Medieval Religious Manuscripts

A collection of illuminated manuscript pages featuring biblical scenes, adorned with vibrant colors, intricate floral designs, and gold accents, evoking a sacred atmosphere.

Initial D: David Pointing to His Mouth; Master of the Ingeborg Psalter (French, active about 1195 - about 1210); Noyon (probably), France; after 1205; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 31 x 21.9 cm (12 3,16 x 8 5,8 in.)

The Resurrection; 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.)

Coronation of king Henry IV by Anonymous artist, Watercolour on parchment, circa 1470, Bibliotheque Nationale de France

The Ascension of St. Dominic in a Historiated Initial "G" from a Gradual. German (Cologne); follower of Johannes von Valkenburg (German, flourished 1299). Date: 1325-1350. Dimensions: 96 × 90 mm. Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf, and gothic miniscule script inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red ink, on vellum. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 99r, St. Peter, 1510. Guillaume Le Rouge (French, Paris, active 1493-1517). 112 Printed folios on parchment, bound;

Treatise on the plague in France. Depicting a group of doctors explaining the disease to the King. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Ecce Homo; Jean Pichore, French, died 1521, active 1490 - 1521; Paris, France, Europe; about 1500; Tempera colors, ink and gold on parchment; Leaf: 13.3 x 8.7 cm (5 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)

Illuminated manuscript with empress Matilda and emperor Henry V by Anonymous artist, Watercolour on parchment, 1114, The Parker Library

Christ Led from Herod to Pilate; 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.)

Roman de la Rose. Medieval French poem. It was started by Guillaume de Lorris, c. 1230 but continued only some 40 years later by Jean de Meun. Miniature of the 14th century depicting Birmur cutting the head of his daughter. Library of the University of Valencia, Spain.

Historical print from the 19th century, from a manuscript dating from the 14th century, preface to the translation of Speculum Historiae by Jehan du Vingnai also known as John Vignay, Jehan de Vignay or Vingnai Jehan, around 1283 - after 1340, a French translator

MTI1-CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº32-F47V-OBISPO EXCOMULGA CLERIGO POR NO DECIR SU MISA-MINIATURA S XIII- DETALLE 018941. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

GONTRAN I (545-592). King of Burgundy and Orleans (561-592). The king with his son Childebert II and some other knights. Illustration from 'Grandes Chroniques de France' (15th century). Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. National Library of the Turin University.

Castle life, 16th century. The chatelaine rides an ambling horse next to the lord dressed all in green. Trumpeters play a march. From the Breviary of Cardinal Domenico Grimani, 1510-1520, attributed to Hans Memling. Vie du chateau. Depart pour la promenade. Chromolithograph from Paul Lacroixs La Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a lEpoque de la Renaissance, Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Paris, 1873.

Hunters Feeding a Deer's Remains to Dogs; Brittany, France; about 1430 - 1440; Tempera colors, gold paint, silver paint, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.4 cm (10 3,8 x 7 1,4 in.)

The Agony in the Garden. Spitz Master (French, active about 1415 - 1425)

fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, Master Reinmar the fiddler, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS-FOLIO 116 R. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

Theater with personification of caution (Prudentia), 1578, 1578 - 1579 Theater with personification of caution (prudentia). On the opposite page a cartouche with the verse that stood above the stage. Theater performance during the entry of Matthias in Brussels, January 18, 1578. Antwerp paper Brussels Theater with personification of caution (prudentia). On the opposite page a cartouche with the verse that stood above the stage. Theater performance during the entry of Matthias in Brussels, January 18, 1578. Antwerp paper Brussels

Bagoas Pleads on Behalf of Nabarzanes. Date/Period: Ca. 1470 - 1475. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment. Height: 432 mm (17 in); Width: 330 mm (12.99 in). Author: Master of the Jardin de vertueuse consolation and assistant.

Lydia Ordering the Death of her Sons.

Bloodletting, miniature from the Treaty of Medicine by Aldebrande of Florence, manuscript, 1365, Italy 14th Century.

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist. Artist: Israhel van Meckenem (German, Meckenem ca. 1440/45-1503 Bocholt). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 in. × 7 1/16 in. (22.8 × 17.9 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Betrayal in the Garden, Book of Hours (French), Workshop of Jean Fouquet, The Huntington Library, Art Collections

fol. 117r. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 65r, David and Samuel, 1510. Guillaume Le Rouge (French, Paris, active 1493-1517). 112 Printed folios on parchment, bound;

ADELAIDA DE SABOYA, Maestro de(15th c.). The Hours of Adelaide of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy. 1460-1465. September: fol. 3r. Scenes of the grape harvest and transportation of grapes. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. MusŽe CondŽ (CondŽ Museum).

Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter. Dated: c. 1395-1400. Dimensions: Overall: 34.4 x 31.4 cm (13 9/16 x 12 3/8 in.) framed: 75.6 x 60.3 x 3.8 cm (29 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.). Medium: tempera and gold leaf on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LORENZO MONACO.

Sowing; Zodiacal Sign of Libra; Strasbourg, France; early 16th century; Tempera colors on parchment; Leaf: 13.5 x 10.5 cm (5 5,16 x 4 1,8 in.)

Fabric shop and tailor's, miniature from the Tacuinum Sanitatis (The Medieval Health Handbook), 14th Century.

Artist: Francesco dei Franceschi, Italian, Venice, documented 1445-1456, Saint Mamas beforeAurelian, ca.1450, Tempera on panel, 47.9 × 35.6 × 3 cm (18 7/8 × 14 × 1 3/16 in.), Onview, Italian,Venetian, 15thcentury, Paintings

Saint Stephen; Workshop of Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian (Flemish, active about 1475 - 1515); Ghent, Belgium; about 1510 - 1520; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1,8 x 6 9,16 in.)

August: Moving Wheat, Binding Sheaves. Date/Period: 1515. Width: 125 mm. Height: 172 mm. Author: Simon Bening.

fol. 165v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. text. Spencer Collection

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 63r, Christ before Pilate, 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.).

Woman Reading, miniature, France 16th Century.

Saint Michael and the Dragon; Master of Sir John Fastolf (French, active before about 1420 - about 1450); France; about 1430 - 1440; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 12.1 x 9.2 cm (4 3,4 x 3 5,8 in.)

fol. 80r, 1390

Saint Catherine of Alexandria; 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 x 7.9 cm (4 1,4 x 3 1,8 in.)

The German poet Reinman Der Alte (d. 1210) read a line from a poem to his beloved. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 98r. University of Heidelberg. Library. Germany.

First Crusade (1095-1099). The city of Antiochia. Picture of the Chronicle of the Crusades by Guillaume de Tyr (13th c.). Gothic art. SWITZERLAND. Geneva. Public and University Library.

Louis, Count of Flanders (c.1304-1346), with courtiers, jester and Jean Lyon in red robes. (Mistakenly titled: Jacob van Artavelde holding his state in Ghent.) 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.

Fromont de Lens Leaving Bordeaux and the Battle against the Army of Gasgogne; Loyset Liédet (Flemish, active about 1448 - 1478), and Pol Fruit (Flemish, active about 1468); Illuminated: Bruges, Belgium; written 1463 - 1465; illuminated 1467 - 1472; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 23.5 x 18.9 cm (9 1,4 x 7 7,16 in.)

MATFRE ERMENGAU of BEZIERS (-1322). Br_viaire d'amour (Breviary of Love). 13th c. The Month of April. Provenal School. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Royal Library of the Monastery of El Escorial.

Philip IV of Spain payin homage to Edward III of France. Illustration from 'Grandes Chroniques of France' (14th century). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Miniature from a Book of Hours: adoration of kings, draughtsman: anonymous, 1475 - 1500, parchment (animal material), brush, h 93 mm × w 65 mm

Initial K: Caritas; Master of the Cypresses (Pedro de Toledo) (Spanish, active 1430s), or Workshop of Master of the Cypresses (Pedro de Toledo) (Spanish, active 1430s); Seville, Spain; about 1430-1440; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 36 × 31.4 cm (14 3,16 × 12 3,8 in.)

The Temple in Jerusalem, from the "Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary)" of Nicholas of Lyra. Culture: Netherlandish. Dimensions: Overall: 11 5/16 x 9 1/16 in. (28.8 x 23 cm)10 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (27.3 x 20.6 cm)Mat size: 19 3/16 x 14 3/16 in. (48.7 x 36 cm). Date: 1450-75. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Flight of the Apostles; 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.)

A Personification of Wind Blowing on a Man; The Sun Shining on a Man. Unknown

Saint John the Baptist with the Lamb of God on a Book; Workshop of Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian, Flemish, active about 1475 - 1515; Bruges, Belgium, Europe; about 1510 - 1520; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.), Justification: 10.9 x 7.4 cm (4 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

A French knight takes his leave from a Nobleman and his Lady Date: 15th Century

Calendar for August with figures of Joel and St. Bartholomew, quote from Thessalonians, disciples, woman with wheat, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou., 1380. Chromolithograph in colors and gilt from Henry Noel Humphreys The Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary for 1846, Longmon, London, 1846.

Vasco da Lucena Giving his Work to Charles the Bold. Master of the Jardin de vertueuse consolation and assistant (Flemish, active 3rd quarter of 15th century)

Miniature from The Miracles of Our Lady; Lieven van Lathem, Flemish, about 1430 - 1493, active 1454 - 1493, Jean Miélot, French, died 1472; Ghent, Belgium, Europe; about 1460; Tempera colors and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 13.2 x 17.8 cm (5 3/16 x 7 in.)

Properties of the sugar cane, deatil of baking sugar bread, miniature from Tractatus de herbis, Latin manuscript by Dioscorides, Est 28 e M 59 folio 142 recto, France 15th Century.

feeding Pigs: Sagitarius from the Bedford Hours; French late medieval book of hours. It dates to the early fifteenth century (c. 1410-30); some of its miniatures, including the portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, have been attributed to the Bedford Master and his workshop in Paris. The programme of decoration in the Bedford Hours is an outstanding example of late medieval illumination.

Saint Michael; Workshop of Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian, Flemish, active about 1475 - 1515; Bruges, Belgium, Europe; about 1510 - 1520; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.), Justification: 10.9 x 7.4 cm (4 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

'The Entry of Queen Isabella into Paris', c1385 (15th Century).Artist: Master of the Harley Froissart

M.B.I.2-CANTIGA DE STA MARIA Nº320-F286-CODICE DE LOS MUSICOS-TROMPETAS ARABES O AÑAFILES-S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Juno, Seated on a Golden Throne, Asks Alecto to Confuse the Trojans (Aeneid, Book VI). Artist: Master of the Aeneid (active ca. 1530-40). Culture: French, Limoges. Dimensions: 9 x 8 in. (22.9 x 20.3 cm). Date: ca. 1530-35.European of the Renaissance period viewed ancient Rome not only as the origin of Italian civilzation but also the geographic center of a lost golden age. This plaque belongs to a series of at least eighty Limoges enamels illustrating events from Virgil's Aeneid. The Latin epic poem tells the story of the legendary hero Aeneas, who escaped the sack and burning of Troy by the Greeks and, after wandering for some time, settled in Italy, where his descendants founded Rome.The scenes are not, however, the product of the enameler's imagination; rather, they are close copies of the woodcut illustrations for the edition of the Latin poet's Opera printed by Johann Grüninger in Strasbourg in 1502. The same woodcuts were used again for the edition published in Lyon in 1517. The

Image of the Month of July: Stag Hunt/Tournament in Water, illuminated manuscript, 1450, France, Chantilly, Musee Conde

Getty Epistles. Date/Period: Ca. 1520 - 1530. Manuscript. Tempera colors and gold paint on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with French seventeenth-century red morocco. Height: 165 mm (6.49 in); Width: 103 mm (4.05 in). Author: Master of the Getty Epistles.

CODICE ALBENDENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 128 R - SIGLO X - OBISPO CESAREO. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

The End of the World. Men will not put up with standing.Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

The Flight of the Apostles. Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561)

Pressing grapes, 14th Century.

Noah's Ark. Unknown

Vanity Sounds the Horn and Ignorance Unleashes the Hounds Overconfidence, Rashness and Desire (from The Hunt of the Frail Stag). Culture: South Netherlandish. Dimensions: Overall: 36 3/8 x 35in. (92.4 x 88.9cm)Framed (65.181.19 + .20 together): 39 5/8 x 74 x 3 3/4 in. (100.6 x 188 x 9.5 cm). Date: ca. 1495-1510. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Miniature from the Book of Prayers (Petit priere) by Renata of France, duchess of Ferrara, Latin manuscript, 16th Century.

ARISTOTELES (Estagira,384 a. C. -Calcis,322 a. C.). Filósofo griego. "PHISICORUM". Libro Octavo. Grabado de "LEO" signo zodiacal. "... Textus abreviatus Aristotelis sup octo libris phisicorum... ". Editado en Lugduni (Leiden). Holanda por Jacobus Mailletus (1502). Biblioteca Universidad. Barcelona.

The court of Philippe III Le Bon, duc de Bourgogne Date: circa 1460

Henry IV (1367-1413) First Lancastrian king of England from 1399; son of John of Gaunt, known as Henry Bolingbroke from birthplace in Lincolnshire, Coronation at Westminster,

Production of wine or apple cider, miniature from the Treaty of Medicine by Aldebrande of Florence, manuscript, folio 78, 1365, Italy 14th Century.

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 Last Judgment from Les Sept Articles de la Foi by Jean Chappuis. Maître François; French, active 1450-1499. Date: 1465-1475. Dimensions: 237 × 172 mm. Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, and letter btarde inscriptions in brownish-black ink, unruled, with decorated initial, on parchment. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Egregius Pictor Franciscus.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Date/Period: Ca. 1535 - 1540. Detached leaf. Tempera colors, gold paint, and ink on parchment. Height: 137 mm (5.39 in); Width: 100 mm (3.93 in). Author: Simon Bening.

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.

Garden of Eden (Les Tres Riches Heures du duc de Berry) by Limbourg brothers (active 1385-1416) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / 1412-1416 / The Netherlands / Tempera and gold on parchment / Bible / 22,5x13,6 / Early Netherlandish Art

Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from a Lion's Paw; Master of the Murano Gradual (Italian, active about 1430 - 1460); Northern, Italy; second quarter of 15th century; Tempera and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 21 x 16.5 cm (8 1,4 x 6 1,2 in.)

Een koning vertelt zijn verhaal aan Boccacio. De lotgevallen van edele mannen en vrouwen (series title). Artist: Giovanni Boccaccio. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1470. Place: Loire. Measurements: h 105 mm × w 79 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Fifth Generation, Anna Derrer; Nuremberg, Germany; about 1626 - 1711; Tempera colors with gold and silver highlights on parchment; Leaf: 37.6 x 26 cm (14 13,16 x 10 1,4 in.)

Pompey, miniature, France 16th Century.

Tile 18th century. Tile. 18th century. Stonepaste; glazed. Attributed to Iran. Ceramics-Tiles

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