Happy New Year

 

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Dispensing Boons

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century, Bengal, eastern India or Bangladesh

Early Buddhist Manuscript Painting

Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau, Massacre of the Innocents, Walters Manuscript W.174, fol. 177v detail

Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau, Massacre of the Innocents, Walters Manuscript W.174, fol. 177v detail, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Divina Commedia,Paradisio, Heaven and Earth, British Library, Yates Thompson 36, f.130;Beatrice Explaining to Dante about the Heavens; 15th century, Italy (Siena or Tuscany)

Crossing Borders Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries at The Jewish Museum

Braginsky Collection of Rare Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts Premieres at Israel Museum

Braginsky Collection of Rare Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts Premieres at Israel Museum

The Conservation of Codex Alexandrinus

                       The Conservation of Codex Alexandrinus

image for Wednesday, December 26th

   
       Korean folding screen, ink and color paintings of lotus,fish and  birds, 19th  century,  Chosôn  dynasty, Honolulu Museum of Art

Miniature of the Tree of Virtues, from the De Lisle Psalter (Arundel 83 II). British Library

                                                                    Tree of Virtues

Carrow Psalter, Above: Annunciation/Visitation; Below: Nativity/Annunciation to the shepherds, Walters Manuscript W.34, fol. 23r detail

Carrow Psalter, Above: Annunciation/Visitation; Below: Nativity/Annunciation to the shepherds, Walters Manuscript W.34, fol. 23r detail, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated manuscript, Book of Hours in Dutch, Nativity, Walters Manuscript W.188, fol. 100r detail

Illuminated manuscript, Book of Hours in Dutch, Nativity, Walters Manuscript W.188, fol. 100r detail, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Carrow Psalter, Adoration of the Magi, Walters Manuscript W.34, fol. 33v detail

Carrow Psalter, Adoration of the Magi, Walters Manuscript W.34, fol. 33v detail, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau, Nativity, Walters Manuscript W.174, fol. 19r detail

Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau, Nativity, Walters Manuscript W.174, fol. 19r detail, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

William Blake - Sotheby's

William Blake - Sotheby's

RISD museum opens an exhibition of beautiful and rarely seen prints and books

RISD museum opens an exhibition of beautiful and rarely seen prints and books

 

 

 Full-page frame with interlace and illuminated initial, beginning of Gospel of Luke; Germany, W, medieval Saxony, or France, N, late 9th century

New finds made in Staffordshire Hoard field

New finds made in Staffordshire Hoard field

from John J. Burns Library: Connolly Book of Hours now online

 

                                Decorated initial,Northern France,late 12th century,protogothic script

Israel puts 5,000 images of the Dead Sea scrolls online in a partnership with Google

Israel puts 5,000 images of the Dead Sea scrolls online in a partnership with Google

loose images: flourished intial and border from a Book of Hours

 

                  Flourished initial and border at the beginning of a prayer; Book of hours, Latin, Gothic script, late 15th c Netherlands

loose images:St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata,Marco Zoppo,1471

                   St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, Marco Zoppo, Walters Art Museum

            

loose images: Carlo Crivelli

 

Madonna and Child, Carlo Crivelli, ca. 1480

Ethiopian canon tables, Canon table, Walters Manuscript W.838, fol. 2v

Ethiopian canon tables, Canon table, Walters Manuscript W.838, fol. 2v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

loose images: a detail from a Book of Hours, western France,1500

                         
                                Detail of a miniature including angels, from a Book of Hours; France, c.1500

Zoomorphic Initial,from the British Library's Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

          Zoomorphic initial at the beginning of Cicero's De invention, France, S.France,12th century

Parchment and Pixel: Gondarine sensul, St. George slaying the dragon, W...

Parchment and Pixel: Gondarine sensul, St. George slaying the dragon, W...: Gondarine sensul, St. George slaying the dragon, Walters Manuscript 36.10, fol. 2v , originally uploaded by Walters Art Museum Illuminated M...

loose images: Large Puzzle Initial

 

 

 

 

 

Large Puzzle Initial, Epistolae, Semi-Humanistic script, Latin, and Spanish translations, Spain, last quarter of the 15th century

 

more from the Melisende Psalter: detail from a miniature of Mary Magdalene with exquisite Protogothic script, first half of the 12th century, Jerusalem, Eastern Mediterranean

 

 

 

  

        from the Melisende Psalter, Miniature of the Nativity, Eastern Mediterranean,12th century

         British Library, Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Image for Monday morning, December 10, 2012

 

 St Barbara Crushing her Infidel Father, with a Kneeling Donor

by Domenico Ghirlandaio circa 1473

 

 

 

Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, British Library:

Arthur's sword emerges from a lake; miniature,Northern France c.1316

 

 

 

 

from the British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts:

Painted drawing of Mystic Paradise with Virgin and Child at center,Speculum virginum,southern Germany,12th century

Parchment and Pixel: Glossed copy of Eberhard of Bethune's Graecismus, ...: Glossed copy of Eberhard of Bethune's Graecismus, Initial F, Walters Manuscript W.371, fol. 21v , originally uploaded by Walters Art Museum ...

A Companion to the History of the Book, Black Well,2007, edited by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose

Getty Museum acquires 15th c manuscript by Lieven van Lathem

from the Internet Archive, full text available: C.R. Dodwell,The Canterbury School of Illumination 1066-1200

 from the British Library's Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts:

 Illuminated Initial B, (beginning the word "Beatus"), with full illuminated border,opening of Psalm I, first quarter of 11th century, Arundel Psalter

Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, British Library: Historiated initial "R" with portrait of scribe inserted, Romanesque, 1075-1125 AD,Canterbury

from the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, British Library:

illuminated initial second half of 12th century Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae

Parchment and Pixel: Vienna book of hours, Entombment, Walters Manuscri...

Parchment and Pixel: Vienna book of hours, Entombment, Walters Manuscri...: Vienna book of hours, Entombment, Walters Manuscript W.764, fol. 76v , originally uploaded by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts . T...

Gospel Book, The Evangelist John, Walters Manuscript W.523, fol. 4v

Gospel Book, The Evangelist John, Walters Manuscript W.523, fol. 4v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Van Alphen Hours, Initial M with two souls kneeling in prayer in Purgatory, Walters Manuscript W.782, fol. 200r

Van Alphen Hours, Initial M with two souls kneeling in prayer in Purgatory, Walters Manuscript W.782, fol. 200r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Van Alphen Hours, Initial H with Souls cast into Hellmouth, Walters Manuscript W.782, fol. 113r

Van Alphen Hours, Initial H with Souls cast into Hellmouth, Walters Manuscript W.782, fol. 113r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Van Alphen Hours, Initial W with the Tiburtine Sibyl and the vision of the Ara coeli, Walters Manuscript W.782, fol. 92r

Van Alphen Hours, Initial W with the Tiburtine Sibyl and the vision of the Ara coeli, Walters Manuscript W.782, fol. 92r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Gospels, binding, Walters Manuscript W.537, Lower board outside

Gospels, binding, Walters Manuscript W.537, Lower board outside, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Decorated woodcut in Hortus sanitatis

Decorated woodcut in Hortus sanitatis, a photo by University of Glasgow Library on Flickr.

Full page woodcut in Hortus sanitatis

Full page woodcut in Hortus sanitatis, a photo by University of Glasgow Library on Flickr.

from Financial Times

Paris Hours

Creation of the World and Eve
Illuminated manuscript, Bible,
Walters Manuscript W.805 fol.6v detail from Walters Illuminated Manuscripts on flickr

Dianne's Medieval Writing: Manuscripts and Naked Hands

Dianne's Medieval Writing: Manuscripts and Naked Hands:   It's been a long time between drinks, But hopefully I can get back on the airwaves again. Well sometimes reality interferes with your cyb...

Parchment and Pixel: Two leaves from the Mirror of human salvation, The...

Parchment and Pixel: Two leaves from the Mirror of human salvation, The...: Two leaves from the Mirror of human salvation, The Annunciation and Moses and the Burning Bush, Walters Manuscript W.149, fol. 2v , a photo ...

Rich Medieval culture revealed in exhibition of rare illuminated manuscripts from library

previously unknown 15th century Book of Hours illuminated by Robert Boyvin is brought to light

Book of Hours, St. Margaret swallowed by Dragon, Walters ManuscriptW.102, fol. 30v

Book of Hours, St. Margaret swallowed by Dragon, Walters Manuscript W.102, fol. 30v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Book of Hours, Romulus and Remus, and Ape riding Bear, Walters Manuscript W.102, fol. 29v

Book of Hours, Romulus and Remus, and Ape riding Bear, Walters Manuscript W.102, fol. 29v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Book of Hours, A scribal error corrected, Walters Manuscript W.102, fol. 33v

Book of Hours, A scribal error corrected, Walters Manuscript W.102, fol. 33v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Death and Devotion at the Getty

New exhibition showcases visions of dying and eternity in the Middle Ages

The images posted below are not from the exhibition- click on the above link for images from the exhibit, in particular  Denise Poncher Before Death, by the Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse, circa 1500. It's a recent Getty purchase that hasn't been shown yet by the museum.

funeral image, corspe in coffin, from the office of the dead, Rohan Master 15th century

                                                               

Harrowing of Hell  from Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Limbourg Brothers, 15th century

Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours in Dutch, Last Judgment, Walters Manuscript W.918, fol. 128v

Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours in Dutch, Last Judgment, Walters Manuscript W.918, fol. 128v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours in Dutch, Initial M with two souls praying in purgatory, Walters Manuscript W.918, fol. 150r

Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours in Dutch, Initial M with two souls praying in purgatory, Walters Manuscript W.918, fol. 150r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours in Dutch, Initial H with King David kneeling in prayer, Walters Manuscript W.918, fol. 129r

Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours in Dutch, Initial H with King David kneeling in prayer, Walters Manuscript W.918, fol. 129r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

                                       British Library, MS Cotton Galba A XVIII, f. 21r



 Cotton Galba Psalter British Library

Trinity College Anglo Saxon Images Cotton Galba or Æthelstan Psalter early 10th century

Cambridge Journals Online

Walters Receives $265,000 Grant

Walters Receives $265,000 Grant: The Walters Art Museum had received a $265,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize and catalog 113 illuminated medieval manuscripts from Flanders.

Happy St Cuthbert's Day - Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts

St. Patrick's Confessio,St. Patrick in Art- from the Royal Irish Academy

                                           Franks Casket

The grave of a young girl marks a time of transition from Anglo-Saxon to Christian ritual.

from Artdaily.org:

Cambridge University's Archaeological Unit finds 7th-century teen buried in her bed

C-Ville: Feedback Column - UVA Art Museum reassembles a 14th century Italian masterpiece

from the BnF:
Carolingian books and manuscripts from Charlemagne to Charles the Bald

Dianne's Medieval Writing: What Not To Do with Your Manuscripts:

                                                                  Master of Mary of Burgundy
                                                                                   Lady at Window from the Hours of Mary of Burgundy  1480              
                                                                                                                           7x5 inches                                                                                       

from Fine Books and Collections:
Les Enluminures to exhibit works by Willem Vrelant in special exhibition of Flemish illuminated manuscripts


Willem Vrelant


Master of Mary of Burgundy