Medieval Manuscripts and Illuminations

Detailed pages from historical manuscripts featuring illuminated initials, religious figures, and intricate designs, showcasing medieval artistry and script.

Initial O: A Prophet; Circle of Stefan Lochner (German, died 1451); Cologne, Germany; about 1450; Gold leaf, tempera, and black ink on parchment; Leaf: 36.7 x 26 cm (14 7,16 x 10 1,4 in.)

Initial A: A Judge Speaking to Two Groups.

Initial E: Baruch. Unknown

LLIBRE DE VICIS DE VIRTUTS - SIGLO XIV - MS 6291 F1-ORLA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Inhabited Initial Q. Unknown

Initial N: A Man Dictating his Testament to a Notary and Supplicants before a Group of Men; Unknown, Michael Lupi de Çandiu (Spanish, active Pamplona, Spain 1297 - 1305); Northeastern Spain, Spain; about 1290 - 1310; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 36.5 x 24 cm (14 3,8 x 9 7,16 in.)

Initial Q: Three Men Standing before a Judge and Pointing to Two Men in a Nearby House.

Initial H: Saint Jerome. Unknown

Fol. 354v, Amos, historiated initial V, Amos kneeling in prayer, bust of God above, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves ; overall: 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.).

Initial O: A Prophet; Circle of Stefan Lochner (German, died 1451); Cologne, Germany; about 1450; Gold leaf, tempera, and black ink on parchment; Leaf: 36.7 x 26 cm (14 7,16 x 10 1,4 in.)

Initial F: Delivery of a Letter. Unknown

Initial S: A Mother Speaking to her Children and a Father Speaking to his Children.

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Initial A: The Attorney with Clients before a Judge.

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Fol. 220v, Psalm 38, historiated initial D, David kneeling, gesturing to the bust of God above, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves ; overall: 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.).

Initial E: Battle Scene. Unknown

The Struggle between Fortune and Poverty. Boucicaut Master and workshop (French, active about 1390 - 1430)

Initial V: Isaiah Being Sawn in Two. Unknown

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Inhabited Initial U. Unknown

Initial O: A Prophet before Nineveh; Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1280 - 1290; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3,4 x 9 3,4 in.)

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Initial Q: Two Attorneys with Clients before a Judge.

Decorated Text Page; Circle of Stefan Lochner (German, died 1451); Cologne, Germany; about 1450; Gold leaf, tempera, and black ink on parchment; Leaf: 36.7 x 26 cm (14 7,16 x 10 1,4 in.)

MARTIROLOGIO DE PEDRO ANTONIO DE ARAGON. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO CAPITULAR. GERONA. SPAIN.

Initial P: Saint Peter. Unknown

Initial A: Two Men Digging in a Field; Unknown, Michael Lupi de Çandiu (Spanish, active Pamplona, Spain 1297 - 1305); Northeastern Spain, Spain; about 1290 - 1310; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 36.5 x 24 cm (14 3,8 x 9 7,16 in.)

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Initial N: The Last Supper. Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, active about 1389 - 1410)

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Initial A: Two Jews in Conversation.

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Initial Q: Jeremiah Lamenting Jerusalem. Unknown

Three miniatures of plagues. With text, initials, linefillers, fol. 42r. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection. Plagues of Egypt

Fol. 458v, Titus, historiated initial P, Paul seated with a sword, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves ; overall: 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.).

Initial E: Two Groups before a Notary.

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Initial V: Micah Speaking to a Guard. Unknown

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Illuminated page from the Promise of the Doge Andrea Dandolo, manuscript, Italy 14th Century.

Initial A: Two Men Speaking before a Judge in the Presence of a Notary; Unknown, Michael Lupi de Çandiu (Spanish, active Pamplona, Spain 1297 - 1305); Northeastern Spain, Spain; about 1290 - 1310; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 36.5 x 24 cm (14 3,8 x 9 7,16 in.)

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Initial J: Saint James with a Sword; Lille, France; about 1260 - 1270; Tempera, gold leaf, and pen and black ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with reddish-brown pigskin; Leaf: 46.7 x 34.9 cm (18 3,8 x 13 3,4 in.)

Initial E: An Attorney with Clients before a Judge; Unknown, Michael Lupi de Çandiu (Spanish, active Pamplona, Spain 1297 - 1305); Northeastern Spain, Spain; about 1290 - 1310; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 36.5 x 24 cm (14 3,8 x 9 7,16 in.)

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Initial V: Amos with His Herd; Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1280 - 1290; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3,4 x 9 3,4 in.)

The Portuguese Ambassador Lawrence Fongasse before John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Unknown

Bible. Circle of Stefan Lochner (German, died 1451)

Initial N: A Judge and an Attorney with a Third Man; Unknown, Michael Lupi de Çandiu (Spanish, active Pamplona, Spain 1297 - 1305); Northeastern Spain, Spain; about 1290 - 1310; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 36.5 x 24 cm (14 3,8 x 9 7,16 in.)

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Fol. 249v, Song of Songs, historiated initial O, theVirgin and Child, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves ; overall: 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.).

Initial F: Saint Luke with the Head of His Symbol; Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1280 - 1290; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3,4 x 9 3,4 in.)

Illuminated Initial H from a Psalter or Breviary 1450-1459 Germany. Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin inscriptions in brown and red ink, unruled, on vellum .

The Presentation of the Book to a King. Boucicaut Master or workshop (French, active about 1390 - 1430)

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Decorated Initial M. Unknown

Initial P: Saint Paul; Initial P: A Bishop Giving a Letter to a Messenger. Date/Period: Ca. 1280 - 1290. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 375 mm (14.76 in); Width: 248 mm (9.76 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

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MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº38 - F57R - 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.

Initial C: Two Attorneys and Clients before a Judge.

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Inhabited Initial Q; Paris, France; about 1170 - 1180; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 44.3 x 29.1 cm (17 7,16 x 11 7,16 in.)

Page of text with initials of various sizes, some penwork, and catchword.. 1455. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Fol. 20v, Exodus, historiated initial H, Moses and two followers with the tablets of the law, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves ; overall: 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.).

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Text Page. Date/Period: 1475. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment. Height: 363 mm (14.29 in); Width: 262 mm (10.31 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Initial D: Saint Jerome; Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1280 - 1290; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3,4 x 9 3,4 in.)

Initial D: Saint Jerome. Unknown

Fol. 230r, Psalm 97, historiated initial C, two clerics singing at a lectern. , c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves ; overall: 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.).

Theophilos (7th Century), De urinis (On urine). This Latin translation of a Greek treatise on the diagnosis of diseases by means of the analysis of urine is by a Byzantine physician, Theophilos.

BIBLIA-FOL 4-TOMO IV. Location: MUSEO EPISCOPAL. VIC. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Fol. 364r, Haggai, historiated initial I, Haggai with a scroll standing on a hybrid, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves ; overall: 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.).

BIBLIA DE CARLOS V DE FRANCIA. Author: MODENA BERNARDO. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO CAPITULAR. GERONA. SPAIN.

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MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº103 - F148R - 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.

Initial I: Secular and Ecclesiastical Justice; Paris, France; about 1170 - 1180; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 44.3 x 29.1 cm (17 7,16 x 11 7,16 in.)

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Decretum.

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Initial N: A Judge and an Attorney with a Third Man.

Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial P with St. Paul Holding a Sword (St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians), c. 1250. Circle or workshop of Johannes Grusch Atelier (French). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; overall: 14.6 x 12.1 cm (5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.).

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Initial E: An Attorney with Clients before a Judge.

PAGINA MINIADA COPIADA EN CALIGRAFIA CAROLINGIA DE LA HISTORIAE ADVERSUM PAGANOS -MS 8831 F1V - SIGLO XII. Author: PAULO OROSIO (385-420). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 76V - JUEGO DEL MEDIO EMPERADOR - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

CRONICA DE ESPAA F36V - MINIATURA DE ALFONSO XI. Author: FERNANDEZ DE HEREDIA JUAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Initial V: Joel Speaking to the Animals. Unknown

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Large initial B, showing scenes from 1 Samuel 16: 1-5. Illuminated title, elaborate border design, initials, rubric, placemarkers. 1310. text. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Miniatures (Illuminations). Spencer Collection

Initial D: David Reading the Psalms; Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1280 - 1290; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3,4 x 9 3,4 in.)

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The Presentation of the Book to a King; Unknown; Paris, France, Europe; about 1413 - 1415; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 42 x 29.6 cm (16 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

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PRACTICA FORI USUS ET OBSERVANTIARUM REGNI ARAGONUM - MS9166 - F172. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Leaf from Les Visions du chevalier Tondal.

Initial Q: A Man with an Indictment before a Bishop. Unknown

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