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Illuminated Manuscripts

Colorful medieval manuscript pages featuring ornate illustrations of religious themes, detailed initials, and calligraphy in historical contexts.

Initial H: The Annunciation; Brabant (possibly), Flanders, Belgium; after 1460; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.1 x 12.2 cm (6 3,4 x 4 13,16 in.)

Initial D: The Mocking of Christ; Initial D: The Flagellation; Initial D: The Way to Calvary. Unknown

Initial P: A Funeral Service. Unknown

Initial E: A Priest Celebrating Mass.

Initial S: A Bishop before a Fire; Initial O: A Nimbed Monk and a Female Saint. Unknown

Initial C: Solomon Enthroned. Unknown

Initial C: The Resurrection. Unknown

An Angel with the Eternal Gospel. Date/Period: Ca. 1255 - 1260. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment. Height: 319 mm (12.55 in); Width: 225 mm (8.85 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Initial C: Pentecost. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Pentecost. Workshop of the Bedford Master (French, active first half of 15th century)

Initial H: The Annunciation; Brabant (possibly), Flanders, Belgium; after 1460; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.1 x 12.2 cm (6 3,4 x 4 13,16 in.)

Initial S: Saint Peter. Unknown

David Paying Homage to Saul. Unknown

Initial S: A Young Saint Speaking with a Nimbed Female Saint. Unknown

MISAL DE STA EULALIA- DORMICION DE LA VIRGEN. Author: RAFAEL DESTORRENTS (1375-1410). Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. Barcelona. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

Initial N: Saint Paul with a Sword; Initial V: Saint Peter with a Key. Unknown

Initial J: Saint John the Evangelist. Master of the Dresden Prayer Book or workshop (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515)

Initial G: Christ before Pilate. Unknown

Initial D: The Crucifixion. Atelier of the Passion Master

Initial G: The Throne of Grace. Unknown

Initial P: Saints Paul and Barnabas with a Disabled Person at Lystra. Unknown

Initial G: The Newly Resurrected Gazing at the Dove of the Holy Spirit. Unknown

Decorated Initial D. Unknown

Initial I: Dominican friar with a book; Initial P: Solomon Instructing Pupil with a Rod. Unknown

Initial D: The Mocking of Christ. Atelier of the Passion Master

Initial P: A Priest and Two Deacons before an Altar; Lyon, France; begun after 1234 - completed before 1262; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 24.8 x 16.7 cm (9 3,4 x 6 9,16 in.)

Initial Q: Bishop Theophilus Beholding the Stars which Will Lead Him to the Tomb of Saint Anthony. Master of the Brussels Romuléon or workshop (Flemish, active about 1465)

Initial D: Pope John XXII() Writing before the Man of Sorrows. Atelier of the Passion Master

Initial D: Saint Jerome with Scenes of the Life of Christ. Unknown

Initial L: Clerics Singing; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Initial F: The Nativity. Unknown

Initial I: The Virgin Mary with a Book. Unknown

Initial O: The Virgin and Child Enthroned. Master of the Llangattock Hours (Flemish, active about 1450 - 1460)

SACRAMENTARIO DE FITERO-F 1V-S XII/XIII. Location: ARCHIVO DE NAVARRA. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

Initial D: A Man Embracing Christ on the Cross; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Initial D: The Nativity; Initial V: A Monk in Prayer. Unknown

The People of God Leaving Babylon and Merchants Lamenting Babylon. Unknown

Initial E: An Archbishop; Hildesheim, Germany; probably 1170s; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 28.2 × 18.9 cm (11 1,8 × 7 7,16 in.)

Initial H: Moses Striking Water from the Rock and an Israelite Drawing Water; Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1280 - 1290; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3,4 x 9 3,4 in.)

Day of Rest: Lord Enthroned; God and Adam in the Garden. Master of Jean de Mandeville (French, active 1350 - 1370)

Trinity / Illumination C13

Initial P: Saint Paul Escaping Prison in a Basket. Unknown

Heavenly Praise of the Victor over the Harlot. Unknown

Initial D: The Annunciation to the Shepherds; Initial V: A Man in Prayer; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Iniital D: A Partially Nude Saint Wrings his Hands. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Initial E: A Prophet Holding a Scroll. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Empress Helena with the True Cross. Date/Period: Early 1460s. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 256 mm (10.07 in); Width: 173 mm (6.81 in). Author: Workshop of Willem Vrelant.

Initial D: The Visitation; Initial D: The Lord Enthroned. Unknown

Initial B: Saint Nicholas. Master of the Dresden Prayer Book or workshop (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515)

The Betrayal of Christ. Date/Period: Early 1460s. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 256 mm (10.07 in); Width: 173 mm (6.81 in). Author: Willem Vrelant.

Initial C: The Virgin and Child. Unknown

Initial O: Saint Anthony Abbot. Master of the Dresden Prayer Book or workshop (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515)

Emperor Domitian Speaking to Saint John the Evangelist and Saint John the Evangelist in a Vat of Boiling Oil. Unknown

Initial D: A Jew Bringing Bread to a Man in a Cave. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

David kills Saul / Illumination

Beatus of S.Pedro de Cardena/ Illumin.

Initial P: Saint Paul and a Messenger with Books. Unknown

Initial A: The Crucifixion. Master of Sir John Fastolf (French, active before about 1420 - about 1450)

Initial F: Elkanah with Hannah and Peninnah in the Temple. Unknown

Initial D: Samuel Anointing David. Master of the Ingeborg Psalter (French, active about 1195 - about 1210)

Decorated Initial P. Unknown

Presentation at the Temple. Master of Cardinal Bourbon (French, about 1480 - 1500)

Initial G: Saint Margaret. Master of the Dresden Prayer Book or workshop (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515)

Initial G: The Way to Calvary. Unknown

Initial E: Christ Crowning David. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Opening of sermons, with historiated initial of the Nativity. 1400 - 1499. Lawrence Justinian, Saint, 1381-1456. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Jesus Christ, Crèches (Nativity scenes)

Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Messenger. Unknown

Initial Q: A Bishop Taking an Oath. Unknown

Initial A: The Annunciation. Unknown

Initial O: Nahum Lamenting the Fall of Nineveh. Unknown

Initial E: Ezekiel Dreaming of the Four Evangelist Symbols. Unknown

Initial G: The Flagellation. Unknown

The Betrayal of Christ. Willem Vrelant (Flemish, died 1481, active 1454 - 1481)

Initial D: God Crowning David. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

The Opening of the Fifth Seal: The Souls of the Dead Receiving White Robes. Unknown

Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Book to a Messenger. Unknown

Initial Q: A Bishop Arguing with Two Heretical Bishops. Unknown

Peter preaching / Illumination / 1410

Initial D: A Man in Prayer; Northeastern France, France; about 1300; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 26.4 x 18.4 cm (10 3,8 x 7 1,4 in.)

Initial E: The Death of Moses and the Call of Joshua. Unknown

John Commanded to Write and the Blessed Dead. Unknown

Initial I: Christ and Saint John the Evangelist; Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; about 1280 - 1290; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3,4 x 9 3,4 in.)

BIBLIA DE SAN LUIS S XIII-REYES MAGOS. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. Toledo. SPAIN.

Initial D: The Lion of Judah. Unknown

BIBLIA L.-ESCUELA DE BOLONIA-S XIII/XIV- BALAAM CON SU BURRA. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Christ Nailed to the Cross; Master of Cardinal Bourbon (French, about 1480 - 1500); Paris, France; about 1500; Tempera colors, ink and gold on parchment; Leaf: 13.3 x 8.7 cm (5 1,4 x 3 7,16 in.)

Initial I: Christ and Saint John the Evangelist. Unknown

The Devil from the Earth. Unknown

King Solomon expiates.../Illumination

Initial N: Christ before a Church. Unknown

Initial I: Saint Matthew. Master of the Dresden Prayer Book or workshop (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515)

Initial D: The Annunciation; Initial D: A Young Man Praying to Christ in the Clouds. Unknown

The Death of Absalom.

Initial A: The Coronation of David. Circle of Stefan Lochner (German, died 1451)

The Annunciation of the Virgin's Death; Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany; about 1400 - 1410; Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3,16 x 9 1,4 in.)

Initial P: Elisha Holding Elijah's Cloak. Circle of Stefan Lochner (German, died 1451)

From a French manuscript of Augustine's 'De Civitate Dei' - the picture shows soldiers harassing early Christians, and donors offering gifts to the first Pope, Peter Date: late 14th century

Initial D: The Crucifixion. Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290)

Saint John on Patmos. Master of Jean de Mandeville (French, active 1350 - 1370)

Initial D: A Prophet; Circle of Stefan Lochner (German, died 1451); Cologne, Germany; about 1450; Gold leaf, tempera, and black ink on parchment; Leaf: 36.7 x 26 cm (14 7,16 x 10 1,4 in.)

Crucifixion. Master of Cardinal Bourbon (French, about 1480 - 1500)

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