Medieval Manuscript Illuminations

Richly illustrated pages from medieval manuscripts, showcasing colorful illuminations and script, depicting historical narratives and characters.

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Initial Q: A Man on his Deathbed Giving his Testament to a Notary. Unknown

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Initial Q: Men Fighting a Bear. Unknown

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Initial Q: A Man Greeting Two Men from his Doorway; Initial Q: Two Men Fighting in Front of a House.

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Leaf from a Psalter: Historiated Initial D with The Trinity, c.1310. Follower of Master of the Queen Mary Psalter (English). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 26.7 x 17.5 cm (10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.).

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Page of text with initials, decorative text, linefillers, border designs, etc.. 1310. text. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Miniatures (Illuminations). Spencer Collection

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Inhabited Initial A; 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.)

Initial D: Solomon with the Scales of Justice. Unknown

Initial V: Micah. Circle of Stefan Lochner (German, died 1451)

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Decorated Initial A. Unknown

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MS A-III-1-BREVIARIUM.FOL 23V.JESUS SANANDO A UN LEPROSO.XIV. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Initial G: Saint Thomas Becket. Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, active about 1389 - 1410)

Single Leaf from a Bible: Initial Et factum est with Jonah Swallowed by the Whale, c. 1290. France, Paris, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 26.7 x 40.3 cm (10 1/2 x 15 7/8 in.). This leaf and the bifolium (double-leaf) displayed to the right both come from the same manuscript: a large lectern bible. The decorative scheme consists of a single historiated initial and spiky ivy-leaf tendrils along the margins, a Parisian convention just developing at this time. These "ascenders" and "descenders" originate from two of the initials and meander along the margins as separators and framing devices for the text. This ivy-leaf motif dominated book illumination in Paris through the early 15th century.

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LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 4R - EL VALOR RELATIVO DE LAS PIEZAS EN EL AJEDREZ - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Inhabited Initial Q. Unknown

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Inhabited Initial Q; Sens (or), 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.)

Initial P: Paul Handing a Scroll to a Man. Unknown

Miniature showing 1. warring factions of Romans and Palmirians represented by a joust scene; 2. procession into Rome, with Zenobia paraded before the emperor as a prisoner. Initial, rubric, border design.. 1450. Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375). text. Illuminations, Manuscripts, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection. Women

MISAL DE FITERO AL USO CISTERCIENSE. Location: DIPUTACION FORAL-BIBLIOTECA. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

I-CODICE "LEYES PALATINAE" MINIATURA JAIME III - HACIA 1337 - MS 9169 F 1. Location: BIBLIOTECA REAL ALBERTO I. Brüssel. Belgien. JAIME III DE MALLORCA. MALLORCA REY DE.

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

Inhabited Initial Q. Unknown

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Initial A: A King Directing a Mason. Unknown

MS B.R.20- CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA - Nº254 - F6V - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Initial O: God Speaking to a Prophet; 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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DEVOCIONARIO DE ALFONSO V ARAGON - MANUSCRITO SIGLO XV. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

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ARISTOTELIS ETHICORUM NICOMACHEORUM LIBRI - MS V - III - 21 - FOL 116. Author: ARISTOTELES (384 AC-322 AC). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Inhabited Initial D; 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.)

Inhabited Initial D. Unknown

Initial E: Baruch. Unknown

Text with rubric, placemarkers, and large red initial with green flourishes. In one column, portrait of a man.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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HISTORIA GENERAL DE ALFONSO X-ANUNC A LOS PASTORES Y ADORAC-F 191-XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

Manuscript Leaf with the Opening of the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Ephesians, from a Bible ca. 1300 French. Manuscript Leaf with the Opening of the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Ephesians, from a Bible. French. ca. 1300. Tempera and gold on parchment. Made in Paris, France. Manuscripts and Illuminations

CORPUS IURIS CANONICI-DECRETUM GRATIANI CON LAS GLOSAS DE BARTOLOME DE BRESCIA-MANUSCRITO ILUMINADO EN EL SIGLO XIV POR NICOLA DA BOLOGNA (1325/1403). Author: BARTOLOMEO DA BRESCIA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

SEMBLANZA DE REYES - SANCHO III DE NAVARRA (IZDA) Y SANCHO II DE CASTILLA (DCHA) - REYES DEL SIGLO XI - MANUSCRITO 7415 - 35 RECTO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. SANCHO III EL MAYOR DE NAVARRA. SANCHO GARCES III EL MAYOR. SANCHO II EL FUERTE DE CASTILLA.

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Page from an illuminated 13th century, Armenian manuscript, from Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia

Manuscript Leaf with Marriage Scene, from Decretals of Gregory IX ca. 1300 Italian. Manuscript Leaf with Marriage Scene, from Decretals of Gregory IX 468476

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LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 77R - JUEGO DE PAREIA DE ENTRADA - MANUSCRITO GOTICO. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Ants. Unknown

MS B.R.20- CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº 324-F26R-TEXTO-ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES- S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Initial F: David Orders the Beheading of an Amalekite. Unknown

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MS B.R.20 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA - Nº256 - F7V - TEXTO - ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Chart; Virgil Master (French, active about 1380 - 1420); Paris, France; about 1405; Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 39 x 30.5 cm (15 3,8 x 12 in.)

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Decorated Initial C. Unknown

SENTENCIAS. Author: LOMBARDO P. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Turtledoves; Doves; England; about 1250 - 1260; Pen-and-ink drawings tinted with body color and translucent washes on parchment; Leaf: 21 x 15.7 cm (8 1,4 x 6 3,16 in.)

Three miniatures of plagues. With text, initials, linefillers, fol. 41v. 1390. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection. Plagues of Egypt

Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" 1446-82 Cano de Aranda Spanish. Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God" 469826

Illustrations from a historical book in the monastery library of the Strahov Praemonstratensian Monastery, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Bible ca. 1250-75 French In the thirteenth century, Paris, with its renowned university, became Europe's premier center for the creation of illuminated manuscripts. Typical of the work of the city's busy ateliers are the "University Bibles," which were created for a wide range of clients, including clerics, laity, and students, and are characterized by painstaking scribal work and tiny but detailed illustrations. This Bible is one of the finest examples of the type, which survives in relatively large numbers. More richly illustrated (with eighty-one historiated initials) and significantly larger than most such Bibles, it is particularly interesting for its opening of the Book of Genesis, which presents the seven days of Creation in superimposed octofoils and the silhouette of a Dominican kneeling beneath an image of the Crucifixion.. Bible. French. ca. 1250-75. Tempera and gold on parchment; leather binding. Made in Paris, France. Manuscripts and Illuminations

The Fleet of Hannibal Sailing to Spain. Date/Period: Ca. 1390 - 1400. Detached leaf. Tempera colors, colored washes, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 379 mm (14.92 in); Width: 295 mm (11.61 in). Author: First Master of the Bible historiale of Jean de Berry.

LATIN MANUSCRIPT: SIGNATURE O-II-10 TOLEDO TABLES. SHEET 94 RO (THE TABLES BEGIN). (EXHIBITION THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY OF AL-ANDALUS) (LOCATION: REAL LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY OF SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL).

Corpus iuris civilis, siglo XVI. Biblioteca de la Universitat de Barcelona.

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Inhabited Initial Q; Sens (or), 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.)

Country law book 1

DE DICTIS ET FACTIS MEMORABILIBUS DE VALERIO MAXIMO - MS7540 F2 - SIGLO XIV. Author: MAXIMO VALERIO (S I AC-S I). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Inhabited Initial M. Unknown

A Man Sowing Wheat; Zodiacal Sign of Scorpio. Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, active about 1389 - 1410)

Armenisches illuminiertes Manuskript Armenian illuminated manuscript , 17th century, Constantinople, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22897109

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Page from an illuminated 13th century, Armenian manuscript, from Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia

Decorated Incipit Page.

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