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Medieval Manuscript Illustrations

Colorful and detailed pages from ancient manuscripts, featuring decorated initials and intricate border designs, showcasing medieval artistry and text decoration.

Decorated Initial P; Paris, France; about 1415 - 1420; Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 20.5 x 14.8 cm (8 1,16 x 5 13,16 in.)
Decorated Initial P; Paris, France; about 1415 - 1420; Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 20.5 x 14.8 cm (8 1,16 x 5 13,16 in.)
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Scribe Writing, probably Eadmer of Canterbury. Unknown
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CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 40R - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Codex 2. By Henricus of Segusio, Hostiensis (c.1200-1271). Detail of a page depicting perhaps a king. Miniature, Book 4. Folio 214. Chapter Archive of Tarazona. Spain.
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David and Joel; Würzburg, Germany; about 1240 - 1250; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and silver leaf on parchment; Leaf: 22.7 x 15.7 cm (8 15,16 x 6 3,16 in.)
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Decorated Incipit Page; Malnazar (Armenian, active about 1630s), and Aghap'ir (Armenian, active about 1630s); Isfahan, Persia; 1637 - 1638; Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 25.2 x 18.3 cm (9 15,16 x 7 3,16 in.)
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An Elderly Man in Prayer in a Boat; A Cat in a Tree under which is a Fox. Unknown
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The old woman and the doctor end; The farmer and his children.. 1480. Aesop. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection
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LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 52R - JOVEN JUEGA CON UNA MORISCA CON LAS MANOS PINTADAS - MANUSCRIT. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 62v, The Nativity, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; binding: brown Morocco over original wooden boards; overall: 5.9 x 11.6 cm (2 5/16 x 4 9/16 in.).
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Henry VII (1457-1509) first Tudor king of England from 1485. His first act of parliament with initial portrait of king. Border illuminated with flora and fauna. Thomas Pigot's Book of Statutes Bodleian Library, Oxford
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COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO CAPITULAR. GERONA. SPAIN.
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Trisala pleased. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1510 - 1539. Place: Gujarat. Measurements: h 112 mm × w 261 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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fol. 345v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection
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Walls of Babylon, 1572 print The walls of Babylon, built in circles. At the rear left a large building with tower. In the foreground Queen Semiramis as an Amazon on horseback. Armed with arrow and bow, she is in a fight with a lion. In the background the hanging gardens of Babylon: a botanical and architectural work of art. Under the show a verse in Latin. This print is part of an album. parchment (animal material). paper engraving hanging gardens of Semiramis at Babylon (Wonder of the World). Semiramis on the lion-hunt, sometimes with her husband Ninus Babylon
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Descent from cross by Bedford Master, Watercolor on parchment, 1440-1460, active 1405-1465, Usa, New York, The Morgan Library & Museum,
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Malachi; Würzburg, Germany; about 1240 - 1250; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and silver leaf on parchment; Leaf: 22.7 x 15.7 cm (8 15,16 x 6 3,16 in.)
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Text with rubric and placemarkers; half-page miniature of David and a man.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS, EL SEPTIMO ANGEL DERRAMA SU COPA, S XI. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ARCANGEL ORIFIEL.
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LAPIDARIO HI 15. DETALLE DE FOLIO 4 R. 1253.MANUSCRITO ALFONSI S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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MINIATURA DEL MARQUES DE SANTILLANA (1398-1458)- FIGURA RELEVANTE LA CORTE DE JUAN II DE CASTILLA- DETALLE REF. 080537. Author: JORGE INGLES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The Presentation in the Temple; 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.)
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Female Personifications of Hatred, Evil, Vileness, and Greed. Unknown
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Strasti Gospodni.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian
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Janus, Zodiacal Sign of Capricorn; 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.)
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fol. 85r. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. Spencer Collection
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Life of Saint Pirminius from Heiligenleben, Winterteil (Lives of the Saints, Wintertime), Plate 1 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century Original 1471 Germany. Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat . Unknown artist (Illustrator)
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Queen of Ireland Restrained from Killing Tristan; Paris, France; about 1320 - 1340; Tempera colors, gold paint, and silver and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 39.4 x 29.8 cm (15 1,2 x 11 3,4 in.)
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COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS, 13-FOLIO 139 R, DE LA BOCA DEL DRAGON, LA BESTIA Y EL FALSO PROFETA SALEN TRES ESPIRITUS INMUNDOS EN FORMA DE RANA. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.
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Edad Media. Astrología. Miniatura con la representación de las constelaciones de Adromena y de Pegaso.
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Decorated Initial "A" with Grotesque and Flora from a Choir Book. French. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: 94 × 113 mm. Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on vellum. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. The young lover, redeemer of the garden of delight, reaches a source and finds an inscription saying that there brother Narcissus died. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Valencia. Valencia University Library.
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Scribe Writing, probably Eadmer of Canterbury; Unknown; Tournai (probably), Belgium, Europe; about 1140 - 1150; Tempera colors, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.8 x 10.8 cm (7 x 4 1/4 in.)
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Saint Jerome in the Desert; Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479); Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1469; Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 10.8 × 7.9 cm (4 1,4 × 3 1,8 in.)
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CODICE ALBELDENSE - FOLIO 59V - MOZARABE - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. Love scene of the young lovers before the rosebush. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Valencia. Valencia University Library.
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The horse and the donkey cont.; The man and the Satyr.. 1480. Aesop. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection
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Gothic fresco, personification of sin, two demons, 8. Cloister, Cathedral Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Divine Image ca. 1825 William Blake British. Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Divine Image. William Blake (British, London 1757-1827 London). ca. 1825. Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and gold. Prints
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FRIEDRICH I ('BARBAROSSA') The emperor is depicted drowning while taking part in the Crusades Date: 1123 - 1190
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Filiberto of Savoy, miniature, 13th Century.
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ARTE PRERROMANICO. ESPAÑA. S. VIII. BEATO DE LIEBANA (m. en la comarca de Liébana en el 798). Página iluminada de su obra "COMENTARIO AL APOCALIPSIS" (776) con la representación de un MONSTRUO DE SIETE CABEZAS. Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial. Comunidad de Madrid.
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Self-Portrait of the first manuscript painter, Hugo the Painter. Dated 12th Century
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A warrior attacking a tower in Constantinople, Greek manuscript, 10th-11th Century.
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Scenic with persuition of the perseverance (press vendant), 1578. Scene with persuition of the perseverance (press vendant) with a horse. 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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Gradual Illumination - dragon, manuscript, USA, Chicago, Newberry Library
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Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 4, "Introduction" (Bentley 4), 1789 to 1794. Relief etching printed in dark-brown with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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Alexander the Great Consulting the Oracle of the Tree. Unknown
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The flea and the man cont.; The blind doe.. 1480. Aesop. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection
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Chess Problem; Northern France, France; late 14th century; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 24.8 x 16.8 cm (9 3,4 x 6 5,8 in.)
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Five Bunches of Flowers; 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.)
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The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561)
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The Flight into Egypt. Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561)
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Decorative initial letter P with angel appearing to a woman, illuminated borders with dragons from a 13th century illuminated Latin Bible. Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from his Ornementation des Manuscrits au Moyen-Age (Ornamentation from Manuscripts of the Middle Ages), Paris, 1897.
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Miniatura del 'Llibre Vermell de Montserrat', 1399. Museum: Biblioteca de l'Abadia de Montserrat.
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Hortus Sanitatis (Gart der Gesundheit). Book of natural history written by the German doctor Johann Wonnecke von Kaub (Johannes de Cuba) (1430-1503). Page of the Tractatus De Herbis depicting Nard. Folio 13. Edited by Johann Schoensperger in Augsburg (Germany), 1487.
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Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 36r, 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.).
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The donkey, the rooster, and the lion; The gardener and the dog., 1480, Florence
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Miniature from the Manuscript Liber Floridus, Lambert de Saint-Omer (active ca 1120)
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 16, 'A Cradle Song' (Bentley 16), Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1789 to 1794, Relief etching printed in dark-brown with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 inches (18.1 x 12.7 cm), Plate: 4 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches (11.4 x 7.3 cm), and Spine: 7 3/8 inches (18.7 cm), branches, leaf, literary theme, text, vegetation, vines
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Cristofor de Premis (1440-1486). Italian miniaturist. The end of the World and Last Judgment. A great mountain will rise (first time). Codex De Predis. (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.
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Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis Flemish. Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis, ca. 1510-1530. Manuscript with opaque watercolor and ink with gold, 6 3/8 × 4 7/8 × 1 5/8 in. (16.2 × 12.4 × 4.1 cm). European Art ca. 1510-1530
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Geranium or cranesbill, Geranium species, and Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.
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The Ploughman and his Horse, 1854. Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868). Etching;