Medieval Religious Illustrations

Illuminated manuscript pages illustrating pivotal biblical scenes with rich colors and ornate decorations.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian; Naples, Campania, Italy; about 1460; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.1 x 12.1 cm (6 3,4 x 4 3,4 in.)

Netherlands, Sheet from a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East, depicting the flag of, drawing, teken, paper, papier, drawings, tekeningen, height 265 mm, width 190 mm, draughtsman, tekenaar, 1669 - 1670, ink, inkt, watercolor (paint), waterverf

The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.

Illuminated Border with Grotesques and Flora from a Manuscript 1401-1530 France. Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on vellum .

The Mystical Grapes, c. 1500. Flanders, possibly Bruges, early 16th century. Wool, silk, silver thread; tapestry weave; overall: 79 x 75.9 cm (31 1/8 x 29 7/8 in.); framed: 102.2 x 99.7 cm (40 1/4 x 39 1/4 in.).

Imperial Banquet, Fouquet, Jean, 1460

La Roue de Fortune (Wheel of Fortune). Tarot card, Anonymous master

Merry Christmas (Fröhliche Weihnachten). Artist: Fritz Zeymer (Austrian, Vienna 1886-1940 Vienna). Dimensions: sheet: 5 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (14.1 x 9 cm). Publisher: Published by Wiener Werkstätte. Date: 1910. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

LA DIVINA COMEDIA - DANTE VIRGILIO Y CATON ANTE LAS PUERTAS DEL PURGATORIO - PG 76. Author: DANTE ALIGHIERI. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. VERGIL. DANTE ALIGHIERI. CATON DE UTICA. MARCO PORCIO CATON. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321).

Folio 65v, 1390

Portrait of Saint Jerome by Carol Crivelli (1430-1495) an Italian Renaissance painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility. Dated 15th Century

Colored woodcut 'Saint Michael' by an anonymous artist, depicting the archangel Saint Michael with wings and armor.

The "Codex Manesse", also known as the "Great Heidelberg Book of Songs" (Cod. Pal. germ. 848), was created between around 1300 and around 1340 in Zurich and is the most comprehensive collection of ballads and epigrammatic poetry in Middle High German language. Walther Von Der Vogwlweide (1170-1230). by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. University of Heidelberg. Library. Germany

Anonymous Bibliothque Nationale de France Book Art History The Siege of Antioch during the First Crusade

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

Beekeeper by Coetivy Master, Watercolor on parchment, 1450-1499, active circa 1450-1485, Usa, California, The Huntington,

Sitting couple. A seated couple. Behind them a smaller standing figure. At the feet of the woman Three pigeons, at the man's feet a dog. In the background a gate with towers. In folder with 31 design drawings and sketches for illustrations.

'The Coronation of Henry IV. Of England', c1399, (1907). Artist: M Pfauth.

Bartomeu Olives / Portulan chart of the Western and Central Mediterranean, 1538. Inv. 9796. Museum: Museu Marítim, Barcelona.

Scene around a judgment of a judge, illustratore, 1340 - 1342 drawing. miniature parchment (animal material). gold leaf. deck paint. ink pen / brush

Detail Creation Tapestry, 11th, Romanesque. Domingo, a crowned man on a chariot of fire with the inscription Dies Solis - Sunday. Museum: Museo Catedralicio de la Catedral de Girona.

German 15th Century, Ecce Homo, c. 1480-1490, woodcut, hand-colored in green, brown, lt. yellow, blue, red, and gold

Bauern Hochzeit, Baurn Hochzeit, Göbl, Andreas Benedictus, 1765-1792, ink, gold board, with gilt edges, ca. 1765, 1 boxed deck of playing cards, etching, stencil, hand col., 11.5 x 7 x 3 cm.

Alfonso X, called 'The Wise' (1221-1284). Cantigas de Santa Maria (Virgin Mary Songs). 13th c. MS T.I. 1. Codex Rico. Cantiga 35. Fol. 53r. Punishment to merchants for theft to the Virgin. Detail of merchants carrying goods at the port of Dover. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Royal Library of the Monastery of El Escorial.

ROJAS , FERNANDO DE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL . 1470-1541. " LA CELESTINA " , PORTADA DE LA EDICION SEVILLA , AÑO 1525. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Presentation In The Temple Cavallini, Pietro(ca.1250-1330 Italian) Mosaic

Illuminated Initial and Saint. Artist: Freeman Gage Delamotte (British, Sandhurst 1813/14-1862 London). Dimensions: sheet: 14 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (37.1 x 23.1 cm). Date: 1830-62. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Storming a fortress using ladders, miniature from the Book of Noble Cases by Giovanni Boccaccio, manuscript, folio 106, France 15th century.

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

Convenit Felicibus. Draughtsman: Antoon Derkinderen. Dating: 1869 - 1925. Measurements: h 152 mm × w 125 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Fat and pork. Folio 81v.

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) que representa EL PECADO ORIGINAL: ADAN Y EVA TENTADOS POR LA SERPIENTE DESDE EL ARBOL DEL BIEN Y DEL MAL. Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial. Comunidad de Madrid.

Constellation Centaurus. Centaur Phyllirides. Engraving in Poeticon Astronomicon, by Gaius Julius Hyginus (ca.64 BC-17 AD). Edited in Venice, 1485. Incunable.

A mixed-media design by Anton Faistauer from 1918 depicting a war memorial, emphasizing architectural elements, composition, and symbolic representation.

King Ramiro II of Leon, miniature from the Index of Royal Privileges (Tumbo A), manuscript, Spain 12th Century.

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Illustration from Old Russian Legend by anonymous artist, Watercolor on parchment, 17th century, British Library

King HENRY II of England, 1133-89, in coronation robes

Medieval society. Moneylender. Miniature "Livre de Bonnes Meurs" by Jacques Le Grand (m.1415). French school.

Edward of Woodstock's English army defeating Jean II's French army. Poitiers battle, 1356. Illustration from 'Grandes Chroniques de France' (14th century). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. MusŽe CondŽ (CondŽ Museum).

Medieval justice. The court of a baron. Copy of engraving in Cosmographie Universelle, of Munster, 1552.

Innocent IX (born 20 July 1519 in Bologna, died 30 December 1591 in Rome), real name Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was pope from 29 October 1591 until his death, illustration, reproduction from a 19th century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, Historical

FERNANDEZ DE HEREDIA, Juan (1310-1396). Grand Master of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, historian and bibliophile. La CrÑnica de los Conqueridores' (The Chronicle of the Conquerors). Chapter letter with Fernàndez de Heredia's figure as ideallized history character. Edition executed in Avignon (1385). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Table service of a lady of quality. 19th century reproduction of 15th century miniature from Romance of Renaud de Montauban

Token, Mairie d'Auteuil, Department of Seine (TF)

Illustration from Old Russian Legend by anonymous artist, Watercolor on parchment, 17th century, British Library

Allegory of September, miniature from a martyrology, 12th Century.

Count Louis II of Flanders receives the men of Ghent. Illuminated panel with naked boy holding pennant, bird and foliage. 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.

Cristoforo de Predis (1440-1486). Italian miniaturist. Miniature depicting The End of the World and the Universal Judgment. The stars will fall from the sky and the animals will be afraid. 12th time. In Stories of Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary, Jesus, the Baptist and the End of the World, 1476, written by Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS Y DOCUMENTOS DEL REY SANCHO IV DE CASTILLA - FOL 39 - GUERREROS CASTELLANOS - SIGLO XIII. Author: SANCHO IV (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

On the left a man with a stitch and a man with a large apron in front. On the right a jester facing a woman. In the background a hedge, behind it three towers . In folder with 31 design drawings and sketches for illustrations, Four figures., draughtsman: Bernard Willem Wierink, 1908 - 1937, cardboard, brush, h 228 mm × w 187 mm

Montezuma II (1466-1520) last Aztec emperor. Bodies of Montezuma and one of his chiefs thrown into canal after their murder by Spanish conquistadors under Cortez. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenzia, Florence

The Song of Solomon, 'As the Apple Tree among the Trees of the Wood',1862-3 Sir Edward Burne-Jones (D.1898), Design for St Helen's Church, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England, Book, Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, 19th Century, Pencil, Chalk, Writing, Frame, Mixed media, crown, Wash drawing, Nature, Religion, Old Testament, Royal, King, Works on Paper

Initial capital letter with Frederick II, King of Sicily, miniature from a 1344 Chronicle.

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

Muzyka.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Book of Jonah: Jonah and the whale, miniature from the Bible of Souvigny, Latin manuscript 1 folio 196 verso, 12th Century.

Illustration from Old Russian Legend by anonymous artist, Watercolor on parchment, 17th century, British Library

DE PREDIS, Cristoforo (1440-1486). Stories of Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary, Jesus, the Baptist and the End of the World. 1476. The End of the World and the Last Judgement: The penalties of hell for misers and usurers. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. Royal Library.

KETHAM, Johannes de (second half 15th century-begin 16th). German physician living in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century. Human health compendium (Fasciculus medicinae, 1491). First medicine book including anatomical illustrations. Illustration of an autopsy. Renaissance art. Engraving. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Mark's Library).

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 428 R - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. SAPPACION SOCIUS / SARRACIN SOCIUS.

Merchants meeting to establish fish prices in Venice towards the end of the Century, miniature from the Mariegola (statute book) for the Fish Merchants, Italy 14th Century.

Cutting from a gradual. Master of the Murano Gradual (Italian, active about 1430 - 1460)

German 15th Century, Saint Barbara, 1440-1460, woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, yellow, green, and rose

Pere Bernés, Cruz de los esmaltes, 1360, Museu-Tresor de la Catedral de Girona / Museo Tesoro de la Catedral de Gerona.

You have Jan Nepomucen; unknown, Azarski, Zygmunt (1885-1943); 1921 (print); 1751-1800 (matrix) (1751-00-00-1921-00-00);Jan Nepomucen (Saint - Ca 1350-1393), Purchase (provenance), Łazarski, Football Football Football.

Writer Apuleius (124-170 AD) accused of magic for her studies on oriental cults. "The City of Godd" by st. Augustine. 5th century. Miniature, 15th century.Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.

GASTON III de Foix-BŽarn (1331 - 1391). Book of the Hunt (Livre de Chasse). 1387 - 1389. Hunters camouflaged with leaves. Illustration of 15th c. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Miraculous Draught of Fishes. Culture: Byzantine. Dimensions: Overall: 40 1/4 x 52 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (102.2 x 132.7 x 3.5 cm). Date: early 20th century (original dated early 6th century). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Mountain and the Star Fall into the Sea, illustration from the Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis, block book, 4th edition. Artist: Anonymous, German, 15th century. Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 7 13/16 in. (12.8 × 19.9 cm). Date: 1460-1470. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II E 29 - INDIO DE LAMAS - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

ESPINQUES, Everard de (15th c.). Romance of Tristan and Iseult. s.XV. Isolde imploring to Queen Guinevere for protection. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. Mus_e Cond_ (Cond_ Museum).

A Queen's cop takes Bertoldo in, by Crespi Giuseppe Maria known as Spagnuolo (o Spagnolo), 18th Century, 1736, watercolor, mm 196 x 149

Justinian I (Latin: Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Augustus, c. 482 14 November 565), commonly known as Justinian the Great, was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire. Tyrian purple, also known as royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a purple-red natural dye, which is a secretion produced by certain species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae, a type of rock snail by the name Murex. This dye was probably first used by the ancient Phoenicians. The dye was greatly prized in antiquity because the color did not easily fade, but instead became brighter with weathering and sunlight. Tyrian purple was expensive: the 4th-century-BC historian Theopompus reported, 'Purple for dyes fetched its weight in silver at Colophon' in Asia Minor. The expense meant that purple-dyed textiles became status symbols, and early sumptuary laws restricte

Typical tiles fixed on the wall with scenes from the life of Catalina Thomas the first Mallorcan saint, Valldemossa, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

Probably born in Venice around 1254 CE, Marco Polo was raised by his aunt and uncle after his mother died. His father, Niccolo, was a Venetian merchant who left before Marco was born to trade in the Middle East. Niccolo and his brother Maffeo passed through much of Asia and met with Mongol emperor Kublai Khan who reportedly invited them to be ambassadors. In 1269, Niccolo and Maffeo returned to Venice, meeting Marco for the first time. In 1271, Marco Polo, aged 17, with his father and his uncle, set off for Asia, travelling through Constantinople, Baghdad, Persia, Kashgar, China and Burma. They returned to Venice 24 years and 15,000 miles later with many riches. Upon their return, Venice was at war with Genoa, and Marco Polo was imprisoned. He spent the few months of his imprisonment dictating his adventures to a fellow inmate, Rustichello da Pisa, who incorporated the tales into a book he called 'The Travels of Marco Polo'. The book documented the use of paper money and the burning of

'The Fierce Bull that was Tamed', MTI1, The Cantigas de Santa Maria, Number 144, F200R, 13th century. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

A colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist from 1420-1430 depicting a woman defending a city, showing figure, defensive posture, and urban environment.

SUNIFRED I (-950). Detail of Sunyer I, count of Barcelona, Girona and Osona. Genealogy of the Crown of Aragon. ca. 1410. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. TARRAGONA. VimbodÕ. Monastery of Poblet.

Colored woodcut by Thomas Ochsenbrunner depicting Scipio, created in 1494.

Saint Jerome in his Study, Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1420 painting The saint Hieronymus standing in his study, a pen in the right hand, and opened book on the desk. At the feet of the scholar, the lion sits and raises his left leg to him. On the left a bookcase with books. As a right wing probably formed a diptych together with a panel with a Madonna of humility. With integrated list. Florence panel St. Jerome as Doctor of the Latin Church in his study with book, pen and ink; lion and cardinal's hat beside him

Henry VIII Defender of the Faith and his court. 16th cent.

MISAL DEL CARDENAL CISNEROS-TOMO 4-DET LETRA-EL RICO EPULON Y EL POBRE LAZARO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

King Holding Birds With Serpant & Fish Beside Him (From "Buch Der Weisheit Der Alten Weisen") 1483 1483 Artist Unknown Illustration Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

GENEALOGIA REYES-JUAN I REY DE PORTUGAL-1383/1433. Author: CARTAGENA ALONSO DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

A hand-coloured woodcut print of a medieval gardener from 'The Herbal' or 'Krauterbuc'h by Adam Lonicer (Lonitzer). The man is working with assorted tools planting in a raised bed with fruit tree behind and a grapevine. Raised wooden platforms are adjacent with pots of topiary and dianthus.. Although Lonicer printed four editions of the Krauterbuch between 1557-77, the earliest edition of this image is cited as 1545 (Wellcome Library). However, this could be a 17th century copy, published in Frankfurt, c.1670.

Plate decorated with a scene of a miracle, ceramic, Deruta manufacture, Umbria. Italy, 16th century.

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