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

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

Spain/Catalonia: The 'Kingdom of Taprobane' (Ceylon, Sri Lanka) as represented in the Catalan Atlas, by the Jewish illustrator Cresques Abraham, 1375

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 52R - DOS HOMBRES JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS DT PG- CONQUISTA DE SICILIA POR JORGE MANIAKES- 1037/40. Author: John Skylitzes (11th cent.). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Miniature Book of Freeholds of Cerdanya "Liber Feudorum Ceritanie". Alphons XII de Aragón. 13th.

GRAN CRONICA ESPAÑA-LETRA CAPITULAR E CON ALFONSO XI REPRESENTADO-MANUSCRITO 10134. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ALFONSO XI EL JUSTICIERO.

Country law book 2

Half-page miniature featuring text with rubrics and placemarkers., 1445

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS - HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057 - CRONICA BIZANTINA - MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XII. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mishneh Torah (Books 7 to 14) by Maimonides. Date/Period: Ca. 1457 - ca. 1465. Illuminated manuscript. Handwritten on vellum; brown ink, tempera, gold leaf; semi-cursive Ashkenazic script. Author: UNKNOWN.

LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS DEL REY SANCHO IV DE CASTILLA - "TRANSPORTE DE MERCANCIAS" - FOL 57V - SIGLO XIII. Author: Sancho IV of Castile the Brave (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

fol. 332r. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 45V - DOS HOMBRES JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Manuscrito Decretum Gratiani, siglo XII.

Hebrew manuscript, circa 1278, Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe.

14th century, Armenian canonical Concordance manuscript. 1224

Cutting from a 14th-century antiphonal : in Latin ,. Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)

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

MS.B.R.20-CANTIGA STA MARIA-Nº275-F103V-E-FRAILES HOSPITALARIOS MORDEDORES ENCADENADOS-S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

fol. 277v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

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

LIBRO DE EMPERADORES Y CONQUISTADORES. Author: JUAN FERNANDEZ DE HEREDIA ( 1376-1396). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon Table Page. Date/Period: 1615. Folio. Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on glazed paper. Height: 230 mm (9.05 in); Width: 171 mm (6.73 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

A Youth; Zodiacal Sign of Sagittarius. Unknown

Miniatura del manuscrito 'Usatges i Constitucions de Catalunya', siglo XIV. Museum: Arxiu municipal de Lleida.

CRONICA DE HAINAUT DEDICADA A FELIPE III EL BUENO - JUAN DE GUISA - MS 9242 - F1R - SIGLO XV. Author: Hainaut. Location: BIBLIOTECA REAL ALBERTO I. Brüssel. Belgien. Duke of Burgundy Philip II. Duke of Burgundy Philippe le Bon. BORGOÑA DUQUE DE. FELIPE III EL BUENO BORGOÑA.

Sarajevo Haggadah, illuminated manuscript, 1350.

LIBRO DE HORAS DEL OBISPO BORROMEO - SIGLOS XV/XVI - f.8v - DETALLE DEL CALENDARIO DEL MES DE JUNIO. Author: MAESTRO DE JACOBO IV DE ESCOCIA. Location: REAL SEMINARIO DE SAN CARLOS BORROMEO. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

The month of February, miniature from Adone Martyrology, latin manuscript, 11th Century.

LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS DEL REY SANCHO IV DE CASTILLA - "ARCA DE NOE" - FOL 8V - SIGLO XIII. Author: Sancho IV of Castile the Brave (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

AMADIS DE GAULA. LIBRO DE CABALLERIAS SIGLO XVI. PORTADA , EDICION AÑO 1533. ATRIBUIDO A GARCIA ORDOÑEZ DE MONTALVO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS, LA BESTIA Y EL DRAGON SON ADORADOS - PROCEDE DE VALCAVADO - SIGLO X. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD. Valladolid. SPAIN.

CODICE DE TUDELA - JUEGO DE PELOTA Pg. 67 REALIZADO POR AZTECAS EN 1553 CON ANOTACIONES EN CASTELLANO. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

GRAN CONQUISTA ULTRAMAR-NARRACION DE CRUZADAS-S XIII-SIG 1187. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 339 R - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS-FOLIO 100 R. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 283R - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Armenisches illuminiertes Manuskript Armenian illuminated manuscript , 17th century, Constantinople, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22896799

fol. 262v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Isaiah 1. 1294. text. Manuscripts. Spencer Collection

CRONICA DEL REY JUAN I DE PORTUGAL - SIGLO XV - FOLIO 9R. Author: LOPEZ FERNAO / LOPEZ FERNAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA F178 V. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Decorated Incipit Page. Date/Period: 1637 - 1638. Folio. Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment. Height: 252 mm (9.92 in); Width: 183 mm (7.20 in). Author: Malnazar.

Folio 184r from Bavaria, Germany, created in 1402

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Gentil y los tres sabios. Manuscrito. Biblioteca pública de Palma de mallorca. Author: RAMON LLULL.

Miniatura del Decreto de Graciano (Decretum Gratiani), Ms.239. Siglo XII. Museum: Biblioteca Capitular de Tortosa.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONIA BIZANTINA F 60. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CRONICAS DE LAS CRUZADAS - PRIMERA CRUZADA - MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XV. Author: DREUX JEAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. WIEN. AUSTRIA. BOUILLON GODOFREDO DE. JERUSALEN REY DE.

Folio 187v, Bavaria, Germany, created in 1402

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

HªMATRITENSIS-F127-GUERRA CONTRA ARABES DE SIRIA-CONQUISTA DE MELITENE. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 28R - DOS MONJES 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; Nicaea, Turkey; early 13th century; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 20.6 x 14.9 cm (8 1,8 x 5 7,8 in.)

Illustrated manuscript of aspects of student life at the College of Ave Maria in Paris. Dated 14th century

HªMATRITENSIS-CR.BIZANTINA F217-SITIO DE TESALONICA-BULGAROS HUYEN DE GUERRERO - MANUSCRITO SIGLO XII. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

FLOTA ARABE Y AFRICANA - MINIATURA SIGLO XII. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Miniatura del Decreto de Graciano (Decretum Gratiani), Ms.239. Siglo XII. Museum: Biblioteca Capitular de Tortosa.

BIBLIA DE ALBA-PAG 215. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

BIBLIA DE ALBA.1420/30:ISAÍAS 11-12, EL RETOÑO DE JESSE,PROMESA DEL SALVADOR. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPANIEN.

Miniature of the Surgical writings of the doctor Niceta, Greek manuscript, 10th-11th Century.

Story of Jonah / Cervera Bible / c.1300

Flavius Josephus (c37-c100), Jewish historian and soldier, brought before Titus (39-81), eldest son of Emperor Vespasian, at the siege of Jerusalem (70). 'Les antiquites judaiques', manuscript. Bibliotheque de Chantilly.

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

Decorated Text Page.

Canon Table Page; Lorsch, Germany; about 826 - 838; Tempera colors on parchment; Leaf: 31.6 x 24 cm (12 7,16 x 9 7,16 in.)

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA F138 V ARABES DERROTAN A BIZANTINOS EN CRETA. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 38R - DETALLE - DOS ARABES CON UN LIBRO JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ - Conj nº 9. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

LIBRO CAPITULAR MOZARABE - SIGLO X. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Página del manuscrito 'Descendentia dominorum regum Sicilie', ca. 1437. Author: CRESPI, LLEONARD (SIGLO XV).

Miniatura del Decreto de Graciano (Decretum Gratiani), Ms.239. Siglo XII. Museum: Biblioteca Capitular de Tortosa.

Miniature Book of County of Cerdanya "Liber Feudorum Ceritaniae". 12th century.

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 61 - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Initial capital letter Q and Saint Jerome writing, miniature from a Latin Bible from the Montieramey Abbey, manuscript folio 96 recto, France 12th Century.

Page from an Unidentified Dispersed Manuscript , ca. 1625. Ink, color and gold on paper, Image: 4 3/8 x 3 1/16 in. (11.1 x 7.8 cm). Asian Art ca. 1625

A Page of The Eusebian Canons, c800 AD, (20th century). Artist: Unknown

ROTHSCHILD MISCELANY.- MANUSCRITO FECHADO EN 1640. EL ORIGINAL SE ENCUENTRA EN EL MUSEO DE ISRAEL EN JERUSALEN.- "EL EJERCITO DEL FARAON RAMSES II ENGULLIDO POR LAS AGUAS DEL MAR ROJO".-MINIATURA DE UNA PAGINA DEL FASCIMIL EDITADO EN LONDRES. ESCUELA DE FILOLOGIA DE CSIC. MADRID.

Manuscript Leaf with Initial R, from a Gradual second quarter 15th century German. Manuscript Leaf with Initial R, from a Gradual 466727

Paying rents, facsimile of an illuminated page from an accounts book, France 15th Century.

LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS DEL REY SANCHO IV DE CASTILLA - "PAGO DE TRIBUTOS AL REY" - FOL 67 - SIGLO XIII. Author: SANCHO IV (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. SANCHO IV EL BRAVO REY DE CASTILLA Y LEON. ALFONSO X EL SABIO HIJO.

Emilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale25. 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"

Miniatura del manuscrito 'Usatges i Constitucions de Catalunya', siglo XIV. Museum: Arxiu municipal de Lleida.

MINIATURA DEL MANUSCRITO DE POBLET - RAMIRO I (1000-1063) PRIMER REY DE ARAGON - BASTARDO DE SANCHO GARCES III. Location: REAL MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE POBLET-BIBLIOTEC. Vimbodí. TARRAGONA. SPAIN.

Miniatura del manuscrito 'Usatges i Constitucions de Catalunya', siglo XIV. Museum: Arxiu municipal de Lleida.

Carolvs Qvuintvs. Patent letters in which Ludovicus Bernardinus and Franciscus Pourquin are appointed to Baron of the Holy Roman Empire.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA F110 V CONQUISTA DE TAUROMENION POR LOS ARABES. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

BIBLIA AMBROSIANA HEBREA - MS X 112 SUP - F 68 - 1281 - PAGINA DE LAS FABULAS DEL ANCIANO MASHAL HAQADMONI - AÑO 1281. Author: ISAAC BEN SOLOMON IBN SAHULA. Location: Milan. ITALIA.

Mexico city.National Museum of Anthropology.Maya culture.Codex.

Miniatura del Decreto de Graciano (Decretum Gratiani), Ms.239. Siglo XII. Museum: Biblioteca Capitular de Tortosa.

ASTROLABE - BOOKS OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMY - 13th CENTURY MS 156 F75V-TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE. MADRID. SPAIN.

Text with placemarkers, rubric, and large red initial; half-page miniature showing men pulling down tents. Coats of arms.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

MISAL RICO-MULTIPLICACION DE PANES Y PECES. Author: CARDENAL CISNEROS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 423 R - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Fall from Grace / Expulsion / book ill.

Emilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale58. 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"

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA F147 A- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CRONICAS DE LAS CRUZADAS - NAZARET SE RINDE A LOS BARONES FRANCESES - MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XV - Conj 77232. Author: DREUX JEAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. WIEN. AUSTRIA.

Constellation Diagrams; England; 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.)

CODE OF METZ- TREATY OF COMPUTES AND ASTRONOMY -MS 568 - WRITING CAROLINGIA- 9th CENTURY. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Codex amiatinus, the oldest complete Latin Bible in existence; Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England

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