Gutenberg Bible Paralipomenon C. 1455 Manuscripts The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Page From Codex Techialoyan Un Pagina Tomada del Codice Techialogany C. 1830 Edward Kingsborough (Mexican) Lithograph, Watercolor Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Charles the Bold at the Chapter Assembly of the Order of the Golden Fleece 1473 Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Canterbury Tales: The Second Nun's Tale (Ellesmere Chaucer) ca. 1400 Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

France, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Nantes, musée Dobré, close-up on manuscript, chronicles of Philippe de Commynes (16th century)

Beehive and Ants from Historia Naturalis by Pliny the Elder ca. 1460 Illuminated manuscript Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). 18th century Persian manuscript in Islamic style illustrating the 12th century Persian poet Nezami Book of Alexander the Great (Eskandar-nameh)

Merchants entering walled town, mason and carpenter at work, shopkeeper serving customer and men driving swine, Marco Polo (1254-1324) Venetian traveller and merchant. Scene from his Book of Marvels ... early 15th century manuscript illustrated by Masters Boucicaut and Bedford, Bibliotheque National

Old Testament Scene from Maciejowski Bible ca.1250 Artist unknown Illuminated manuscript Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, USA

Hovhannavank monastery Ohanavan 1403 v was resettled by migrants from Mush in 1828 Perched on the Kasagh gorge rim, Hovhannavank* is a major monument from the 7th c and later, the best documented of the major Armenian monasteries due to a manuscript

Calligraphic Sonnets-Title Page and Following Page C. 1895 John Keats (1795-1821 British) The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA, USA

Chinguetti is one of the holy towns of Islam, home to five important manuscript libraries of scientific and Qur´anic texts, with many dating from the later Middle Ages. Mosque. Mauritania.

The Crucifixion Book of Hours Simon Marmion (ca.1425-1489 French) The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

Resurrection, The Book of Hours (Spanish) C. 1500-1550 Simon Bening (C. 1483-1561/Netherlandish) The Huntington-San Marino, California

Goatskin manuscript said to be 2000 years old showing the birth of Jesus with animals blowing on him to keep him warm, church of Abuna Aftse, on site of a 6th century church, Yeha, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

Genghis Khan Enthroned Persian Book: Rashid al Din, "Djamil el Tawarik" 14th Century Manuscript Illumination Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Henry VII of Luxembourg Defeats the Revolt of the Milanese, 1311 ca. 1350 Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript Staatsarchiv, Koblenz, Germany

Marco & Nicolo Polo are Welcomed by Kublai Khan ca. 1412 Boucicaut Master (15th C.) Illuminated manuscript Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

The dog-headed inhabitants of the island of Seilon (Ceylon)trading with , spices (Kynokephalen), From Livre des Merveilles du Monde, (The Travels of Marco Polo), Studio of the Boucicaut Master, c.1412, Illuminated manuscript, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

King David Playing a Lyre Surrounded by Musicians 12th Century Artist Unknown Manuscript Illumination Municipal Library, Mantua

Genghis Khan, the First Khan of the Tatars (Detail) 1375 Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: February - Farmyard Scene with Peasants 1412-16 Limbourg Brothers (fl. 1400-1416 Netherlandish) Illuminated manuscript Musee Conde, Chantilly, France

Gutenberg Bible Decorative Page C.1455 Manuscripts The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

"The Breviary of Love" (Provencal Codex). The 12 Signs of the Zodiac and the Sun (Fol.38 R) Master Ermengol of Beziers 1300's French Bibliotheque Real, Escurial

Thomas a Becket (1118-70), Archbishop of Canterbury, disputes with Henry II of England, overheard by 4 knights who murder Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Manuscript c.1180, earliest representation. British Library

Shells and Shellfish, 16th century, From the Calligraphic Manuscript Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel (1542-ca.1601/Flemish)

Froissart Chronicles (c.1333-c.1404). Richard II (1367-1400) King of England from 1377, surrendering the crown to Lord Derby, 29 December 1399. Richard died, probably murdered, in Pontefract Castle early in 1400. Manuscript, British. Museum, London