Illuminated Manuscript Scenes

A collection of detailed illuminated manuscript pages featuring vibrant initials and religious scenes, including nativity and preaching imagery.

Initial D: The Crucifixion; Initial D: The Deposition; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Initial S: Three Children Standing before their Parents and Three Children before an Altar and a Judge.

MISAL DE STA EULALIA. Author: RAFAEL DESTORRENTS (1375-1410). Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. Barcelona. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

Initial C: The Nativity. Unknown

Initial L: The Tree of Jesse. Unknown

Initial P: Paul Preaching to a Seated Crowd. Unknown

Initial D: The Crucifixion; Initial D: The Deposition; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Initial P: Saint Paul Speaking to a Messenger. Unknown

Initial G: The Adoration of the Magi. Unknown

Initial S: Christ Delivering a Scroll to a Man. Unknown

Judith and Holofernes, fol. 99r. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection. Judith (Biblical figure)

Initial I: Obediah; Initial V: Obediah Offering Food. Unknown

Initial L: The Virgin in Prayer. Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, active about 1389 - 1410)

Initial O: A Prophet. Circle of Stefan Lochner (German, died 1451)

Initial I: A Man Giving a Goblet to a Man and Another Man Killed by Hanging; Initial I: A Man Disrobing and Another Man Led Away by Soldiers.

Initial E: A Prophet; Initial Q: A Prophet. Unknown

Initial J: Saint John the Evangelist with his Symbol. Unknown

Unclean Spirits Issuing from the Mouths of the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet. Unknown

Decorated Initial E. Unknown

Initial S: Saint John the Evangelist Giving a Letter to a Man; Initial J: A Monk with a Halo. Unknown

Iniital C: The Annunciation to the Shepherds. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Initial R: The Virgin in Prayer. Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, active about 1389 - 1410)

Initial G: Saint Peter. Unknown

Initial D: Saint Jerome with Scenes of the Life of Christ; Unknown; Bologna, Italy, Europe; about 1250 - 1262; Tempera and gold leaf on parchment ; Leaf: 26.8 x 19.7 cm (10 9/16 x 7 3/4 in.)

Initial S: Saint John Handing a Scroll to Two Men; Initial I: Saint Jude Gesturing to Four Men. Unknown

King Tanor Placing his Child in a Well. Unknown

Initial A: A Kneeling Woman Praying to Christ. Unknown

Initial O: The Virgin and Child. Unknown

Creation of the World/Illumination 1310

Initial V: The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. Master of the Llangattock Hours (Flemish, active about 1450 - 1460)

Saints Peter and Paul. Workshop of Willem Vrelant (Flemish, died 1481, active 1454 - 1481)

Initial I: Saint John as the Eagle. Unknown

Initial B: The Coronation of the Virgin. Unknown

Initial B: Christ before King Herod. Unknown

Initial N: A Priest at an Altar. Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, active about 1389 - 1410)

Initial D: A Priest Giving Communion to a Man; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Initial U: The Holy Spirit; Initial F: A Man Kneeling in Prayer; Initial A. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Moses Receiving the Tablets of the Law. Master of Jean de Mandeville (French, active 1350 - 1370)

Initial D: People Worshipping a Golden Calf. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Initial H: Moses Speaking to the Israelites; 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 V: The Stoning of Jeremiah. Date/Period: Ca. 1270. Folio. Tempera colors, black ink, and gold leaf on parchment. Height: 470 mm (18.50 in); Width: 322 mm (12.67 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Initial H: Moses Riding toward the Israelites. Unknown

The Third Angel and the Ban to Adore the Beast; London (probably), England; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9,16 x 8 7,8 in.)

Initial D: The Annunciation. Unknown

Initial C: Dominicans Singing the Psalms. Unknown

Initial Q: Moses with the Tablets of the Law and Two Israelites. Unknown

Initial D: A Man in Prayer. Unknown

Initial G: A Priest Celebrating Mass. Workshop of Gerard Horenbout (Flemish, 1465 - 1541)

Initial A: A Kneeling Woman Praying to Christ; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Initial V: Saint Anthony Abbot. Unknown

Initial N: God Removing Synagoga's Blindfold. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

EVANGELIARIO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Initial S: Saint Peter with a Key. Unknown

Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Book to a Messenger. Unknown

Initial D: God Refusing the Jews' Sacrifice. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Initial B: The Entombment. Unknown

Decorated Initial P. Unknown

The Two Witnesses Preaching. Unknown

The Annunciation of the Virgin's Death.

Moses and Pharaoh's Crown; Moses Eating the Burning Coals. Unknown

Moses Changing the Water of the Nile into Blood; Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany; about 1400 - 1410; Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3,16 x 9 1,4 in.)

Initial D: A Bishop Enthroned Speaking to a Man. Unknown

LIBRO CORONACION DE REYES-CEREMONIA MUERTE REY-ARAGON-L XVI. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Initial A: The Body of Saint Anthony Transported to Constantinople and the Healing of Two Lepers after Touching the Saint's Body. Master of the Brussels Romuléon or workshop (Flemish, active about 1465)

Initial D: Ecclesia Holding a Cross-Staff and a Chalice and Synagoga Dropping the Tablets of the Law. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Initial C: Two Clerics Singing; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Initial A: The Mocking of Christ; Initial L: Two Men Holding Scrolls. Unknown

Initial V: The Knight Amaury Kneeling before Gillion and the Sultan.

Initial H: The Annunciation. Unknown

Initial Q: Saint John the Evangelist. Unknown

Initial L: God Speaking to Moses from a Tower. Unknown

Initial B: The Presentation in the Temple. Unknown

God with Adam and Eve; The First Rain in Paradise.

Initial G: The Christ Child Holding an Orb. Unknown

Saul Ordering Achimelech. Unknown

Initial C: The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket; Paris, France; about 1320 - 1325; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.7 x 11.1 cm (6 9,16 x 4 3,8 in.)

The Sixth Trumpet: The Angel at the Euphrates; London (probably), England; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9,16 x 8 7,8 in.)

Initial D: The Visitation; Initial D: The Lord Enthroned; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Initial D: The Betrayal of Christ; Initial D: Christ in the Clouds and Nuns in Prayer. Unknown

Initial G: The Nativity. Unknown

Initial P: The Nativity. Unknown

Initial M: Christ in Majesty. Unknown

Initial P: Bishop Theophilus and His Companions Following a Star for Forty Days. Master of the Brussels Romuléon or workshop (Flemish, active about 1465)

The Unburied Bodies of the Two Witnesses and the Rejoicing People; London (probably), England; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9,16 x 8 7,8 in.)

Saint Andrew with a Cross. Workshop of the Bedford Master (French, active first half of 15th century)

The Virgin and Child Enthroned. Master of Jean de Mandeville (French, active 1350 - 1370)

A Festive Procession in Santiago de Compostela. Master of Edward IV (Flemish, active about 1470 - 1490)

Initial C: Men Holding Scrolls. Unknown

Saint Margaret and the Dragon; Saint Barbara with a Book; Saint Christina; Two Nimbed Females and One Nimbed Abbess with a Crosier; The Virgin Mary Enthroned with Two Nimbed Women. Unknown

Venus and the God of Love Taking an Oath. Unknown

Initial D: The Ascension. Unknown

Saint John Praying to the Angel; London (probably), England; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9,16 x 8 7,8 in.)

Initial H: A Deacon in Prayer before a Saint with a Book and Martyr's Palm. Unknown

The First Temptation of Christ. Unknown

Four Men Kneeling before God. Date/Period: Ca. 1413 - 1415. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment. Height: 420 mm (16.53 in); Width: 296 mm (11.65 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Initial D: David in Prayer. Master of the Ingeborg Psalter (French, active about 1195 - about 1210)

The Raising of Jairus's Daughter; Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany; about 1400 - 1410; Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3,16 x 9 1,4 in.)

The Circumcision.

Madonna and child, miniature from a commentary, France 12th Century.

Initial V: Haloed Figure Prays to Christ Flanked by Virgin and Saint John the Baptist. Unknown

Follower of Master of the Golden Bull, David in Prayer, 1400 1405 David in Prayer

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