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Medieval Manuscript Pages

Decorative manuscript pages from the 17th century, showcasing adorned texts and illustrations, emphasizing the artistry and craftsmanship of historical bookmaking.

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

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.)

Astrological Chart; Augsburg, Germany; shortly after 1464; Watercolor and ink on paper bound between original wood boards covered with original pigskin; Leaf: 30.6 x 22.1 cm (12 1,16 x 8 11,16 in.)

Sticherarion Ornamented initial.. 1690 - 1725. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Astronomical Table with Vovelle. Unknown

Text with rubrics and placemarkers; miniature including Samson.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Samson (Biblical judge) , Capture & imprisonment

Genealogy of the Kings of England from Edward III to Henry VII. Dated 16th Century

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS EL PRIMER Y EL SEGUNDO ANGEL DERRAMAN SU COPA. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Text Page. Unknown

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

Medical-Astrological Chart. Unknown

Calendar Page; Lyon, France; begun after 1234 - completed before 1262; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 24.8 x 16.7 cm (9 3,4 x 6 9,16 in.)

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Astronomical Table with Vovelle; Worcester, England; late 14th century, shortly after 1386; Pen and black ink and tempera on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with black morocco; Leaf: 21.3 × 15.2 cm (8 3,8 × 6 in.)

Letter examples of the textura, fraktur and bastarde; Treasure Oft is adviser and vertehooninge van Vakyden writings (...). Letter examples of the textura, fraktur and bastarde, fourteen lines. The print is part of an album.

Decorated Incipit Page.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS DT PG 109. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Testament of Charlemagne, manuscript in the Imperial Library of Vienna, 1800, woodcut, Austria, Europe

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

EUCLID (c. 300 BC). Greek mathematician and geometrician. 'Elements'. Latin edition. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Decorated Text Page. Unknown

Decorated Incipit Page. Unknown

Canon Table Page. Unknown

CODICE Q.I.10-F 196V,197R.DIOCLES DE CARISTO AL REY ANTIGONO. Author: DIOCLES DE CARISTO. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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. Unknown

LIBRO DE LEYES Y ORDENANZAS REALES DE LAS INDIAS DEL MAR OCEANO - 1574. Author: ALONSO DE ZORITA. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Decorated Incipit Page. Date/Period: Ca. 1504 - 1505. Folio. Tempera on parchment. Height: 345 mm (13.58 in); Width: 265 mm (10.43 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

ANTIFONARIO DE LEON- MANUSCRITO MOZARABE DEL SIGLO XI - ADORACION REYES MAGOS - F 83 V. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO. LEON. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY.

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Canon Table Page; Pontigny (probably), France; about 1170; Pen and black ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 43.5 x 31.4 cm (17 1,8 x 12 3,8 in.)

Historic print, manuscript, Middle High German epic poem, The Great Rose Garden or Rose Garden of Worms, Nibelungen and Dietrich saga, 14th Century, from the Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº42 - F60R -PENTAGRAMA MUSICAL - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Emilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale08. 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.)

Text with initials, rubrics, and drawing of Tower of Babel. 1400 - 1499. Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436. Manuscripts, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection. Babel, Tower of

Diploma of Charles VI of Austria, in which he was awarded the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire by the Marquis Nicolo I Meli-Lupi, 1731, Italy.

Position of the baby before birth from the Practica (De Arte Phisicali et de Cirurgia) by John Arderne, Latin manuscript, 15th Century.

Egyptian Museum, Book of the Dead of Tayesnakht - papyrus Egyptian Museum, Book of the Dead of Tayesnakht - papyrus Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 22901247

CODICE DE LOS USATGES - MANDADO RECOPILAR POR BERENGUER I EN 1068 - RELACION ENTRE SEOR Y VASALLO. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION, SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, MADRID, SPAIN.

Ketubbah from Casale Monferrato, created in 1630. The document measures 49 x 35 cm and is related to Jewish marriage customs in Italy

MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº14 - F22R - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X OF CASTILE. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION, SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, MADRID, SPAIN.

Emilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale51. 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"

Bifolium with Initial L, from an Antiphonary 14th century () Italian. Bifolium with Initial L, from an Antiphonary 466790

Manuscript on bark showing the political organization of the city and descriptions of the houses and owners. Mexico, 16th Century.

Bible book made of sheep skin inside the ancient 14th Century Ura Kidane Mehret Monastery (Ethiopian Orthodox Church), Zege peninsula in Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Das alte Buch The ancient book and old goose feather Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 3119529

Decorated Incipit Page. Unknown

Book of the council. 16th and 17th councils during Egica's reign. 13th century miniature. Madrid, National library. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon Table Page. Date/Period: 1386. Folio. Black ink and watercolors on paper bound between wood boards covered with dark brown kidskin. Height: 240 mm (9.44 in); Width: 165 mm (6.49 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Canon Table Page. Unknown

The Gospel Book, the first Moscow printed book, Historic Object

Emilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale50. 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"

A document of Pope Leo IX Citta del Vaticano, Rome, Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

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.

Diagram for Wednesday. Unknown

Alphabet book by Leonti Bunin, Woodcut, 1694, active End 17th century, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum,

Canon Table Page; Pontigny (probably), France; about 1170; Pen and black ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 43.5 x 31.4 cm (17 1,8 x 12 3,8 in.)

The Codex Telleriano-Remensis produced in Mexico and printed on European paper. A surviving example of Aztec manuscript painting. Its Latinized name comes from Charles-Maurice Le Tellier, archbishop of Reims, who had possession of the manuscript in the late 17th century. Dated 16th Century

Das alte Buch The ancient book and old goose feather Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 3173018

MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº 85 - F124R - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Explicit, with map and red and blue initials., 1400 - 1499, Cosmography

CODICE CALIXTINO - LIBER SANCTI IACOBI - LIBRO 1-CAPITULO 1 - 1150-1160 - INICIAL MINIADA - MINIATURA MEDIEVAL. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Italian poet of the late Middle Ages. Divine Comedy with commentary by Jacopo Della Lana and marginal notes. 15th century. Parchemin. Italy. Exposition. Louve. Paris. France.

CRONICA ANTIGUA ESPAÑA (OVETENSE). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

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

Anglo-Saxon map of 900s showing a flat earth and the ocean that was thought to surround it, British Museum, London

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.)

Canon Table Page. Unknown

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA F 155. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Emilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale59. 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"

Illuminated page from the Morals on the Book of Job (Moralia in Job) by Saint Gregory the Great, manuscript , Citeaux, France 12th Century.

CANTORAL DE LA MISA DE SAN JACOBO - SIGLO XV - ESCUELA BORGOÑONA. Author: GUILLAUME DUFAY. Location: LICEO MUSICAL. Bologna. ITALIA.

1120 European map from Liber Floridus, Book of Flowers, medieval encyclopedia by Flemish Lambert van Sint-Omaars, Lambert, Canon of Saint-Omer

The Bavarian Bible Museum. The book of Isaiah. The great Isaiah Scroll from Qumaran. 2nd century BC. Nuremberg. Germany.

Decorated Text Page.

Chess Problem. Unknown

Illuminated page from the Jewish Bible, by Joseph Assarfati, Hebrew manuscript from Cervera, Spain 1299.

Libro privilegios de Girona, detalle, 1510-1513. Biblioteca de l'Il·lustre Col·legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS DT PG- UN FESTIN DEL EMPERADOR BASILIO I. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Miscellany: Physiologus; other texts.

Historical hymnbook, Cistercian convent Abbazia di Staffarda near Saluzzo, Piemont, Italy, Europe

The Gotha Missal: Fol. 58r, Text, 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.).

Miniatura del Hagadá de Sarajevo, manuscrito iluminado, 1350. Consell Superior d'Investigacions Científiques (CSIC).

HISTRIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA F131 A. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODICES ROTHSCHILD MISCELLANY MANUSCRITO AÑO 1640 POR DEBAJO DE LA MESA DEL CEDER ES UN PERRO QUE DEMUESTRA QUE LOS PERROS ESTABAN EN SILENCIO DURANTE EL EXODO FASCIMIL EN LA ESCUELA DE FILOLOGIA DEL CSIC.MADRID.

PP1-401-2 (1) Darlaston Description: From Darlaston Urban District Council: address to Queen Victoria on her Diamond Jubilee. Illuminated; in morocco covers with gilt mounts. Date: 1897 jubilee, queenvictoria, pp1, loyaladdress

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.

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