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)

Saint Dominic. Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479)

David and Goliath. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1490 - 1550. Measurements: h 90 mm × w 57 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Saint John the Evangelist; Master of Sir John Fastolf (French, active before about 1420 - about 1450); or England; about 1430 - 1440; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 12.1 x 9.2 cm (4 3,4 x 3 5,8 in.)

Standing woman on a terrace, a flower branch in her hand, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1799 drawing Netherlands parchment (animal material). textile materials brush / collage / printing

Queen, painting on a wall in the Delsbo farmhouse, mid-19th century, Skansen open-air museum, Stockholm, Sweden.

The Tenth Generation, Georg Derrer. Unknown

King Alexander Jagiellon on throne before signing a statute, according to `Commune inclyti Poloniae Regni Privilegium` (Łaski's Statute), of Jan Łaski, publ. Kraków 1506. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist, Haller, Jan (1467-1525), printer

Flemish tapestry. 15th-16th century. The Hebrew Esther, queen of Persia. 5th century BC. Probably made in Brussels. Capitular Museum of Lleida. Catalonia, Spain.

Boccacio receives three women, Anonymous, c. 1470 drawing. miniature The fortune men and women: the sitting Boccacio receives three women. Based on Boccacios 'des Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes' (the fate of noble men and women). Loire parchment (animal material). deck paint. brush

GUNTANO REY MEROVINGIO CON SU SOBRINO CHILDEBERTO II. Location: MUSEO. TURIN. ITALIA.

Sentencia, María de Castilla, 1453. Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona.

Walter Crane (15 August 1845 - 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, childrens book creator of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th century. Crane's work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts. Crane is also remembered for his creation of a number of iconic images associated with the international Socialist movement.

Armorial Tapestry. France or Flanders, 1480-1520. Textiles; tapestries. Wool; tapestry weave

Arms of Marguerite Crohin; Unknown; Bruges, Belgium, Europe; about 1480 - 1485 ; Tempera colors and gold on parchment

Charles The Bold (1433-77) Duke of Burgundy from 1467 accepting book from Georges Chastellain (c1405 or c1415-1475) Burgundian chronicler and poet. Chromolithograph after miniature from Chastellain 'L' Instruction d'un jeune Prince' 15th century.

Italy, Tailor shop with wool clothing, miniature by Giovannino de Grassi (1350-1398) from Tacuinum Sanitatis

Noli Me Tangere. Dimensions: Overall: 11.1 x 8 cm (4 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.) overall (external frame dimensions): 59.7 x 44.5 cm (23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.). Medium: hand-colored woodcut (blockbook page). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ludwig of Ulm.

'Queens', nine glass panels acided, stained and painted, Illustrating J.M. Synge's poem, designed and executed by Harry Clarke in 1917. 'Queens who cut the hogs of Glanna...'. Harry Clarke (1889-1931). Painted glass. 30.5 x 18.4cm.

fol. 349v, Bavaria, Germany, 1402

St. Jerome in his Study (Schr. 2679a) 15th century Anonymous, German, 15th century German. St. Jerome in his Study (Schr. 2679a) 382467 Artist: Anonymous, German, 15th century, St. Jerome in his Study (Schr. 2679a), 15th century, Metalcut, hand-colored, sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 in. (21 x 15.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of James Clark McGuire, 1930 (31.54.174)

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS- F 281V- MOZARABE. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Theater with the personification of mildness (Clementia), 1578. Theater with the personification of mildness (Clementia). 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.

Abraham and the Three Angels; Master of James IV of Scotland, Flemish, before 1465 - about 1541; Bruges, Belgium, Europe; about 1510 - 1520; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.), Justification: 10.9 x 7.4 cm (4 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Colored pen drawing from 1420-1430 depicting Absalon, showing figure, posture, and clothing in a biblical context.

Woman lying on a bed while a man fans her with peacock-feather fan, 9th century. From illuminated manuscript 510 by Gregory of Nazianzus. Figure tiree du MS 510. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

A colored 1494 woodcut by Thomas Ochsenbrunner representing Titus, Roman emperor from 79 to 81 CE, shown in ceremonial Roman clothing.

Illuminated figures showing 11th century costume: king and queen in a castle (below), a man in a brown animal skin trimmed with blue fur, and another man in a hooded tunic. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

The Expulsion. Unknown

The Mass of St. Gregory, from a Book of Hours. Willem Vrelant or his workshop (Bruges); Netherlandish, flourished 1449-1481. Date: 1460-1470. Dimensions: 105 x 62 mm. Manuscript cutting in tempera and liquid gold on parchment. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Dance at King Gascony's court, miniature from The Romance of the Violet by Gerbert De Montreuil, Fr 24378 folio 5, France 15th Century.

King Aleksander Jagiello Krakow 1506; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Haller, Jan (1467-1525); 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Aleksander Jagiellończyk (Polish King - 1461-1506), Aleksander Jagiellończyk (Polish King - 1461-1506) - iconography, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt ( Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, 16th century, gift (provenance), kings, personalities, Polish personalities, statutes, rulers, rulers, Łaski, Jan (1456-1531) , Communy Regni Poloniae Privilegium ...

Modern Age. 15th century. Shop. Trade of fabrics and jewels. Miniature. Conde Museum. Chateau of Chantilly. France.

The Virgin and Child enthroned (Hours of Etienne Chevalier) by Fouquet, Jean (1420ñ1481) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / ca 1455 / France / Watercolour on parchment / Bible /Renaissance

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS DE SAN JUAN - SIGLO X/XI. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA (730-798). Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mispel, Mespilus germanica, Echte Mispel oder Gemeine Mispel, Mespelbaum, Tacuinum sanitatis Manuskript aus dem 14. Jahrhundert / Medlar, Mespilus germanica, Common Medlar, Mespel tree, Tacuinum sanitatis Manuscript from the 14th Century, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original artwork from the time / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus der damaligen Zeit, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Saint Dorothy. Dated: 1440/1460. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in tan, red lake, yellow, and green. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

MS.B.R.20-CANTIGA STA MARIA-Nº208-F118 V-B-ALBIGENSE EN SU HUERTO CON COLMENAS-S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

MANUSCRITO-VIRGILIO ENEAS Y DIDO. Location: BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA-COLECCION. VATICANO.

Jonah and the Whale / Illumination

Jean Fouquet, Mary with child

Miniature from a book of hours: John on Patmos, draughtsman: anonymous, 1475 - 1500, parchment (animal material), brush, h 89 mm × w 65 mm

The Ninth Generation, Sebaldt Derrer II. Unknown

The Story of Troy. Cassandra intercedes before Priam to obtain a Pardon for Paris by Brussels Manufactory (1515-1525) Fundacion Banco Santander c. 1520 Wool, silk, gold and silver threads 320x247 Flanders Renaissance Mythology, Allegory and Litera

Building a ship, miniature from a venetian Code, Italy 14th Century.

David and Goliath. Master of the Dresden Prayer Book or workshop (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515)

This anonymous colored pen drawing from 1420-1430 depicts the scene of Noah's drunkenness, highlighting figures, posture, and narrative context.

The Twenty-First Generation, Balthasar Derrer. Unknown

Plaque with the Massacre of the Innocents. Culture: German. Dimensions: Overall: 4 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1/8 in. (11.4 x 13 x 0.3 cm). Date: ca. 1150.The artist of this plaque used dramatic and distorted postures to convey the horror of the Massacre of the Innocents ordered by King Herod after the birth of Jesus. It comes from a larger ensemble whose form and function is unknown. In style it is close to the plaque with an apostle seen nearby. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, Kol von N™ssen, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,

The Triumph Of Death - From A Book Of Hours 15th C. French School(- ) Vellum Bibliotheque Municipale, Moulins, France

The Third Temptation; Norfolk perhaps (written), East Anglia, England; illumination about 1190; written about 1490; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 11.9 x 17 cm (4 11,16 x 6 11,16 in.)

Vitrail Drawing: Chevreuse, Annunciation - Donors Prosper Lafaye (1806-1883). Drawing of stained glass: Chevreuse, the Annunciation - donors, between 1845 and 1875.

Multi-Panelled Narration: Capodilista Codex Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript Biblioteca Civica, Padua, Italy

Rubric; miniature of Ruth and Boas asleep.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

France, Penelope at her loom, miniature, circa 1505, From the manuscipt Lives of Famous Women by Antoine Dufour

Plaque with the Massacre of the Innocents ca. 1150 German The artist of this plaque used dramatic and distorted postures to convey the horror of the Massacre of the Innocents ordered by King Herod after the birth of Jesus. It comes from a larger ensemble whose form and function is unknown. In style it is close to the plaque with an apostle seen nearby.. Plaque with the Massacre of the Innocents 464433

Colored woodcut by Johann Zainer from 1473 depicting Faustina Augusta and Antoninus, showing portrait figures in historical attire and decorative elements.

Wine making, from 1356 manuscript of Treatise on Medicine by Aldebrand of Florence

Saint Sebastian. Dated: 1440/1460. Dimensions: sheet: 29.4 x 20 cm (11 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.) overall (external frame dimensions): 59.7 x 44.5 cm (23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.). Medium: woodcut in black, hand-colored in red lake, red-orange, green, yellow, and tan. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

A Royal Wedding Feast; An Unsuitably Dressed Guest Cast into Darkness; Follower of Hans Schilling (German, active 1459 - 1467), from the Workshop of Diebold Lauber (German, active 1427 - 1467); Hagenau, Alsace, France (formerly Germany); 1469; Ink, colored washes, and tempera colors on paper; Leaf: 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1,4 x 8 in.)

Initial O with St Apollonia. Dated 15th Century

CRONICAS DE LAS CRUZADAS - MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XV - PRIMERA CRUZADA - BALDUINO I CONDE DE EDESA Y REY DE JERUSALEN - S XV. 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. BOULLON CONDE DE.

Making ropes and traps, folio 34R of Le Livre de la Chasse (Book of Hunting), 15th century French manuscript by Gaston Phebus

The cripple at the pool of Bethesda, Romanesque painted ceiling, c. 1150, Grisons canton, Switzerland, detail

The Twenty-Second Generation, Christoph Derrer; Nuremberg, Germany; about 1626 - 1711; Tempera colors with gold and silver highlights on parchment; Leaf: 37.6 x 26 cm (14 13,16 x 10 1,4 in.)

Knight back from a tournament, rests on a monastery. Compilation of Treaties of Devotion (Traites de Devotion). Miniature. 15th century. Castle of Chantilly. France.

Byzantine Art. Noah drinking wine. Mosaic in the Baptistery of St. Mark's Basilica, dating between XII-XIV centuries. Venice, Italy.

Philosophy Consoling Boethius and Fortune Turning the Wheel. Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop) (French, active about 1450 - 1485)

The planet Mars and a castle under siege, miniature from De Sphaera by Leonardo Dati, Latin Manuscript folio 209 verso 7, 1470, Italy.

CHARLES VII of France (1403-1461). King of France (1422-1461), Valois dynasty. Picture of 'The Great Chronicles of France' (15th c.). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Battle armour and marriage clothes of Johann von Linden and Guda von Bellersheim, 1394, from Kloster Urnsburg. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 18th Century," Frankfurt, 1883. IIlustration drawn by Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier, and published by Heinrich Keller. Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German archeologist, art historian and illustrator. He was director of the Bavarian National Museum from 1868 until 1886.

Miniature of Petrarca's songbook depicting Laura de Noves crowning the poet (15th c.). Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Florentine school. Miniature Painting. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Laurentian Library).

fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, Konrad von Suonegge (circa 1220/1240), covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,

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

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 300 V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

M.B.I.2- CANTIGA SANTA MARIA. CODICE DE LOS MUSICOS Nº 230. ALBOGUE S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

FERDINAND I, d.1065 King of Castile, Spain, Index of Royal Privileges, 12th-13th century manuscript

Decorated Text Page; Norfolk perhaps (written), East Anglia, England; illumination about 1190; written about 1490; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 11.9 x 17 cm (4 11,16 x 6 11,16 in.)

The Last Supper. Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479)

MARTêNEZ COMPAîN Y BUJANDA, Baltasar Jaime (1735-1797). Trujillo del Perœ en el siglo XVIII. 1782 - 1785. Vol 2. Plate 154. 'Danza del Purap' (Purap dance). Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Palacio Real Library.

The marriage of King Louis II of Naples, son of the Duke of Anjou, to Yolande, daughter of King Peter of Aragon, 1400. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV," George Routledge, London, 1868.

M.B.I.2-CANTIGA DE STA MARIA Nº60-F79V-CODICE DE LOS MUSICOS-LAUNEDDAS-TRIPLE CLARINETE. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

In The Mirror 2001 Leslie Xuereb (b.1959/French)

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

Marjoram, miniature by Giovannino de Grassi from the Tacuinum Sanitatis (The Medieval Health Handbook), manuscript, Italy 14th Century.

Saint Juliana. Dated: c. 1460. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in blue, green, rose, brown, tan, and gold. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

King Arthur and his court. Ilustration of the anonymous manuscript 'Meliadus, frre de Tristan' (14th c.). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Mark's Library). Proc: FRANCE.

DOMICIANO, TITO FLAVIO EMPERADOR ROMANO . 51dc-96dc DETALLE PINTURA MUSEO BELLAS ARTES. HUESCA.

The Franklin Detail from the Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400 British) The Huntington-San Marino California

Altarpiece from Verdú, 1432 - 1434. The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Detail. Lleida school. Tempera on wood. 159 x 93 cm (12 panels). From the high altarpiece of the parish church of Santa Maria in Verdú (Urgell). Museu Episcopal de Vic. Author: JAUME FERRER II.

Joan of Arc (1412-1431) in a French miniature, 15th century.

Tower of Babel / book ill. / C14th

Illuminated initial capital letter Q, depicting a knight that kills a dragon, miniature from Moralia in Job (Commentary on Job), by Saint Gregory the Great, manuscript from Citeaux, folio 20 recto, France 12th Century.

Mary Magdalene Borne Aloft. Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479)

Allegory of the Republic holding a pique with the Phrygian cap and supported on a beam of arms, symbol of Union (TF)

A Flemish city, miniature from Chronicles of Charlemagne by Jean le Tavernier, 1460, Flanders.

The drunkenness of Noah, from De Civitate Dei (The City of God) by Augustine of Hippo, French incunabulum from the workshop of Abbeville, 1486-1487.

Miniatura "Decretum Gratiani". Pintura sobre pergamino,ms.239. Catedral de Tortosa. Gótico. Museum: Biblioteca Capitular de Tortosa.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479)

This 1473 colored woodcut by Johann Zainer depicts Sophonisba, Masmissa, and Leeli, highlighting historical figures and early German print techniques.

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