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.

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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

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