Medieval Manuscript Illustrations

Vibrant illustrations from medieval manuscripts, showcasing knights, royalty, and allegorical scenes in intricate detail and color.

The Investiture of the Knight. From: Lancelot du Lac, Évrard d'Espinques (active 1440-1494)

The Investiture of the Knight. From: Lancelot du Lac, Évrard d'Espinques (active 1440-1494)

Louis XI, 15th century. Artist: Unknown

King Avenir and a Doctor come to Josaphat.

Scenic with Love Personalization (Charitas), 1578. Scenic with Love Personification (Charitas). On the opposite page a cartouche with the verse that stood above the scene. Theater performance during the arrival of Matthias in Brussels, January 18, 1578.

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RODRIGO , DON ( IZQUIERDA ). ULTIMO REY VISIGODO 710 - 711. TARIK ( DERECHA ). GENERAL ARABE , INVADIO ESPAÑA EN EL AÑO 711. " SEMBLANZAS DE REYES ". BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

CRONICAS DE LAS CRUZADAS- BALDUINO I REY DE JERUSALEN (1058-1018)- MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XV-Conj 77238. Author: DREUX JEAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. WIEN. AUSTRIA. JERUSALEN REY DE. BAUDOUIN HERMANO DE GODOFREDO DE BOUILLO. BOUILLON GODOFREDO HERMANO. BALDUINO I DE JERUSALEN. EDESA CONDE DE. CONDE DE EDESA.

Judgment of king Solomon. Miniature, 13th century. Medieval Hebrew manuscirpt. North France style.

The Betrayal of Christ; Masters of Dirc van Delf (Dutch, active about 1400 - about 1410); Utrecht (probably), Netherlands; about 1405-1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.5 × 11.7 cm (6 1,2 × 4 5,8 in.)

Christ before Herod; Master of Guillaume Lambert and workshop (French, active about 1475 - 1485); Lyon, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold and silver paints, silver leaf, and black ink on parchment; Leaf: 30.5 x 21.6 cm (12 x 8 1,2 in.)

Christ before Pilate and Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver; Master of Guillaume Lambert and workshop (French, active about 1475 - 1485); Lyon, France; about 1480 - 1490; Tempera colors, gold and silver paints, silver leaf, and black ink on parchment; Leaf: 30.5 x 21.6 cm (12 x 8 1,2 in.)

MS.B.R.20- CANTIGA STA MARIA-Nº312-F57V-B-ESCULTOR COBRA SU TRABAJO TRAS POLICROMAR IMAGEN-S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Illuminated illustration showing Hector, from the epistle of Othea to Hector; (The boke of knyghthode), by Christine de Pizan (1364-1430). Pizan was the first French woman poet to make her living by the pen, and the first female interpreter of classical myths; she held enormous power in the French court and influenced late medieval culture in France and in England in a number of ways. The Letter of Othea to Hector, her most popular work, is a series of a hundred verse texts about a mythological

The Vintage of the Grapes of the Vine, from the Blockbook Apocalypse. Unknown Artist; German, 15th century. Date: 1465-1470. Dimensions: 129 × 198 mm (image). Hand-colored woodcut on cream laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. Dated: c. 1450. Dimensions: image: 27.6 x 21 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 29.6 x 23 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in rose, yellow, brown, green, and gray. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Miniature Depicting Saint Martin from an English Book of Hours. England, late 14th century. Manuscripts. Tempera and gold leaf on vellum

German 15th Century, The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, c 1480 1490 The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

The Circumcision; Master of the Llangattock Hours, Flemish, active about 1450 - 1460; Bruges (illuminated), Belgium, Europe; 1450s; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.4 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Psyche in Cupid's Grove, 1345 Illustration of the metamorph, Cupid and Psyche, aspects of the mythical love affair between the god Cupid, also known as Cupid, and the mortal daughter of the king, Psyche, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

King Astolfo, miniature from The Codex Matritensis leges langobardorum (Madrid codex Lombard Laws), manuscript, 11th Century.

Detail from a Psalter, Massacre of the Children, c1140. Artist: Unknown.

Netherlandish 15th Century, The Vision of the Centurion Cornelius, c 1460 Netherlandish 15th Century, The Vision of the Centurion Cornelius, c. 1460, tapestry: undyed wool warp, dyed wool and silk weft, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection 1970.20.3

Emperor Constantine Praying in a Church, Sophia Plagued by Wicked Spirits, Through a Dream God Orders Constantine to Find Anthony's Remains, Bishop Theophile Leaving for Egypt; Master of the Brussels Romuléon or workshop, Flemish, active about 1465; Brussels (probaby), Belgium, Europe; about 1465 - 1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 24.8 x 17.6 cm (9 3/4 x 6 15/16 in.), Justification: 15.6 x 10.8 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/4 in.)

The rape of Lucretia for Sextus Tarquinius, son of last king of Rome was the precipitating event in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the Roman Republic. Miniature, 15th century. Life of Lucretia Top right: Lucretia with her husband, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Bottom left: Lucrecia stabb. Around her, from right to left, Giunio Bruto, her husband Collatino and Esprio Cassio. In the right part of the right, Sextus Tarquinius using violence on Lucretia. Conde Museum. France.

The Massacre of the Innocents. Dated: c. 1470/1480. Medium: metalcut, hand-colored in yellow, red-brown lake, and green. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Town scene by Coetivy Master, Watercolor on parchment, 1450-1499, active circa 1450-1485, Usa, California, The Huntington,

OLITE, Second Master of (14th c.). The Annunciation to the Shepherds. Circa 1333. Lineseed oil painting, former wall painting putted on canvas. Gothic art. Painting. SPAIN. NAVARRE. Pamplona. Navarra Museum. Proc: SPAIN. NAVARRE. Olite.

EL REY FERNANDO III EL SANTO - FOL 66 V - MINIATURA DEL TUMBO A (1125 A 1255) - SIGLO XIII. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, CORUA, SPAIN.

Jupiter Gives Danae a Gift of Gold.

A knight fights a duel with a shepherd, miniature from the Codex Manesse, manuscript, 1304, Germany 14th Century.

The Denial of Saint Peter. Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561)

Italy, 13th century. Court Scene. Fragment of a fresco.

Apocalypse medieval tapestry, Angers castle, france ANGERS, FRANCE, MARCH 23, 2024 : Apocalypse medieval tapestry, by Jean Bandol and Nicholas Bataille, 14 th century, Angers castle, france Copyright: xZoonar.com/patrickxmichelettix 22206209

Tacuinum Sanitatis, Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on medical observations detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Man attacking a woman in a field of aubergine. Miniature, Fol. 31v.

God of beginnings Janus, with two faces. Miniature, 15th century. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.

Saint Hedwig of Silesia with Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg and Duchess Agnes; Court workshop of Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg, Polish, 1364 - 1398; Poland, Silesia, Europe; 1353; Tempera colors, colored washes, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 34.1 x 24.8 cm (13 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Initial A: The Women at the Tomb; Bartolomeo Rigossi da Gallarate (Italian, active about 1460 - 1480); Lombardy, Italy; about 1465; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 15.1 x 14.6 cm (5 15,16 x 5 3,4 in.)

Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. Asinaria. Act III. Argyrippus, Philaenium, Litanus and Leonida. Engraving. 1518. Colored.

The Nativity and The Annunciation to the Shepherds; Master of the Llangattock Hours, Flemish, active about 1450 - 1460; Bruges (illuminated), Belgium, Europe; 1450s; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.4 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Job Speaking to a Friend; Avignon (probably), France; about 1430; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 24.8 x 17.9 cm (9 3,4 x 7 1,16 in.)

Boccacio mediates in a discussion, Anonymous, c. 1470 drawing. miniature The fate of noble men and women: Boccacio mediates in a discussion. Based on Bocciacio's 'des Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes' (the fortunes of noble men and women). Loire parchment (animal material). deck paint. brush

Manuscript Leaf with the Last Supper and the Washing of the Apostles' Feet Leaf, from a Royal Psalter. Culture: British. Dimensions: Overall (folio): 9 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (23.1 x 16.9 cm)Illumination: 7 1/2 x 4 15/16 in. (19.1 x 12.5 cm)Mat: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm). Date: ca. 1250-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Text with placemarkers and rubric; miniature of man chopping wood.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Richard I of Capua, miniature, Italy 12th Century.

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS, EL TIEMPO DEL ANTICRISTO - SIGLO XI. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

"Ciudad de Dios" de San Agustín, códice 20 del archivo capitular de Tortosa. Defensa de la ciudad.

Saint John on Patmos; Strasbourg, France; early 16th century; Tempera colors on parchment; Leaf: 13.5 x 10.5 cm (5 5,16 x 4 1,8 in.)

Italy, Roman general giving instructions to soldiers, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 48 mm, width 37 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1510 - 1530, first quarter of the 16th century, second quarter of the 16th century, paper, papier, niello (technique), niellotechniek

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (Certaldo,1313-Certaldo,1375) Escritor italiano. "EL DECAMERON", publicado hacia el 1350-1353. Detalle de una página iluminada de un manuscrito francés del año 1435. Biblioteca Nacional. París. Francia.

King Ratchis, miniature from The Codex Matritensis leges langobardorum (Madrid codex Lombard Laws), manuscript, 11th Century.

Initial A: Alexander the Great Defeating Darius; Cambron, Belgium; about 1260 - 1270; Gold paint and tempera colors on parchment; Leaf: 8.9 x 10 cm (3 1,2 x 3 15,16 in.)

JEAN FROISSART - French chronicler in his study. Date: CIRCA 1337 - CIRCA 1410

Pilate Washing his Hands. Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561)

Colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist depicting Inca victims, created between 1420-1430.

Doubting Thomas; Naples, Campania, Italy; about 1460; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.1 x 12.1 cm (6 3,4 x 4 3,4 in.)

Workshop of Master of the Cologne Arms, Saint Roche, 1480 or after Saint Roche

French 15th century manuscript illustration showing Theobald I appealing to Blanche of castille. Theobald I (Thibaut de Navarre and Thibaut de Champagne). (1201 - 1253), also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famous as a trouvere, and was the first Frenchman to rule Navarre. At the beginning of the regency of Blanche of Castile, he abandoned a conspiracy against the French king, and cemented a str

MINIATURA DEL MANUSCRITO DE FRANCESCO FILELFO QUE REPRESENTA AL HUMANISTA PRESENTANDO SU OBRA A ALFONSO EL MAGNANIMO - SIGLO XV. Author: FILELFO FRANCISCO / FILELFO FRANCESCO. Location: UNIVERSIDAD-BIBLIOTECA. Valencia. SPAIN.

Raymond VII receives absolution, (c1296). The presentation of the expiatory ceremony which accompanies the Treaty of Paris, in the presence of Louis IX. Raymond is absolved by a cardinal. Illustration from Coutumes de Toulouse in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Illustration from Coutumes de Toulouse in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. The artist is unknown.

The Nativity of the Virgin; Pseudo-Jacquemart de Hesdin (French, active about 1380 - 1415); Bourges (probably), France; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.9 x 13.3 cm (7 1,16 x 5 1,4 in.)

LEYENDA DE SANTA LUCIA - DETALLE - SANTA LUCIA DISTRIBUYE LIMOSNA A LOS POBRES - SIGLO XIV - OLEO/TABLA - 161x97 cm - NP 2535 - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Author: MAESTRO DE ESTIMARIU SIGLO XIV. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

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CATO The Elder or The Censor, Marcus Porcius (234-149 BC). Roman politician.; Scipio Africanus The Younger (185-129 BC). Roman general.; CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Roman writer, politician and speaker.; ATTICUS Titus Pomponius (109-32 BC). Latin erudite.; LAELIUS, Gaius (ca. 235-170 BC). Roman consul.

Entry of King Charles VII of France, into the city of Paris 1437. Arrivée de Charles VII à la Bastille (Vigiles de Charles VII, Manuscrit Français 5054, fol. 16). by Martial d'Auvergne, illumination end of the book Vigils of Charles VII, Paris, France, XV century. Henry of Marle, seigneur de Presles, was chancellor of France under king Charles VI from 1413 to 1418.

LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS DEL REY SANCHO IV DE CASTILLA - "COMIDA DE LOS CORTESANOS Y EL REY" FOL 58V - SIGLO XIII. Author: SANCHO IV (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Rudolf II of Fenis (From the Codex Manesse) by Anonymous / Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg/ Between 1305 and 1340/ Schwitzerland/ Gouache on parchment/ Medieval art/ 35x25/ Music, Dance,History

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 326 V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Three Living and the Three Dead; Master of the Dresden Prayer Book or workshop, Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515; Bruges, Belgium, Europe; about 1480 - 1485 ; Tempera colors and gold on parchment; Leaf: 20.5 x 14.8 cm (8 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

The slaughter of the innocents, miniature from a Latin Book of Hours, manuscript C 1761 folio 84 verso, The Netherlands, beginning 16th Century.

God gives Satan permission to tempt Job, scene from the Stories of the Old Testament, 1367, by Bartolo di Fredi (1330-1410), fresco, Collegiate Church of St Mary of the Assumption, San Gimignano (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1990), Tuscany. Detail. Italy, 14th century.

Depiction of Bathsheba bathing, as recounted in 2 Samuel, illustrated in a colored woodcut by Georg Lemberger in 1524.

The Book of Time, miniature from Livre des proprietes des choses by Jean Cordicho, manuscript, France 14th Century.

Great Britain, United Kingdom, England, Surrey, London, Hampton Court Palace, Detail of Tapestry from Great Watching Chamber

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 195v, St. Suzanne, 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.).

Die weiblichen Personifikationen von Sclavinia, Deutschland, Gallien und Rom bringen Geschenke, Huldigung der vier Provinzen Ottos III. aus dem Evange...

The Foundations of Oratory to Monte Cassino, 16th Century. Unknown Artist, North Italian School

The Trinity. Dated: c. 1500. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in blue, orange, yellow, green, white, black, gold, and silver. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Design for glass painting in the house of S. de Swart and Em. van Kerckhoff in Laren: Convenit Felicibus, Convenit Felicibus, draughtsman: Antoon Derkinderen, 1869 - 1925, paper, brush, h 152 mm × w 125 mm

Ecce Homo; Simon Bening, Flemish, about 1483 - 1561; Bruges, Belgium, Europe; about 1525 - 1530; Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 16.8 x 11.4 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Noah's ark, fol. 11r, 1390, Noah (Biblical figure)

Tapiser from the scenes Transfiguration; beginning of the 17th century (1601-00-00-1630-00-00);Virtues (personifications), transformation on top rolling stock (iconogr.), Apostles, tapestries, coats of arms, inscriptions, tapiseries

Chivalric romance. Scene of jousting. 15th century.

Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves), c. 1530-35. Noël Bellemare (French, d. 1546), The 1520s Hours Workshop (French). Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.).

King of Macedon, Watercolor and tempera on paper, 1680s, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum,

Retablo - The Holy Family. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 28 cm (14 1/8 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" high; 13" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George E. Rhone.

Zitti palace: fresco of 1300, cemmo, Italy

MS.B.R.20- CANTIGA STA MARIA-F5-B-JUDIOS MOFANDOSE DE CRISTIANO-MINIATURA S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Third bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus. Knights fighting off wild men in bearskins beneath the walls of a city and rescuing a princess. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

A colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist depicting Daniel in the lions den, created between 1420 and 1430, emphasizing figure, setting, and narrative.

The Emperor Frederick Barbarossa with his sons Henry VI and Frederick Duke of Swabia, from the Welfenchronik chronicle from the Abbey of Weingarten, Germany, 12th Century.

Colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist showing a farmer presenting bread, depicting figures, gesture, and compositional layout

The Lamentation; Masters of Dirc van Delf, Dutch, active about 1400 - about 1410; Utrecht (probably), Netherlands, Europe; about 1405 - 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.5 x 11.7 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.)

fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, Master Sigeher, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,

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Making hay within sight of the royal palace at Paris, the Sainte Chapelle and the Conciergerie Date: 1409 - 1487

illuminated page of a beatus, late twelfth century, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

The Resurrection of Christ. 14th century. Miniature. Conde Museum. Chateau of Chantilly, France.

LOUIS IX, Saint Louis, of France (1214-1270). King of France (1226-1270). Saint Louis in his coronation day. Illustration from 'Les Grandes Chroniques de France' (14th c.). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. Mus_e Cond_ (Cond_ Museum).

'Great Chronicles of France' (14th c.). Battle in which Count Ferran was taken prisoner. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. MIDI-PYRƒNƒES. TARN. Castres. Goya Museum.

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