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Medieval Manuscripts and Illustrations

A collection of medieval manuscript pages featuring woodcuts and illuminations, depicting biblical stories and fables with ornate borders.

The alchemy, The alchemy, draughtsman: Paulus de Kempenaer, 1606, parchment (animal material), pen, brush, h 420 mm × w 290 mm
The alchemy, The alchemy, draughtsman: Paulus de Kempenaer, 1606, parchment (animal material), pen, brush, h 420 mm × w 290 mm
141 assets in this story
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Antonius van Florence, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a bishop. He has a crook and an open book in his hands. The text identifies it as Antoninus van Florence. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic)
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Emrik & Binger, Manuscript and pen drawing. (9th century), Manuscript and pen drawing, 9th century, three figures at a schematically represented building with three crosses., print, picture, historical object representation, book illustration, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 375 mm, width 292 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1857 - 1864, third quarter 19th century, paper, tone lithography, printer
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Albrecht Dürer, Detail 34, 1515-1517, woodcut on paper.
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CODICE MATRITENSIS-CODICE POSTCOLOMBINO S XVI. Author: SAHAGUN BERNARDINO DE. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Sampler, Sally Brierley, (American), Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and counted satin stitches on plain weave foundation, A verse and inscription with a church below are flanked by motifs symmetrically arranged: fruit trees, roses, urns with flowering plants. Surrounded on four sides with a delicate strawberry vine border., The verse reads:, Could we with Ink the Ocean fill, Were the whole earth of parchment made, Were every single stick a Quill, And every man a scribe by trade, To write the Love of GOD above, Would drain the Ocean dry, Nor could this Scroll contain the whole, Tho stretcht from sky to sky, Where the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small, Love so amazing so divine, Demands my sould my life my all, USA, 1828, embroidery & stitching, Sampler
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The thieving child and his mother., 1480, Florence
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Byzantine Emperor Heraclius in red cross surtout killing Sassanid Persian King Khosrau II on a bridge over the Danube. Painting on the north side of the Chancel. Handcoloured etching drawn and etched by Thomas Fisher from his Paintings on the Walls of the Chapel of the Trinity, Stratford upon Avon, 1808.
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Illustration from the work of Al-Sufi. Hercules has been depicted has been made to look like an Arab, with his club turned into a scimitar. The dots represent the location of the stars in the constellation, marked in with Arabic numerals. Dated 13th Century
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Bliżej Kultury unknown
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Sheet with two borders with Venetian landscapes late 18th-mid-19th century Anonymous. Sheet with two borders with Venetian landscapes. Anonymous , Italian, late 18th-mid 19th century. late 18th-mid-19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints
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Illuminated manuscript page from Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian, c1467. Artist: Taddeo Crivelli
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Ash tree, Fraxinus species and service tree, Sorbus domestica. 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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MTI1 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA Nº35 - F52V - LA VIRGEN HACE QUE SE QUEME LA LANA DE LOS MERCADERES - SIGLO XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Fractur Drawing Unknown. Fractur Drawing, 1827. Pen, 12 3/4 x 16 in. (32.4 x 40.6 cm). American Art 1827
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CODICE MATRITENSIS-COFRADES AZTECAS-S XVI. Author: SAHAGUN BERNARDINO DE. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The First Book of Urizen, Plate 24, 'Of Life Forsaken Mountains....' (Bentley 23), Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1794, Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm), Plate: 5 7/8 x 3 5/8 inches (14.9 x 9.2 cm), and Spine: 10 1/4 inches (26 cm), beard, fire, flames, globe, lantern, light, lion, literary theme, men, mountains, religious and mythological subject, text
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Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Pieve di Cento Pinacoteca Civica04. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Antiphonaries. Post-medieval: Paintings on canvas German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Illuminated initial capital letter from the Treaty of Medicine Aldebrande of Florence, 1356, Italy.
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Coats of arms of mythological figures Osiris son of Cham, son of the Patriarch Noah, and Hercules Lybius, 10th king of the Gauls, surnamed the grandson of Osiris. Osiris fils de CHAM, fils du Patriarche NOE, HERCULES de Libye, surnomme le grand fils d'OSIRIS. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Flag of Hamburg, Anonymous, 1667 - 1670 drawing Flag of the city of Hamburg. Red flag on which a castle with three towers. Flag on flagsteng and mast foot. Shown on folio 121r. Part of a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East. France paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) Hamburg
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Roman funerary cippus with portrait busts of the deceased couple and an inscription in Latin, Epitaphiorum liber, Giovio, Benedetto, 1471-1545, Brown ink on paper, ca. 1521, From Ostia. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. XIV, no. 439.
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The Rain of Grain II Ein ander wunderzenchen da es wider koren und mantzen von him, ab geregnet hat / zu Wenmar und Auerschstat / im Land zu Thueringen Shower of Grain at Weimar and Auerstädt. 1550. Hamer, Stefan (German woodcutter and publisher, active 1534-1554). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
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Spiked rampion, Phyteuma spicatum, skirret, Sium sisarum, and turnip, Brassica rapa. 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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Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia18. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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The Creation of the Stars. Unknown
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'Angels Singing The Praises of The Almighty'. The Netherlands. The Netherlands, Circa 1460 ( ). Dimensions: 17,8x26,7 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Rogier van der Weyden (circle of).
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The Hunterian Psalter (or York Psalter) is an illuminated manuscript of the 12th century. It was produced in England some time around 1170, and is considered a striking example of Romanesque book art. The work is part of the collection of the Glasgow University Library, which acquired the book in 1807. It derives its colloquial name, the 'Hunterian Psalter', from having been part of the collection of 18th century Scottish anatomist and book collector William Hunter, who willed his collection to the University. It has also at times been known as the 'York Psalter', owing to its supposed northern English origin in the city of York.
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Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia23. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Coats of arms of Biblical figures Joshua with golden sun and Gideon with golden fleece. Josue, Gedeon. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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The Dream of Astyages. Unknown
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The Official Image of Elizabeth 1. Queen Elizabeth commissioned a new Great Seal in 1584. This drawing by Nicholas Hilliard (possibly 1547- died London 1619) may be one of the designs for the new seal. Impression 1594. Dark brown wax on parchment. The seal was used to authorise important documents.
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St Genevieve of Brabant, 8th century. Wife of palatine Siegfried. Accused of adultery, exposed in forest. 5 years later recognised by husband out hunting and innocence acknowledged. 19th century French coloured woodcut.
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Imaginary coats of arms of King Arthurs Knights of the Round Table: Yvain the Bastard, son of King Urian, with gold stake on blue, Ywain with the white hands, red lions. Chevaliers de la table ronde: YVAIN ly Auoultres, YVAIN aux blanches mains. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Illustration on Physiognomy from 'De humana physiognomonia libri IIII'; (1586) By Giambattista della Porta (1535 ñ 1615), also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta an Italian scholar. Physiognomy, or the notion that a person's temperament and character can be deduced from the shape of his or her face or body
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Imaginary coats of arms of the First Chapter of King Arthurs Knights of the Round Table: Sir Ywain, son of King Urien with gold lion, Brunor le Noir with lion. Chevaliers de la table ronde: YRIAM le fils au Roy Nurier., BRUNOIR le noir dit le chevalier a la cotte maltaille. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Fractur Drawing Unknown. , n.d. Pen, ink and watercolor over graphite on paper, Sheet: 6 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (16.8 x 8.3 cm). American Art n.d.
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Coats of arms of the Count of Tonnerre, France, with gold bend on red field, and the Count of Roussy, France, with blue lion on gold field. Comtez: Tonnerre, Roussy. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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The Dream of Astyages; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)
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Harvesting and pressing grapes, miniature by Giovannino de Grassi from the Theatrum sanitatis, manuscript, Italy 14th Century.
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Hirsch chases: Which shape of the hunters Dürch's Dickhe Büch should set up the refuse to the Hocholtz Steen
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Moses Receiving the Tablets of the Law; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)