Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels of Freising, Evangelist Portrait of Mark, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.4, fol. 90v

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels of Freising, Evangelist Portrait of Mark, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.4, fol. 90v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels of Freising, Evangelist Portrait of John, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.4, fol. 178v

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels of Freising, Evangelist Portrait of John, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.4, fol. 178v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels of Freising, Evangelist Portrait of Luke, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.4, fol. 126v

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels of Freising, Evangelist Portrait of Luke, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.4, fol. 126v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels of Freising, Evangelist Portrait of Matthew, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.4, fol. 33v

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels of Freising, Evangelist Portrait of Matthew, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.4, fol. 33v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Melk Missal, Decorated Initial, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.33, fol. 36v

Illuminated Manuscript, Melk Missal, Decorated Initial, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.33, fol. 36v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Bible Pictures by William de Brailes, The Crossing of the Red Sea, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.106, fol. 10r

Illuminated Manuscript, Bible Pictures by William de Brailes, The Crossing of the Red Sea, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.106, fol. 10r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Bible Pictures by William de Brailes, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Apocryphal), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.106, fol. 24r

Illuminated Manuscript, Bible Pictures by William de Brailes, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Apocryphal), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.106, fol. 24r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours, The Arrest of Christ, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.165, fol. 13v

Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours, The Arrest of Christ, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.165, fol. 13v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Corvey Gospel fragment, Initial Page John's Gospel, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.751, fol.4r

Corvey Gospel fragment, Initial Page John's Gospel, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.751, fol.4r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Reichenau Gospels, Ornated Initial, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.7, fol. 16r

Illuminated Manuscript, Reichenau Gospels, Ornated Initial, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.7, fol. 16r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Book of kings (Shahnama), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.600, fol. 1b

Book of kings (Shahnama), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.600, fol. 1b, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Collected works (Kulliyat),double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting figures feasting outside and walking toward the banquet, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.618, fol. 3a

Collected works (Kulliyat),double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting figures feasting outside and walking toward the banquet, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.618, fol. 3a, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Manuscript Studies:Theories and Codicology,Uppsala University,October 27-28,2011

more from the International Medieval conference at Western Michigan University,link courtesy of Medieval News

from Medieval News

Ukrainian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale references the Ghent Altarpiece with 12,800 hand- painted wooden eggs

University of Chicago MEHAT Conference

The Magna Carta is on exhibition until June 5 at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco

Sixth International Conference on Insular Art to be held at the University of York

from Cabinet Magazine: Ingestion/ Table Manner

Western Michigan University to host world conference on Medieval Studies

                     Tabula Rogeriana,  world map by Muhammed al-Idrisi   1157 ce

Illuminated Manuscript, Map of the western part of the city of Venice (Venedīk) from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol.186a, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Map of the eastern part of the city of Venice (Venedīk) from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol.185b, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Bible Pictures by William de Brailes, Eli's Sons Commit Sacrilege and Hannah Brings Samuel to the Temple, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.106, fol. 17v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Duke Albrecht's Table of Christian Faith (Winter Part), Fountain of Life and the Four Rivers of Paradise, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.171, fol. 19v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Melk Missal, Abraham sacrificing Isaac, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.33, fol. 53v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, De Rectoribus Christianis, Decorated Initial, Walters Art Museum, Ms W.12, fol. 9v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.