Lindau Gospels Cover - Smarthistory

Lindau Gospels Cover - Smarthistory

Beyond Borders: In the Margins: Reading a Fifteenth Century Medica...

Beyond Borders: In the Margins: Reading a Fifteenth Century Medica...:    London, Wellcome Library MS 5262 is a late medieval vernacular medical recipe collection. The manuscript was copied in the e...

Anglo-Saxon Invasion - Medieval manuscripts blog

Anglo-Saxon Invasion - Medieval manuscripts blog

Dianne's Medieval Writing: Working Scripts for (Somewhat) Ordinary Books

Dianne's Medieval Writing: Working Scripts for (Somewhat) Ordinary Books:   Standard paleography textbooks tend to categorise scripts neatly, then present the finest or most representative of each type, giving the ...

Parchment and Pixel: Helmarshausen Psalter, Christ on the Cross, with M...

Parchment and Pixel: Helmarshausen Psalter, Christ on the Cross, with M...: Helmarshausen Psalter, Christ on the Cross, with Mary and St. John, Walters Manuscript W.10, fol. 41v , originally uploaded by Walters Art M...

Adam Naming the Animals

Adam Naming the Animals

Parchment and Pixel: Prayer book, Office of the Dead, Walters Manuscrip...

Parchment and Pixel: Prayer book, Office of the Dead, Walters Manuscrip...: Prayer book, Office of the Dead, Walters Manuscript W.182, fol. 67v , originally uploaded by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts . Th...

Dianne's Medieval Writing: When Did Latin Become Dead?

Dianne's Medieval Writing: When Did Latin Become Dead?:     It is commonly asserted that Latin was a dead language in the middle ages. Well, it wasn't. They simplified and changed the grammar,...

Legendary, in Latin, illustrated manuscript on vellum [Northern Rhine (Cologne), mid-twelfth century] - Sotheby's

Legendary, in Latin, illustrated manuscript on vellum [Northern Rhine (Cologne), mid-twelfth century] - Sotheby's

Three miniatures from an illuminated manuscript of Martin le Franc, L’Estrif de Fortune et de Vertu, in French, on vellum [Central France (probably Tours, possibly Lyon), c.1470-80] - Sotheby's

Three miniatures from an illuminated manuscript of Martin le Franc, L’Estrif de Fortune et de Vertu, in French, on vellum [Central France (probably Tours, possibly Lyon), c.1470-80] - Sotheby's

St. Christopher, full-page miniature on a leaf from an exceptional Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [England (perhaps Lincolnshire or East Anglia), late fourteenth century] - Sotheby's

St. Christopher, full-page miniature on a leaf from an exceptional Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [England (perhaps Lincolnshire or East Anglia), late fourteenth century] - Sotheby's

from the British Library, an Exultet Roll from the 11th century,a rare early medieval manuscript, is now fully digitized and made available online

Renowned Walters Art Museum illuminated manuscript collection merges with Stanford archive

Illuminated Manuscript, Gloss on The lamentations of Jeremiah, Decorated initial Q, Walters Manuscript W.30, fol. 13v

Illuminated Manuscript, Gloss on The lamentations of Jeremiah, Decorated initial Q, Walters Manuscript W.30, fol. 13v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Single leaf with Lutheran devotional design, Orb of the Empire created through devotional writing, Walters Manuscript W.728, fol. W.728r

Single leaf with Lutheran devotional design, Orb of the Empire created through devotional writing, Walters Manuscript W.728, fol. W.728r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Reichenau Gospels, Dedication image with St. Peter, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.7, fol. 9v

Illuminated Manuscript, Reichenau Gospels, Dedication image with St. Peter, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.7, fol. 9v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Floral Decoration, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 226r

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Floral Decoration, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 226r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Souls in the Bosom of God, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 171v

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Souls in the Bosom of God, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 171v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Last Judgment, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 138v

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Last Judgment, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 138v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Lamentation, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 79v

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Lamentation, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 79v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Annunciation, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 13v

Illuminated Manuscript, Doffinnes Hours, Annunciation, Walters Manuscript W.185, fol. 13v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Psalter, Death of the Virgin, Walters Manuscript W.78, fol. 2r

Psalter, Death of the Virgin, Walters Manuscript W.78, fol. 2r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

NYC and Israel museums jointly buy ancient Hebrew manuscript; it was about to be auctioned

NYC and Israel museums jointly buy ancient Hebrew manuscript; it was about to be auctioned

Pen Drawings from the Harley Psalter

drawings from The Harley Psalter :

11th century

Harley 603, British Library

 

 

 

 

on the Utrecht Psalter and its copies



from the Warburg Institute Iconographic Database, Religious Iconography, Old Testament




from Dr. Dianne Tillotson's blog, Medieval Writing,on the Psalter

from Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts blog :

The Prose Brut Chronicle of England,15th century

Harley 1568, f 1, British Library

gothic cursive script

Historiated initial of King Diocletian and his daughters

U.K. Places Export Ban on Illuminated Manuscript the Getty Bought Last Year | In the Air: Art News & Gossip | ARTINFO.com

U.K. Places Export Ban on Illuminated Manuscript the Getty Bought Last Year | In the Air: Art News & Gossip | ARTINFO.com

Album interactif de paléographie médiévale / Interactive Album of Mediaeval Palaeography

Album interactif de paléographie médiévale / Interactive Album of Mediaeval Palaeography

How Sir Galahad Sir Bors and Sir Percival were fed with the Sanc Grael; But Sir Percival's Sister Died by the Way"

      watercolor, by  Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1864       Tate, Britain

Gospel Book, Annunciation, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 7v

Gospel Book, Annunciation, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 7v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Gospel Book, Baptism of Christ, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 9r

Gospel Book, Baptism of Christ, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 9r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Gospel Book, Transfiguration, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 9v

Gospel Book, Transfiguration, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 9v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Gospel Book, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 10v

Gospel Book, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 10v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Gospel Book, Raising of Lazarus, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 10r

Gospel Book, Raising of Lazarus, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 10r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Gospel Book, Holy Women at the Tomb of Christ, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 13r

Gospel Book, Holy Women at the Tomb of Christ, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 13r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Gospel Book, Evangelist portrait of St. Luke, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 125v

Gospel Book, Evangelist portrait of St. Luke, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 125v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Gospel Book, Evangelist portrait of St. Matthew, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 17v

Gospel Book, Evangelist portrait of St. Matthew, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 17v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Gospel Book, Harrowing of Hell, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 12r

Gospel Book, Harrowing of Hell, Walters Manuscript W.540, fol. 12r, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Parchment and Pixel: T'oros Roslin Gospels, The feeding of the five tho...

Parchment and Pixel: T'oros Roslin Gospels, The feeding of the five tho...: T'oros Roslin Gospels, The feeding of the five thousand, Walters Manuscript W.539, fol. 67r , originally uploaded by Walters Art Museum ...

three images from a 15th century Netherlands prayerbook, Stowe 23;British Library, digital collections

  

 

 

Stowe 23 f.56  Margaret and the Dragon

 

 

 

 

 

Stowe 23  f.47v  John the Baptist

 

 

 

 

 

Stowe 23 f.62   Clare, Francis, and Bernardino

 

 

miniature from Harley 4751, British Library, Back of a whale mistaken for an island

Parchment and Pixel: Single leaf from a short work on the Passion of Ch...: Single leaf from a short work on the Passion of Christ, Carrying the cross, Walters Manuscript W.731, fol. W.731r , originally uploaded by W...

Parchment and Pixel: Leaf of a Missal with the Crucifixion and Canon of...

Parchment and Pixel: Leaf of a Missal with the Crucifixion and Canon of...: Leaf of a Missal with the Crucifixion and Canon of the Mass, Crucifixion, Walters Manuscript W.757, fol. W.757r , originally uploaded by Wal...

historiated intial depicting the Last Judgement, from an English psalter,14th century

Down by the River Tyne: St. Cuthbert praying for a change in the winds

from Bede's Prose Life of St. Cuthbert, 12th century; Cuthbert praying to God to change the winds beside the river Tyne; miniature of two monks at the monastery of Tynemouth praying for the safety of those blown away in a gale

British Library
Yates Thompson 26 ff. 10v-11

Single leaf from a Gradual with the Assumption of the Virgin, Initial G with the death and assumption of the Virgin, Walters Manuscript W.756, fol. W.756v

Single leaf from a Gradual with the Assumption of the Virgin, Initial G with the death and assumption of the Virgin, Walters Manuscript W.756, fol. W.756v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Parchment and Pixel: Single leaf from a Gradual with the Assumption of ...

Parchment and Pixel: Single leaf from a Gradual with the Assumption of ...: Single leaf from a Gradual with the Assumption of the Virgin, Initial G with the death and assumption of the Virgin, Walters Manuscript W.75...

Pliny in his study with landscape,seascape,animals, sun and moon

 

Pliny in his study

 

 

Harley 2677 f.1

Cats and Mice from a 13th c.English Bestiary,British Library

                              cats and mice  from an English Bestiary, 2nd quarter of the 13th century

The Morgan Library & Museum - Current Exhibitions - Treasures from the Vault

The Morgan Library & Museum - Current Exhibitions - Treasures from the Vault

Possible 9-foot model of Brunelleschi’s dome found

from the New York Times: Illuminating Jewish Life in a Muslim Empire

Premonstratensian Psalter, Initial D (Domine exaudi), Walters Manuscript W.25, fol. 110v

Premonstratensian Psalter, Initial D (Domine exaudi), Walters Manuscript W.25, fol. 110v, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Single leaf from a Gradual with the Assumption of the Virgin, Initial G with the death and assumption of the Virgin, Walters Manuscript W.756, fol. W.756v detail

Single leaf from a Gradual with the Assumption of the Virgin, Initial G with the death and assumption of the Virgin, Walters Manuscript W.756, fol. W.756v detail, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

A Call to Arms! Heraldry in Renaissance Florence (And a Mystery You Can Help Solve)

A Call to Arms! Heraldry in Renaissance Florence (And a Mystery You Can Help Solve)

Discover Digitised Manuscripts - Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts

Discover Digitised Manuscripts - Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts

Dianne's Medieval Writing: History and Mythology - 1066 and all that

Dianne's Medieval Writing: History and Mythology - 1066 and all that:   For a large number of years now, there has been a website entitled Secrets of the Norman Invasion . The site has grown and developed over ...

two creatures oppose each other under a blue and gold foliated sky

 confrontation between a snail and a mouse

 

British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Egerton 1121 f. 10; Language: German; Gothic cursive script; from the Spiegel der Weisheit; Austria, 1430

 Workshop of the Grillinger Bibel

Jan Van Eyck

Jan Van Eyck 

 

The Finding of the True Cross c.1422 

 

from the Très Belles Heures de Notre-Dame 

images from Harley 4431, aka "The Book of the Queen", Christine de Pizan, 15th century, British Library

 

 

f 115 v  Aurora Bringing the Dawn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man of sorrows

 

 

 

 Christine de Pisan presenting her book to queen Isabeau of Bavaria

 

 

 

 

 The lover telling of his love to his lady in a garden. 

 

 

                                      Bacchus and his followers

 

 

 

  two women standing in a sphere of the cosmos

 

 

 

 

f 290 detail Christine de Pizan in her study with the personifications of Rectitude, Reason, and Justice, while outside, the ladies build the Cité des dames

 

 

f 290  including foliate border and illuminated initial;script is Gothic cursive 

 

 

 

 Pyrrhus avenging the death of Achilles

 

 

 

  Queen Penthesilea and her army of Amazons on their way to aid the Trojan army

 

 

 

 

 Hermaphroditus

 

 

 

 Queen Pasiphae

 

 

Narcissus

 

 

 

Ceres sowing corn

 

 

 

 

 Mercury inspiring the speech of the learned

 

 

 

Shepherd

 

 

 

 

 

 Pegasus

 

 

 

 

 Christine de Pizan presenting her book to Louis of Orleans

 

British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts Harley 4431


The Making of the Queen's Manuscript


Christine de Pizan