PRESBITERO VIMARA E ILUNINADA POR EL DIACONO JUAN FINALIZADA EN EL AÑO 920. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO. LEON. SPAIN.

A folio from a manuscript, specifically fol. 179r, created in Bavaria, Germany, in the year 1402

Page from a Book of Hours. Dimensions: overall: 11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.). Medium: manuscript page with text and illuminated initials. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Decorated Text Page.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS DT PG 148V. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODICE EMILIANENSE FOL 53V. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Text with drawing of tower of Babel.. 1400 - 1499. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Cosmography

CODICE ALBELDELSE O VIGILANO - MOZARABE 974-976-FOL 0v- PROCEDE DE SAN MARTIN DE ALBELDA. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS FOL 131- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Emilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale88. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 .. Medieval: Manuscripts: 1) Laurentius Rusius: "De cura equorum" (15th century) BCM S.XXVI.2 2) Paolo Veneto: "History of the Origins of the World through Henry VII" (14th century) BCM S.XI.5 3) S. Isidorus: "Etymologies" (late 8th-early 9th centuries) BCM S.XXI.5 4) Gospel Book (Evangeliario), Greek (10th century) BCM D.XXVII.4 5) Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographies, Hebrew (1348) BCM S.XXIX.1 6) "Somnium Scipionis", misc. (14th-15th centuries) BCM S.XII.6 7) Boethius: "De Consolatione Philosophie" (14th century) BCM D.XIV.1 8) Justinian: "Institutiones" (14th century) BCM S.IV.I 9) Bible (Old and New Testaments) (13th-14th centuries) BCM D.V.2 10) Giabir Ibn Afla "Almagestus" (De Astronomia) (13th and 15th centuries) BCM S.XXVII.2. Post-medieval: Manuscripts: 1) St. Augustine: "Enarrationes in Psalmos" (1452) BCM D.III.2 2) Herodotus: Histories (15th century) BCM S.X1V.1 3) St. Augustine: "De Civitate Dei"

Canon Table Page; Ethiopia; about 1480 - 1520; Tempera on parchment; Leaf: 34.5 x 25.6 cm (13 9,16 x 10 1,16 in.)

Canon Table Page; Helmarshausen, Germany; about 1120 - 1140; Tempera colors, gold, and silver on parchment; Leaf: 22.9 x 16.5 cm (9 x 6 1,2 in.)

Text with rubrics and placemarkers. Miniature spread over two pages of a battle.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Canon Table Page; Unknown; Ethiopia, Africa; about 1504 - 1505; Tempera on parchment; Leaf: 34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

BIBLIA DE AVILA- VIT-15-1 FOLIO 323 - S XII. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Leaning

fol. 12v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Constellation Diagrams; Unknown; England, Europe; early 13th century; Pen and black, green, and red inks on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with brown calf; Leaf: 24.1 x 15.6 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)

MINIATURA-PROCLAMACION DE LEON ARMENIO. Author: John Skylitzes (11th cent.). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

AQUINAS, Thomas, Saint (1225-1274). First page of 'Commentaries on the Gospels' by Saint Thomas Aquinas. Incunabulum. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Segovia. Cathedral archive of Segovia.

Mars (), Zodiacal Sign of Pisces; Unknown; Hildesheim, Germany, Europe; probably 1170s; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 28.2 x 18.9 cm (11 1/8 x 7 7/16 in.)

Armenian illuminated manuscript , 17th century, Constantinople, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, ("Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian"), Lisbon, Portugal.

EJECUCION DE UN CONSPIRADOR. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Courtesy with a Knight; Idleness Opening the Door for the Lover. Date/Period: Ca. 1405. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with dark red morocco. Height: 367 mm (14.44 in); Width: 260 mm (10.23 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Decorated Text Page. Unknown

COD EMILIANENSE-MOZARABE-F392V-SEDES EPISCOPALES HISPANAS-LAS 6 PROVINCIAS ECLESIASTICAS DE LA ESPAÑA GODA- S X -PROC S MILLAN COGOLLA. Author: Velasco. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Decorated Incipit Page; Lake Van, Turkey; 1386; Black ink and watercolors on paper bound between wood boards covered with dark brown kidskin; Leaf: 24 x 16.5 cm (9 7,16 x 6 1,2 in.)

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 44V - DOS HOMBRES JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 123V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

manuscrito hebreo, alrededor de 1278,Museo Judío de Berlín , Berlin, Alemania, Europe.

Country law book 1

Canon tables with decorative arches., 865 - 899, Brittany

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